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my Thinkin' Blog
http://philosophymaybe.blogspot.com/
My Thinkin' Blog is where I will be when I am off a more serious frame of mind
- Added on: Jun 22nd, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Geraldine
- Listed in: Philosophy Social Commentary
- Tags: politics philosophy history humanities
Recent Posts
I am Going To Die
I am going to dieClimbing up a mountainSwimming in the sea.Doing Something dangerousWill be the end of me.I won't stay -- won't lingerSurrender breath by breath.I would rather rushToward my impending death.To depend on others' mercyTo be a burden or ...
What is Happiness?
I believe that happiness is that joyful lighthearted abandonment that comes when you can partake of the pleasures or activities in life that enhance your self esteem, self awareness and world awareness. When you look around you and are heartened by t...
Returning To An Ex Repeatedly: Karma or Weakness?
On the face of it returning to an ex repeatedly would be viewed as stupidity by some, as weakness by others and then again some others would view it as a mixture of both stupidity and weakness. The stupidity, having an almost impossibly optimisti...
The Wizard Of Oz
The film The Wizard of Oz was released in 1939. Even though Judy Garland and Edgar Yip Harburg won Oscars it was not a commercial or a critical success, the New Yorker said of it that it had "No trace of imagination, good taste or integrity" and the ...
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The news that eight servicemen have been killed in Afghanistan within a 24 hour period has given the opposition something else to batter the Government with. The charge.. that they are not sending the troops out with proper equipment (but I wonder w...
Freedom to Smoke
In 'Two Concepts of Liberty' Isaiah Berlin states "To coerce a man is to deprive him of freedom". A week or two ago the European parliament was voting on taking the anti smoking ban a step further by banning smoking outside the workplace, pubs, beer ...
