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On ethics

I've been sitting on this post for a while; I began it in July, when I got an interesting email from Rebecca, who writes:

    I was recently perusing your very witty blog, "foo On ethics
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Silent Howl

One would normally assume things are more permissive now regarding what is considered obscene than was the case fifty years ago, but there is an example in the USA at the moment to show that is not always the Silent Howl
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered. Finally, It's here.

I feel like one of those bad parents, like a deadbeat dad who says he's going to take you to the circus but never gets around to it and next thing you know, the circus has packed up and left town. Why, because Signed, Sealed, Delivered. Finally, It's here.
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Honesty is all out of fashion

For some strange reason as I sit here in my computer chair surrounded by the Western suburbs of Sydney, an emotional connection between myself and the English countryside of years gone by has never really been Honesty is all out of fashion
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Science Scares Me

Ever sat up till 2am watching the National Geographic channel about the universe and planets and meteors and felt totally insignificant and pointless afterwards?

We are so tiny. And its a scientif Science Scares Me
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Stinky balls of stodge

I looked up and looked down. The sky matched the newly concreted pavement. I rounded the corner and beheld the queue in the distance. It had snaked out to the edge of the wide, extended pavement and around alo Stinky balls of stodge
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Talking with your electorate about drugs

I just received the ‘Talking with your kids about drugs’ booklet. It came with a two page covering letter from the Prime Minister. The letter explains why the brochure is important. In fact, I don& Talking with your electorate about drugs
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CSIRO climate change report

Sorry to be slow to the party with the news about the release of CSIRO’s climate change report, which you can read in all its glory here. While even a tory cabinet minister should be able to grasp the gi CSIRO climate change report
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