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The Painful Birth of Democracy | A Short Open Letter To...
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A Short Open Letter To. Ideas, thoughts, and other unrelated paraphenalia. The Painful Birth of Democracy. On February 3, 2011. Posted in: Freedom of Speech. Just recently, and perhaps some other Arab states. In the near future, is the birth of real, genuine democracy. As a complete amateur, I think the pattern goes like this:. Self-rule of some kind, probably through a royal family. European power comes along and colonizes. When the pressure gets too great 150 years later, colonial power. For the last a...
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2010 in Review | A Short Open Letter To...
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A Short Open Letter To. Ideas, thoughts, and other unrelated paraphenalia. On January 3, 2011. A big thank you to all those who have supported this blog during its first hectic but exciting year. There’s lots more to come, so I hope you can stick around and keep sending in all those great comments. Have a wonderful 2011! The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:. In 2010, there were 41. Signs From The Gods.
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God of Love, Man of Ignorance | A Short Open Letter To...
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A Short Open Letter To. Ideas, thoughts, and other unrelated paraphenalia. God of Love, Man of Ignorance. On August 9, 2010. It’s no secret I have no love for the Catholic Church. Good – but it’s not all bad, either. But in the grand scheme of things, some individual heads rise above others, and in the process, expose the rotting mass underneath. George Pell. Archbishop of Sydney is one such man. 8220;I’m sure he [Pell] has heard of Oxfam, The Red Cross, UNICEF. The Fred Hollows Foundation. Which are sec...
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Articles | A Short Open Letter To...
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A Short Open Letter To. Ideas, thoughts, and other unrelated paraphenalia. This is the current listing of my articles by subject. Chaplaincy Service – Unqualified and Dangerous. Open Letter to Tony Abbott. Open Letter to Julia Gillard. God of Love, Man of Ignorance. Life Without Religion Part 2 – Why I Became an Atheist. Life Without Religion Part 1 – Good and Evil. Signs from the Gods. It’s Not About the People. First Australian Woman Prime Minister. Advertising Exploitation to the Masses.
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Vaccination Battle Takes a Blow | A Short Open Letter To...
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A Short Open Letter To. Ideas, thoughts, and other unrelated paraphenalia. Vaccination Battle Takes a Blow. On July 14, 2010. Tagged: Australian Vaccination Network. There’s a website called the Australian Vaccination Network. Banks on. What they. Tell you, is that the site is entirely anti-vaccination, is based on supposition, superstition and science so badly put together that, if people’s lives weren’t in danger, would be a joke. It took me days to come to grips with the awful fact that some people ar...
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Freedom Of… | A Short Open Letter To...
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A Short Open Letter To. Ideas, thoughts, and other unrelated paraphenalia. On December 10, 2010. Posted in: Freedom of Speech. Image by Abode of Chaos via Flickr. There’s nothing like a good public scandal to polarise opinion. And any scandal that involves international politics is right up there. I’m talking, of course, about Wikileaks. And its erstwhile founder, Julian Assange. The horse has bolted, but to go out, chop down the tree, saw the wood, throw on some hinges and build the gate from scratch.
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Mackenzie | A Short Open Letter To...
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A Short Open Letter To. Ideas, thoughts, and other unrelated paraphenalia. All posts by Mackenzie. The Painful Birth of Democracy. On February 3, 2011. Posted in: Freedom of Speech. Just recently, and perhaps some other Arab states. In the near future, is the birth of real, genuine democracy. For these countries. Continue Reading. On January 26, 2011. On this day in 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip. Landed the First Fleet. In Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour). More than 700 convicts. On January 3, 2011. A big th...
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Open Letter to Julia Gillard | A Short Open Letter To...
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A Short Open Letter To. Ideas, thoughts, and other unrelated paraphenalia. Open Letter to Julia Gillard. On August 15, 2010. I reached this point a week ago. It’s a tribute to my steadfast determination not to bash my head against a brick wall that I haven’t written about it before now. But this campaign is different. Don’t you think? Isn’t this the weirdest campaign you’ve ever been a part of, Julia? Now, don’t get me wrong – I’m not going to use the D word. I was there when you used the word ‘com...
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Australia’s Day | A Short Open Letter To...
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A Short Open Letter To. Ideas, thoughts, and other unrelated paraphenalia. On January 26, 2011. On this day in 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip. Landed the First Fleet. In Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour). And founded the colony of Sydney. It is upon this foundation that we celebrate Australia Day. More than 700 convicts. Found herself up to the kind of challenge she would never have faced back in England. Alas, our history doesn’t record too much of the contribution the ordinary women of Australia. So today, f...
