It can hardly have escaped the notice of even the most vaguely politically inclined that the current state of affairs with our de-facto two party system is less than ideal for the left-leaning voter. We have, in simple terms, a decision between Tony Abbott’s Super-Catholic Hooray Party and our current mob, who are steadily transforming into […]
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We’ve all heard it; apparently all Australians are racist, all Americans are gun nuts, and all Iraqis are Terrorists – all of which are obviously false. It is easy to see how it happens, take the recent Melbourne murder of an Indian student – the situation is quickly become hyped up and blown out of proportion. This overstatement of […]
Early listeners of the podcast would remember we interviewed an independent game developer called Conor O’Kane.
Conor made a computer game satirising the Japanese whaling program called Harpooned
What made Conor so special, was his ability to bring critical thinking and science awareness to people through the medium of computer games. An effective medium that largely goes […]
As many will have seen, about a year ago, Channel 4 in the UK screened a very disturbing documentary about an epidemic in Nigeria of children being branded as witches. Here’s the original documentary. Basically, a spike in evangelical and charismatic Christianity in Nigeria, coupled with a film released by Helen Ukpabio, has resulted in a […]
I know it may seem like I’m jumping the gun a bit on calling this one, but I assure you that come next election newspapers will be screaming that result at us. December 1st, it would seem, was the day that will be forever remembered as the day the Liberal Party decided to extend their […]
Well, Maine. Look at what you’ve gone and done now — I’m very rarely speechless, but when I read about the results of your referendum to overturn the same sex marriage laws I was struck dumb.
There are so, so many things wrong with this situation that make me sick. First up is the obvious:
I’m rarely angry. Even when a creationist says something stupid, I don’t react with fits of rage — I’ve made it a policy of mine not to do that under any circumstances.
This doesn’t fall under any of the circumstances I was thinking of at the time I came up with that policy.
A. N. Wilson wrote a deliciously stupid […]
This is a very sad tale of parental irresponsibility.
Are we going to wait until the child is dead, and then maybe, eventually, take action against the parents? Even if that happens, that little girl will still be dead.
Have we learned anything from the tragic death of Gloria Thomas? Is our government prepared to step in […]
Well, by popular demand, here’s a bit more of a primer on nuclear power.
It’s often said by its opponents that nuclear energy is somehow exceptionally dangerous, and therefore should not be used. However, my response to that is simple — where are the injuries? Where are the deaths?
The disaster at Chernobyl was really something very exceptional, and entire […]
A response to this article.
The government has now given religion free reign to discriminate on your gender, martial status, sexual orientation, divorce, religion and if you have kids or not.
Well done.…Thank you! Thank you for dragging all social progress back to the 1920’s where women were marginalised and divorce deemed taboo. Where single parent’s children, were taken […]
