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Comment on Worldcon 2010 observations by Peter Hollo

Peter Hollo — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:03:25 +0000

I totally didn’t run into you at all :(

Agreed re panels. The other problem is that sometimes one panelist is a total bore and a total hog, and that can make for frustration.

Comment on Five easy lies by Alex

Alex — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:53:56 +0000

It’s cold in Minnesota and temperatures have changed plenty of times before, so CLEARLY there’s no global warming!

Good lesson, man.

Comment on Religious education in Australia today by Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:15:10 +0000

Religious education is not at all common in state schools in Tasmania. I am a teacher in a state school, and this year for the first time someone is coming in and taking my class for “Values”. Each week she tells my early childhood class a different story from the Old Testament. I usually struggle to see the usefulness. It was amusing to watch someone explaining the commandment about adultery to 6 and 7 year olds though!

Comment on Five easy lies by Five ways to hide inconvenient data – plethaurus

Five ways to hide inconvenient data – plethaurus — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:56:42 +0000

[...] Chris Lawson demonstrates five ways to emphasise the positive. [...]

Comment on An argument for the return of the pillory by Marie-Thérèse O' Loughlin

Marie-Thérèse O' Loughlin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:40:12 +0000

I read that Mr Pearls is into prison ministry mission. Gosh, I would hazard a guess that he must be inculcating his beating techniques ideology into his vulnerable ministry recipients. Heaven help prisoners who do take on board his methodologies on beating babies and children. Doubtless, they’ll be landing up behind bars again, before they can say ‘pearls of great wisdom‘. This man should not be allowed near a prison. The authorities should check him out, he sounds such a dangerous specimen of a person.

The team are churning out books by the new time, which are (seemingly) selling like hot-cakes throughout the world. Their books, from what I gather, have been translated into over 30 languages worldwide. So, by the looks of it they seem to have developed ways to really know how to get to the hearts of people’s pockets. Then again, with the motto ‘get to the child first, before it gets to you’ one couldn’t but wonder as to whether similar techniques are also employed to the get to the minds & pockets of the world at large.

They have been married 38 years and have five children, fourteen grandchildren and more on the way. They sound like very professional scam-artists, who use their wonderful family as a front for their very shady profitable shenanigans.

Religions are infamous for accumulating wealth and using brainwashing methods to get worshippers to part with their cash. They use their warped crooked philosophy, religion, & psychology to get to people & it works. More fools are the folk who are taken in and swallowed up by these pretended do-gooders. The Pearls know how to train them up.

http://www.tinyurl.com.au/hxb ‘I cannot believe you are promoting this man’.

Comment on Hugo Guide: Movies by gosforth featherstonehaugh

gosforth featherstonehaugh — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:35:27 +0000

Nice if American could see foreign films from time to time.

Comment on Religious education in Australia today by Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:14:25 +0000

I’ve just read the advice for R.E. teachers included in the back of each Connect Teachers Manuel. Teachers are strongly instructed to respect each student. Non-participation in any faith-based activity is always to be an option. No student is to be cohersed by the teacher, into making any form of personal faith statement. It is my personal belief that faith or an intimate relationship with God or anyone is based on freedom of choice. Freedom of choice is not available to those who are separated from the truth. It is therefore important that students are presented with an excellent wholesome education including all that they need to be equipped to be not only true to themselves but also to others.

Comment on An argument for the return of the pillory by Pala

Pala — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:30:50 +0000

I initially thought it was a book aimed at fathers who absolutely love to fish and wish to impart the same passion to their very young offspring. (See cover). Which is still actually kinda messed up. You can imagine that someone who thinks that the main purpose of parenthood is to teach their 3 year old to hook bait might not make the best parent figure. I imagined that the target audience would sleep deprive and physically coerce their young children into performing fishing related activities.

Of course, I soon realised what the book was actually about; I wasn’t really all that far off.

Comment on Journalism so crappy it needs its own outhouse by Zara Robertson

Zara Robertson — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:52:42 +0000

i thought aspartame can cause cancer in laboratory animals “

Comment on Bring The Goodies to our homes by Adam

Adam — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:26:44 +0000

Having watched and enjoyed The Goodies with you as we grew up, I cannot but agree.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v6MBHpzZg8

I find myself now living in East End London – Like your blog.

http://www.stealthisfilm.com/Part2/

There’s a moment after Howard Rheingold where you might recognise a foool talking nonsense.

I remain your good friend,

Adam.