As many of you know Jamie Kilstein is opening for Richard Dawkins at the Rise of Atheism conference in Melbourne on the 14th of March. You may not have known that he will be performing shows in Melbourne and Adelaide for the Melbourne Comedy Festival! If you don’t know who Jamie Kilstein is let me give you […]
Archive for February, 2010
One issue over which my opinion has been rather fluid as of late is that of labels. Often times I avoid the use of labels, arguing that they provide others with opportunity to make unfounded assumptions and put into practice pre-conceived notions. As we come to learn new labels we inevitably begin a process of […]
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As of Friday, Australia effectively has its first saint, however she will have to wait until October to be canonised (It’ll be a sort of early Christmas present for Australia’s Catholics). I have written previously about the problems I have with Mary Mackillop’s specific road to sainthood so will not go back over them here, […]
Three months ago I wrote a blog post both here and at my blog about the case of Ron Houben, a man who was left in a vegetative state after a car crash. Some uncouth attention seekers decided to abuse this man, his family, and their dignity for their own 15 minutes of fame by claiming […]
