Archive for the tag "Enlightenment"
David Hume
David Hume, hero of the Enlightenment, father of skepticism, linchpin of democracy and human rights and freedoms, Happy 300th Birthday! Sir Roger has some understanding of how Hume felt when he said this: “Here am I who have written on all sorts of subjects calculated to excite hostility, moral, political, and religious, and yet [...]
Posted: 7 May, 2011 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Culture, Economics, Education, History, Life, Literature, mystery, Nature, politics and government, Religion, Science, US Politics, values.
Tags: Australian democracy, Australian democratic values, Australian political values, Australian Politics, Australian religion, Australian religious values, authority, David Hume, democracy, emotion, Enlightenment, epistemology, evidence, evidence-based, Feelings, freedom, government, human, human values, humanity, Hume, metaphysics, moral values, morals, opinion, philosopher, philosophy, political values, politics, Religion, religion and politics, religious politics, religious values, rights, scepticism, Scottish Enlightenment, skepticism, suffrage, understanding
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New! Ted Robinson on Education
Sir Ken Robinson PhD is inspiring and hilarious. His first TED talk is the most popular ever. This one is an animation of the RSA talk that he gave this year.
Posted: 20 December, 2010 in comedy/humour, Culture, Economics, Education, environment, fun, History, Internet, Life, Literature, Media, politics and government, Science, Technology, US Politics, values, Video.
Tags: creativity, Education, education paradigm, educational values, Enlightenment, humour, Industrial Revolution, insipiring, Ken Robinson, passion, RSA, TED, WikiLeaks
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David Cameron on Transparent Government
The similarity between British PM, David Cameron’s, statement on government transparency and Wikileaks’ current activity is delightful but he doesn’t get it.
Posted: 11 December, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Computing, Culture, Economics, History, Internet, legal, Life, politics and government, Technology, values.
Tags: Act of Settlement, Australian political values, Australian Values, Britain, British political values, British Prime Minister, bureaucrats, cameron, Charles I, citizenship, constitutional monarchy, Cromwell, data, data transparency, David Cameron, democracy, dictatorship, double-dipping, English civil war, Enlightenment, female suffrage, Freedom of Information, Glorious Revolution, government, indigenous, indigenous Australians, information, Internet, Johnny Walker Blue, masters, monarchy, podcast, political values, politics, privacy, Roundheads, secrecy, servants, suffrage, taxation, taxes, transparency, transparent government, tyranny, UK, universal suffrage, values
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Jefferson Says
Sir Roger’s readers are impatient to hear what Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father of the American experiment would have said about the Wikileaks matter.
Posted: 6 December, 2010 in History, Literature, politics and government, US Politics, values.
Tags: American constitution, cablegate, Constitution of the United States, Declaration of Independence, democracy, democratic values, Enlightenment, founding fathers, government, independence, Jefferson, liberty, political values, politics, resistance, Thomas Jefferson, tyranny, United States, US Politics, values, we the people, WikiLeaks
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Wikileaks Cablegate and Hunter S. Thompson
What has changed, what the fuss is really about, is that the US Government has lost the most precious protection of a professional liar: plausible deniability.
Posted: 5 December, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Internet, Iraq, politics and government, US Politics, values.
Tags: Assange, Burns, cablegate, Clinton, democracy, democratic values, Enlightenment, government, Hillary Clinton, Hunter S. Thompson, Julian Assange, leak, leaking, leaks, political leaks, political values, politics, power, privilege, Robbie Burns, rule, United States, US, USA, values, WikiLeaks
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FFS! [Oh for Goodness' Sake...]
Cherie Blair, wife of the notorious war criminal, suspended the sentence of a man who broke another man’s jaw in a bank queue, because he is “religious”.
Posted: 16 February, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, History, Iran, legal, Life, politics and government, Religion, Science, values.
Tags: A. C. Grayling, atheism, atheist, Australian Values, Cherie Blair, Cherie Booth, christian, Dark Ages, Dawkins, Enlightenment, government, Grayling, History, Iran, Islam, law, legal, muslim, politics, rational, Religion, religious values, Richard Dawkins, theocracy, theocratic, Tony Blair, values
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Stephen Fry
I have no quarrel with individuals who have faith. But damned if I’m going to have the battles won by the Enlightenment abdicated by a new Dark Ages.
Posted: 25 January, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, History, Iraq, Life, politics and government, Religion, Science, Sex, US Politics, values, Video.
Tags: atheism, Australian Politics, Dark Ages, Enlightenment, government, Iraq, non-believer, philosophy, Religion, religious values, Stephen Fry, unbeliever, US Politics, values, Vietnam
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LOLCats with a Vengeance!
It’s enough to make you want to just give up and forget it all and look at some funny cat video.
Posted: 17 November, 2009 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, comedy/humour, Culture, Guantanamo/Hicks, History, Immigration, Iran, Iraq, Life, lolcats, politics and government, Racism, Religion, Science, US Politics, values, Video.
Tags: 60s 70s, 80s, 90s, agriculture, Australian Values, Barnaby, Britney, Burma, christianity, climate change, CO2, coal lobby, democracy, democratic values, Enlightenment, farmers, freedom, global values, global warming, government, hinduism, Indonesia, Industrial Revolution, Iran, Islam, israel, Joyce, judaism, LOL, lol cats, lolcats, love, methane, Obama, palestine, paris, peace, political values, politics, privacy, Racism, Religion, religious values, rights, Rudd, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, tiddlywinks, Turnbull, values, xenophobia, Yemen, zenophobia
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Rights of Man
John Howard is against a Bill of Rights and that’s enough for us. The little shit has always been so wrong that anything he is against is certain to be right
Posted: 27 August, 2009 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Guantanamo/Hicks, History, politics and government, US Politics.
Tags: accountability, american politics, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Animal Farm, Australian Constitution, Australian Values, Bill of Rights, Cabinet, Droits de l'Homme, Edward II, Enlightenment, ethics, France, French politics, French Revolution, George Orwell, government, Great Charter, Guantanamo, habeas corpus, Howard, human rights, Jenny Leong, John Howard, judges, King Edward, law, legal, legal black hole, legal system, legal values, liberty, magistrate, Magna Carta, martial law, military commissions, moral values, morals, oligarchy, oppression, parliament, Petition of Right, Philip Ruddock, political values, politics, principles, Privy Council, property, Rights of Man, Ruddock, ruling elite, secret, security, statute, terrorism law, Thomas Coke, Thomas Paine, unitary Executive, values, War of Independence
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Burma Railroaded : .mp3 version
Sir Roger has gathered an enormous, highly professional cast to enact his latest post – “Burma Railroaded”- for the ears of his loyal audience.
Posted: 14 August, 2009 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, comedy/humour, History, Media, politics and government.
Tags: audio, Aung San Suu Kyi, australia, Australian Values, Burma, Burmese, comedy, condemnation, diplomacy, Enlightenment, ethics, Foreign Minister, house arrest, humor, humour, international diplomacy, international reaction, international values, moral values, mp3, Myanmar, Obama, outrage, pantaloon, pompadour, powder, principles, radio drama, sanctions, silk-stocking, sound, standards, Stephen Smith, Suu Kyi, values
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Burma Railroaded
This stylised footstamping over Burma’s treatment of Suu Kyi by international dandies playing an archaic game by pre-Enlightenment rules makes us sick.
Posted: 12 August, 2009 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Culture, politics and government, US Politics.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, australia, Australian Values, Burma, Burmese, condemnation, diplomacy, Enlightenment, ethics, Foreign Minister, house arrest, international diplomacy, international reaction, international values, moral values, Myanmar, Obama, outrage, pantaloon, pompadour, powder, principles, sanctions, silk-stocking, standards, Stephen Smith, Suu Kyi, values
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