The Inevitable Spin on Tragedy

By now, you may be aware of the shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville. This attack was allegedly carried out by a transgender man. It feels inevitable that the peanut gallery will spin this into an attack upon ‘good’ Christian values, by the misguided and unstable trans community. Except, the usual pattern for […]

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Writing Prompts: Ban a Word

If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? This is interesting. What word would I deem to be so offensive that I’d strip it from the dictionary and try to deny usage of? There are a number of words associated with racism, sexism, and homophobia, that the […]

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False Accusations, P4

I wondered whether or not to post this. Prior conversations with the author of Theology Archaeology, Silence of Mind and Tom have been fruitless. Is there any point in perpetuating them? On the other hand, for the sake of the record, and for completeness, I believe it prudent to lay out my version of recent […]

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False Accusations, P3

Following the double-standards employed by Citizen Tom, and the outright lies employed by Silence of Mind, a third party (a long-standing opponent of this site, and of Bruce Gerencser) weighed in. His claims are as dishonest as they come. First off, thanks to Citizen Tom and Silence of the Mind for defending me in some […]

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False Accusations

Recently, Citizen Tom decided to dissect a post of mine. I could respond, but I don’t feel the impetus. He has his views across a series of subjects, I have mine, and we’ll end up talking past each other. There’s little point in furthering such conversations. What I did note was the spurious, dishonest claim […]

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Where I Stand… Taxation and Wealth

Recently, I’ve been engaged in something of a debate with Citizen Tom, via the comments on a post of mine here. Whilst the post related to immigration (and how the Tories use immigration as a scare tactic and distraction), the comments soon spun off to other, semi-related topics (as comments are want to do). Tom […]

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Writing Prompts: Tantrum

This prompt comes from an old WordPress Daily Post idea, and I thought it might be interesting to explore. When we hear the word ‘tantrum’, I’d wager most of us think of an angry, stroppy child, throwing their toys out of the pram, or rolling on the floor of a shop, beating their tiny fists […]

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Books and the Ban

The US State of Florida has recently seen the introduction of HB 1647, better regarded as a measure designed to remove various books from school libraries. We are told these measures are to protect children, but protect them from what? Books like The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini (which is meant to be a challenging, […]

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