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Edinburgh's March to Enlightenment event 23/04/11

besleybean - 25 April 2011 6 Comments

Christopher Brookmyre's excellent speech, made at the foot of David Hume's statue, on Edinburgh's royal mile. The statue was decked with flowers and balloons for the man's 300th birthday. ...

TAGGED: CRITICAL THINKING

God's anointed?

besleybean - 12 September 2010 1 Comments

My motivation for submitting this topic is threefold. Initiallly, in my capacity as an anti-monarchist. The other comments directly address the Church of Rome. My main point is, putting it...

TAGGED: VATICAN/ROMAN CATHOLICISM

Book recommendations

besleybean - 02 September 2010 25 Comments

Having just completed the latest of several of his novels I have read, I am taking a moment to recommend people to Christopher Brookmyre. I know some on here are already aware of his art, but I...

TAGGED: BOOKS

All hail John Lydon

besleybean - 19 July 2010 21 Comments

My memory has just been prompted to a wonderful BBC Breakfast interview I saw, featuring John Lydon(formerly Johnny Rotten). On a personal level, it was a very moving account of a family's grief...

TAGGED: INTERVIEWS, RELIGION

Jehovahs witnesses at the door

besleybean - 03 June 2010 70 Comments

What do you do? Not answer. Open the door and politely tell them to go away. Open the door, exchange a few words, then tell them to go away. Invite them in for a chat? My daughter's boyfriend kind...

TAGGED: CULTS

What is a plant?

besleybean - 25 May 2010 43 Comments

I attended an excellent training course in school, today. It was all about how children comprehend. One of the discussions was about how even on a seemingly basic level, children and teachers can...

TAGGED: BIOLOGY