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Posted in Humanity, Morality, Relationships, Society on Oct 20th, 2008
Ok, ‘hunter’ is not the word I really want, but it will have to do for now, and you will have to understand that I don’t want it to carry some of the connotations that it probably does have. ’Hunter’ implies a power imbalance and a victim that I don’t want it to have in [...]
Posted in Health, Humanity, Internet, Relationships, Society, Technology on Jul 4th, 2008
One story which has been causing a fair amount of sniggers in the press this week is a research report by the UK Health Protection Agency indicating that sexually transmitted infections have doubled in under a decade in people over 45 and are now rising faster than in the young. (The overall rate of [...]
Posted in Health, Humanity, Relationships, Therapy on Mar 12th, 2008
“I resent my depressed wife” is the title of an honest piece published in today’s Times about a reader and his wife. When she became depressed, the quality of their life and relationship changed for the worse.
Depression can come out of the blue and touch even the most seemingly happy and well-adjusted people. [...]
Posted in Faith, Human Rights, Humor, Humour, Morality, Psychology, Relationships, Religion on Jan 27th, 2008
You may already have heard a version of this old joke.
The pope arrived at the pearly Gates and St. Peter greeted him and quickly told him that it was very difficult to get an audience with God. The pope said he did not mind because when he was alive he had the same problem. They [...]
Posted in Faith, Human Rights, Humanity, Morality, Relationships, Religion on Jan 21st, 2008
In a country where unmarried couples who have sex, or who even date and hold hands can be arrested, fined, and flogged, Maryam (a hairdresser) and Karim (a salesman) managed to carry on a relationship for five years. The reason this was possible is that they were able to produce the correct documents whenever [...]
Posted in Health, Humor, Humour, Morality, Other Blogs, Religion on Dec 14th, 2007
I am again grateful to Libby Purves at Faith Central for bringing the following to my attention. It is a flowchart reproduced in a book called The Wages of Sin: Sex and Disease, Past and Present. The flowchart lists the questions that, according to medieval penitential manuals, you had to ask yourself before engaging in sex. I promise, [...]
Posted in Education, Government, Health, Human Rights on Dec 2nd, 2007
I think it is at least a triple rather than a double whammy.
Let Kousalya Periasamy tell her story:
In 1995, at the age of 20, I was forced to marry my cousin because my father wanted the ancestral property to remain within the family. Unknown to me my husband was HIV positive. Just 45 days after [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Morality, Religion, Therapy on Nov 29th, 2007
Posted in Education, Human Rights, Morality on Nov 25th, 2007
Let me ask you some potentially painful questions. Think carefully before you answer.
Just suppose you had a bad tooth-ache that required skilful dental surgery. Question 1 - Would you entrust your mouth, your gums, your nerve endings to a dentist who had a reputation for being one of
Posted in Faith, Human Rights, Religion, Terrorism on Nov 7th, 2007
A belief is a powerful lever. Once you have it and pull it, the lever brings into being all kinds of consequences. If you believe that people go to hell unless they share your faith, you may be driven to go abroad in an attempt to convert the world. If you believe people who leave your [...]
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