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Shooting the indigenous

April 25, 2012
Shooting the indigenous

      To lay any fears to rest it seems that the recent police shooting in Kings Cross will see the beginning of comments from various sources confirming just how racist this country is. We here in Australia have at least one commentator who thinks that the public is more concerned about violent indigenous [...]

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Environment and lies

April 18, 2012
Environment and lies

      The environment and climate patterns have long been topics of conversation and discussion. From the cordial greeting to more serious research there has been a long tradition of viewing the environment as something fixed or unchangeable all part of what is often called mother nature. Since we all live iin the same [...]

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The cost of saving the environment.

March 28, 2012
The cost of saving the environment.

      For those of you that had to or chose to endure the pain of watching our esteemed unelected Prime Minister declare that a new solar facility would be the biggest in the world, that moment of crass stupidity has come back to haunt the project. Why does it have to be the [...]

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“I proclaim that justice is nothing but the interest of the stronger.”1 Thrasymachus in Plato’s Republic I, 338c

October 5, 2011
“I proclaim that justice is nothing but the interest of the stronger.”1 Thrasymachus in Plato’s Republic I, 338c

This quote from Plato shows how there has been no change in the effect of justice for over a thousand years. The rule of law has always been the law of the rulers.  George Ikners  ikners.com Related articles Philosophy Word of the Day – Plato on the Soul (greatcloud.wordpress.com) Why read Plato? (oup.com) What are [...]

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