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Posted in Faith, Government, Human Rights, Isolation, Law, Morality, Religion, Society on Nov 28th, 2009
Local vicars in Winscombe and Sandford in Somerset have been pressing to have prayers reinstated at the beginning of Parish Council meetings, a month after they were dropped.
The reason why they were dropped is not that the Parish Council wished to stop individuals talking to their imaginary friends in the privacy of their own homes, [...]
Posted in Faith, Human Rights, Isolation, Religion, Society, Travel on Jul 20th, 2009
No, it wasn’t a lightning bolt (though that would have been much more effective). It was a metal bolt that sheared off and caused a minor problem that needed to be repaired. And because it needed to be repaired, the ferry, the Isle of Arran, was drafted in to replace the Isle of [...]
Posted in Existential, Health, Humanity, Isolation, Morality on Jul 10th, 2009
I went to see Anne, a family member last week. She is now living in a Care Home. She has been there for just over 6 months and in many ways is reasonably happy. At times she was able to be philosophical about it, accepting that there were no other realistic alternatives. She seemed relaxed [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Isolation, Morality, Religion on May 21st, 2009
To deliberately malnourish and beat children so that, in some cases, their bones are broken, is bad. To systematically sexually abuse them over a number of years is evil. And for some remote, generalized individuals years later to say “Sorry” is not good enough.
The physical scars of endemic emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of thousands [...]
Posted in Existential, Health, Humanity, Isolation, Mortality, Relationships, Travel on May 16th, 2009
I remember the sinking feeling when a former colleague spotted me on the home station and decided to sit next to me for the whole of the two and a half hour journey. He had retired about 5 years previously and although I had worked closely with him in a professional capacity, to be honest, [...]
Posted in Government, Human Rights, Isolation, Morality on May 8th, 2009
British newspapers appear to be making a big story out of a recent Royal decision to take note of modern Britain.
Some Hindus and Muslims objected to the name and the insignia of an honour established by the Queen 40 years ago to recognise distinguished service in the former colony of Trinidad and Tobago. The Trinity [...]
Posted in Censorship, Creativity, Human Rights, Isolation, Literature, Religion on May 5th, 2009
Ok. I have a confession to make. And I feel the need to point out that I did the deed during a difficult time in my life. But I have to admit that I have bought and read all of Dan Brown’s books.
I turned to the The Da Vinci Code for some light relief and [...]
Posted in Existential, Human Rights, Humanity, Isolation, Morality, Relationships, Religion, Society, Therapy on Apr 24th, 2009
I’m not quite sure what ‘normal’ is, but I’m pretty sure that I’m not it. When the roulette wheel of life flung out its genes, mine fell somewhere near the far edge of the distribution curve, not in the middle. I am learning to live with that. At times it has been unpleasant: at other [...]
Posted in Government, Human Rights, Isolation, Morality, Religion, Society on Nov 14th, 2008
Just two sour footnotes after the genuine joy and sense of hope that many of us liberals felt after America had the sense to vote in a Democrat for President (especially a black one).
The first sour note comes from a South Carolina Roman Catholic priest who has told his parishioners that they should refrain from [...]
Posted in Faith, Health, Human Rights, Isolation, Morality, Psychology, Religion on Nov 4th, 2008
It is one thing to inflict unnecessary pain and suffering on yourself because of some unsubstantiated, fanciful belief system that you want to hold on to: it is something entirely different and more reprehensible to cause other people, especially dependent, innocent children, to suffer because of your beliefs.
If you want to self-flagilate because you think [...]
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