Moral Law

I recently got into a brief discussion with Citizen Tom about moral law. Tom then wrote a post about ignorance of the moral law, which got me wondering. Is there one true moral law, or is this a more fluid situation, dependent upon varying religious and cultural circumstances? Tom quoted Merriam-Webster regarding moral law, which […]

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TikTok Gun Debates

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeD2ecNn/ By now anyone who follows my blog will know my view on guns. I do not believe they will make any given situation safer, and I believe the evidence bears this out. One ‘Street Hawk’ on TikTok (whose posts rather annoyingly keep coming up on my feed) has made what they no doubt consider […]

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The Meerkat Muse – 7th February 2024

Welcome back to the Meerkat Muse! Let’s start out with something controversial… Brewing a Storm in a Teacup https://x.com/USAinUK/status/1750136728034169147?s=20 The gist of the Twitter link is the outrageous notion that the Colonies have suggested: microwaving tea! Now, I am not against reheating tea in the microwave, but I won’t brew a cuppa via the microwave! […]

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Domestic Violence (Content Warning)

This is a sensitive subject. Domestic violence is a scourge of society, arguably responsible for a lot of the violence directed towards women. Yes, domestic violence affects men too, but it affects women more; on average, 30 men are killed due to domestic violence each year in the UK – 102 women lose their lives […]

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Writing Prompts: Cashless Society

I was picking up up daughter from school the other month, and it occurred to me that over the course of the day, I paid for a few things, without once exchanging coins or notes. It also occurred to me that this is now virtually the norm in UK society, but is that necessarily a […]

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Remember her Name

Back on a cold February day in Manchester, a young woman lost her life. Brianna Ghey, who was only 16 years of age, was stabbed to death by a teenage boy and girl, in a frenzied attack. It seems the children who carried out the attack were convinced they could conceal their crime, but they […]

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The Meerkat Muse: 29/11/23

Here we go again! Welcome back to the Meerkat Muse! Let’s kick things off with a peculiar dream, because why not? Irish Adventures I’ve never been to Ireland. I wouldn’t mind doing so one day, but so far, the opportunity hasn’t arisen. In my dream I went to Northern Ireland, a region noted for a […]

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Tennessee Gets Trippy

he website New Republic comes a crazy story from the town of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Strap yourselves in, because this one is a doozy. Is this serious? Under the guise of banning ‘indecent behaviour’, officials in the city of Murfreesboro have banned anything deemed to carry sexual content from public spaces, and this includes homosexuality, under […]

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