Category Archives: Society

Thoughts on being Smartphoneless

Posted on March 14, 2021 by JC

Almost five years ago, I wrote my thoughts on Facebook after a few months of being off it. In 2018, I was planning to do the same thing with my aging smartphone and had decided not to replace it when … Continue reading →

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Life is Easier – So Should Religion Be

Posted on March 7, 2021 by JC

We are now well into the season of Lent for 2021 and so far at least, without any hint that we’re going to be deprived of the Mass again during this Holy Time. The Feast of St. Joseph was the … Continue reading →

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Intelligence and the Appearance of It

Posted on February 27, 2021 by JC

I like books. I read quite a lot of them and I have never been without a significant backlog of books to read since I was a teenager. Not everyone is like this though and there is nothing necessarily wrong … Continue reading →

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Tolerating the Intolerable

Posted on February 14, 2021 by JC

It should hardly need pointing out that our leaders are not benevolent and kind people who want the best for us. They definitely want us to believe this but it pretty obviously isn’t the case. They can be quite ruthless … Continue reading →

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Gamers Rose Up

Posted on January 31, 2021 by JC

This is a fast moving story and not one I’m directly involved in but I wanted to make some brief commentary on it. If you want an excellent, concise background to the whole story then Louis Rossmann has a video … Continue reading →

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Australia Belongs to Us

Posted on January 26, 2021 by JC

The above video was produced by the Australia Day Council which appears to be a government funded organisation. The Federal Government in Australia has apparently been led by “conservatives” since 2013 and yet the above video was produced with them … Continue reading →

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The Prelude to Tyranny

Posted on December 29, 2020 by JC

I’ve been reading Plato’s Republic and I was struck by this passage in Part IX. Plato argues that democracy rises out of oligarchy which leads eventually to tyranny. This doesn’t quite fit wit what we are living through today which … Continue reading →

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Pauline Hanson was right

Posted on December 28, 2020 by JC

Back in 1996, I was in middle school and as is to be expected, not well-informed where politics and society were concerned. John Howard was the Prime Minister and he would remain so until 2007. Regardless of your politics, he … Continue reading →

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Technology and the End User

Posted on December 17, 2020 by JC

The Big Necessity: Adventures in the World of Human Waste by Rose George Portobello Books, September 16th, 2008 I don’t know precisely what got me thinking about how much I appreciate flush toilets over the last few years as I’ve … Continue reading →

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Filling in the ice tray

Posted on December 8, 2020 by JC

I have a problem every summer in my house when I go to get ice and find trays completely empty because nobody has bothered to refill it. I have a set habit of refilling the trays every time I use … Continue reading →

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