Archive for March, 2007
If you thought euthanasia was a difficult question try this one. Would you or do you support eugenics ? The purported goals of eugenics have variously been to create healthier, more intelligent people, save society’s resources and lessen human suffering. In its early days the means were focused on selective breeding but even then there […]
I love poetry. Not the heavy, classical stuff, and not too keen on the so-called blind poetry that doesn’t seem to scan or rhyme. But the light hearted stuff and yes, sometimes, the serious stuff as long as it’s not too complicated. I was forced to do it at school but a little bit rubbed […]
Sorry ’bout that, just trying to get thru. I see your note on Testing 1 2 3 and its now clear you had some problems but it’s a pretty stingy apology and you still haven’t answered our questions.
Presumably posts get bounced by s/w but why can’t the poster be informed so that he/she can modify […]
Should cyclists be compelled by law to ride in single file unless there is a bike lane? I’ve seen it somewhere on the Mornington Peninsula and it seemed to work well.
I know all the cyclists will arc up and say “We’ve got as much right to use the road as you have.” But that’s just […]
Some time ago I read that the dead outnumber the living by about 20 to 1. If there is a Heaven it must be pretty crowded by now. Just try to imagine the entire population of, say, China and India. Multiply this by 20 and add a few billion more. Now, try to get in […]
Greetings to all my fellow travelers on the rocky, dusty pathway of life. To the grafters and the schemers, to the lovers and the dreamers. To all who toil to make this land a happier place. I have chosen as today’s passage an extract from Hippocrites himself.
As you probably all know, Hippocrites was a great […]
The recent joke news item about UFO’s got me thinking - does anyone believe in them.
I have two opinions - is there other life out there somewhere? Definitely YES. I have raised this with some astronomers and their view, and mine, is that with millions of galaxies each containing billions of stars then it is almost […]
