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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.
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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.
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