I’ve just had time to look a little bit more at this story that emerged over the weekend. On social media, the story has been presented focusing on one severely autistic boy being suspended and then receiving death threats due to a Quran being scuffed/damaged. A local councillor defended the school for suspending the boy… Continue reading Suspended Tolerance?
Category: ethics
The toxic danger of gossip for both men and women
I recently engaged with an article that described gossip and slander as “the curse of women.” The article has since been withdrawn, I suspect one if those articles written in haste and frustration at specific circumstances. However, the association of women specifically with gossip is a common misconception. I found that phrasing unhelpful because I don’t… Continue reading The toxic danger of gossip for both men and women
Is the protestant position on abortion contradictory?
I just wanted to pick up on this tweet. I think that it runs with a number of misconceptions and confusions. First, a misunderstanding of what we mean by things like original sin and Total Depravity. The choice of wording in the tweet suggests that the doctrines require us to regard people, including babies and… Continue reading Is the protestant position on abortion contradictory?
On Jews counting -another look at the problem of antisemitism in British politics
I wanted to revisit the issue of antisemitism here in the UK. I wrote a little bit more about this recently in the light of the Stephen Sizer case and this article builds a little on this one which looked at how someone who would not consider themselves, nor be considered by others as hating… Continue reading On Jews counting -another look at the problem of antisemitism in British politics
Stephen Sizer and when church discipline doesn’t seem possible
The Stephen Sizer tribunal reached its verdict a few weeks back and concluded that he had engaged in antisemitic behaviour on at least one occasion whilst also causing offense to Jewish people and that “the Respondent’s conduct was unbecoming or inappropriate to the office and work of a clerk in Holy Orders”[1] The Bishop of… Continue reading Stephen Sizer and when church discipline doesn’t seem possible
“Don’t you tell me what to do”
The Guardian reports Trying to stop friends and relations from making certain life choices such as whether to take a new job or start a family could “violate a crucial moral right”, according to a new paper by a Cambridge philosopher. Dr Farbod Akhlaghi, a moral philosopher at Christ’s College, argues that everyone has a… Continue reading “Don’t you tell me what to do”
Saving the national health service (part 2) Funding and social care
In my first article about the current NHS crisis, I argued that we needed to look more at capacity and demand. At this time of year, there’s usually greater pressure on the NHS and specifically on A&E services due to seasonal illnesses and health threats. In particularly we can usually expect a spike in influenza… Continue reading Saving the national health service (part 2) Funding and social care
Another example of how conspiracy theories work
Here’s a good example of how bizarre Conspiracy Theories work. There’s currently a conspiracy theory going round that the COVID19 vaccine causes heart attacks and so, left right and centre, people are dropping dead of heart attacks. So, along comes Laurence Fox, who was okay in Lewis, but has since taken an unfortunate journey into… Continue reading Another example of how conspiracy theories work
The death of conversation
Conversation and debate seem to be dying. Social media, especially forms like twitter are probably not helping with this. I reflected on this a little bit more over the past couple of days from two observations. First, I’ve noticed a pattern on social media. It runs like this: Original Poster “Here’s my particular hot take. … Continue reading The death of conversation
In defence of Sunday restrictions
Tom Harwood is a journalist and commentator with GB News and he’s not happy about the UK’s remaining restrictions on Sunday Trading as this tweet shows. Now, I can’t help but make too general comments here. First, that in my experience, if you are shopping at the big superstores then you tend to be doing… Continue reading In defence of Sunday restrictions
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