Reflections

Why create new law

October 9, 2011

Prompted by a post by LongRider about safe limits and drinking and driving I started thinking about his idea that there shouldn’t be a law against drinking and driving as the laws of murder and manslaughter and GBH etc. should cover the injuries and fatalities caused by drunk drivers. The powers that be don’t trust [...]

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My Precious

October 4, 2011

Why do people get so precious about random objects and desire them to exit forever? Or in other words, I’m going to write about two seemingly totally separate cases but which have the common theme of not wanting to get rid of something that has been around for a number of years. So long in [...]

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A genuine question. Or two.

September 27, 2011

I have often railed against the behaviour of “the left” when it comes to confusing intentions with outcome. I have on occasion even said that I really don’t care how heartless or cruel the motive is, as long as the outcome is good. It seems to me that “the left” will adopt any stupid, dangerous, [...]

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E-petitions: the modern professional penitent?

September 21, 2011

I was reading about the terrible case of Troy Davis, a black man accused of killing a policeman in in the US: The federal court that finally reviewed evidence of Davis’ innocence agreed “this case centers on eyewitness testimony.” Yet that court put to one side the fact that seven of the nine witnesses at [...]

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9/11: Muslim vs Muslim

September 13, 2011

Charles Crawford was British Ambassador in Belgrade when the World Trade Centre was attacked. Here he reflects on his reaction. This post first appeared at Charles’ site on 11 September. I returned to the Embassy in Belgrade to be told to watch on TV what was happening in New York. I did. The Twin Towers [...]

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How To Be Sectioned: Part 1

September 9, 2011

How difficult can it be to get myself sectioned under the Mental Health Act? Not at all difficult, I suspect. Probably all I have to do is write about a personal “spiritual” experience as I now propose to do. This may well get me labelled as a religious nut job. But then I hope Raccoonistas [...]

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Is Israel really the monster it’s made out to be?

September 8, 2011

This is another subject that cannot actually be rationally discussed. Any mention of “facts” will be met with an increasingly histrionic barrage of “counter-facts” and allegations of violent atrocity. But the truth of the matter is that if you look at the relative attitude of the even the most aggressive Israeli government towards Palestine is [...]

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