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  • Scientology Is A Cult

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    I just wanted to use the word ‘[tag]cult[/tag]’ it since it enrages them so. Religions generally preach peace, forgiveness, etc., yet it appears [tag]Scientology[/tag] is all about brain-washing, coercion, and the elimination of anyone who even considers any contrary beliefs. How anyone can defend such behaviour is beyond me. I am glad to learn that…

  • AFBO – Anti Fat-Bastard Order

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    Sitting on a local train today, I watched as three larger-than-healthy people got on and found seats near me. The gran, mum and son struggled to sit at a table designed for four, while I sat at the table on the other side of the aisle. Gran was the smallest of the three, but had…

  • Run away from Dogma

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    Lifehack: 10 MORE ways to create a breakthrough in your life. Run away from any kind of dogma. Dogma is the product of a closed mind. It’s an idea with a threat attached. If you suffer from dogma, get it out of your life. Let it go. Kick it out. Try thinking the opposite. Treat…

  • Deviance

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    Deviance is both admired and admonished, desired and deplored. While growing up deviance is bad: “don’t break the rules” and good: “don’t succumb to peer-pressure”. During your career deviance is good: “think outside the box” and bad: “you must follow protocol”. So why is the word deviant so often assumed to mean criminal?

  • Browser Wars (not much fighting)

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    Having created the new Saints site, I have access to the visitor [tag]statistics[/tag]. I was surprised to see that over the first 9 days (27,682 visits, 10.6GB) 92.2% were using [tag]Internet Explorer[/tag], and I was more surprised to see that ~57% of those were still using IE6. So more than half of all visitors are…

  • BA drops ban on wearing crosses

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    BA has announced that it has changed its rules regarding [tag]religious[/tag] items its staff can wear. As with many [tag]rules[/tag] and [tag]law[/tag]s, problems only appeared because they were far too specific. English law has the benefit of the word ‘reasonable’, allowing sensible flexible rules. Had their rules simply said “non-uniform [tag]cultural[/tag] and religious [tag]jewellery[/tag] and…

  • Neglect

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    I’ve been neglecting this blog. The main reason is maybe because I’ve lost a lot of my time freedom by going and getting a real have to commute to the office and work regular hours job. But it could also be because I’ve not had much to talk about. Which in turn could be because…

  • Daniel Craig, Actor

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    Apparently, [tag]Daniel Craig[/tag] (now of [tag]James Bond[/tag] Fame of course), was initially reluctant to take the role of [tag]007[/tag]. …he was understandably reluctant to give up a versatile career to camp it up as British super-spy James Bond – a role not typically associated with serious actors. Ha! He was in Tomb Raider for goodness…

  • CCTV – Not Invading Privacy

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    Last week saw another wave of ‘public concern’ over the increasing numbers of CCTV cameras. The BBC recently used the topic as one of their ‘Have Your Say‘ debates. The majority of the replies ‘recommended by readers’ were scathing remarks against the “you must have a guilty conscience” “brigade”. Unfortunately for them, many of these…

  • ‘Real’ Beauty

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    Dove Campaign For Real Beauty: ‘Evolution’ I don’t think this needs any further comment.