The Liars Privilege – A Folly
Lord, how this world is given to lying. Quite so, Falstaff, but there is lying and lying. No, not another diatribe on police mendaciousness or theft or even racism, but…
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November 30, 2010
The first thing we should learn
The first thing we should learn Epictetus was a stoic and the Enchiridion, from which the following extract is taken, was one of the principal manuals of Stoic philosophy. The…
November 29, 2010
The Art of Political Lying
“We are told the devil is the father of lies, and was a liar from the beginning; so that, beyond contradiction, the invention is old: and, which is more, his…
November 28, 2010
The Human Rights Revolution
“No one shall be subject to cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment.” This statement of Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is part of what Michael…
November 25, 2010
The Mirrors
As society becomes more narcissistic, as we push ourselves harder and harder in the name of status at the expense of everything else, society starts heading towards the unknown. It…
November 22, 2010
Angelique, Pat and the ‘rule of law’
In my post titled Angelique, I noted that she was not the only Aboriginal person to have been discriminated against and forced out of the Australian Capital Territory Revenue Office…
November 20, 2010
William Westbrooke Burton
Introduction In an interview with Sydney radio personality John laws in October 1996, then Prime Minister John Howard observed that “… the emphasis should not be on past wrongs but…
November 13, 2010
Methodology
For the purpose of clarification and at the request of some of my readers, I thought it opportune to discuss the methodology I used in collecting my statements. To ensure…
November 9, 2010
Vale to an Elder
In a month … Unkind words, Veiled sight; Stories lost Visions no longer seen; Dreams of a way Of a time Of a life Blown away, dust In a land…
November 6, 2010
Reasons
Not two years old, you started Not for me, but spite; A black man boxer, strong and proud His spirit sought to break; Not two years old your brutal curse…
November 2, 2010