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Debating the Churches’ Role in the Peace in Northern Ireland
This morning’s Sunday Sequence featured a substantial debate (about 35 minutes into the recorded programme) on a new book,Religion, Civil Society and Peace in Northern Ireland (Oxford University Press 2011), written by sociologists John Brewer, Gareth Higgins and Francis Teeney. The debate was framed in an opening vignette by presenter William Crawley in uncompromising terms, [...] read our review » -
The Imperfectionists (Tom Rachman) – an insight into a newspaper that’s maybe not so fictional
‘news’ is often a polite way of saying ‘editor’s whim’ Given the shift from print to online and e-ink, maybe Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists was a suitable first first book for me to finish reading on the Kindle. Considering the economic pressures on the newspaper industry, his novel perhaps captures the spirit and soul of [...] read our review »
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“Unionism Decayed 1997-2007″ by David Vance: book review
I initially wrote this when the book was first published three years ago; whilst certain elements of it now sound dated, its basic premise that the period of 1997-2007 was a period of irreversible decay for Northern Irish Unionism can still be argued as a valid opinion. My own feeling is that it did indeed [...] read our review »
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That’s very cryptic, Mack!
Fixed now Horseman, not sure how it happened but the content went AWOL.
Enough of these already
You know, I’d never seen one before until today, but apparently there is a lot of them out there..
still blank for me…
mack ,
‘but apparently there is a lot of them out there..’
The currency in this instance has been much debased . The odd thing is that Hitler for all his faults was in himself a perfect gentleman at least in terms of his personal ethics . Stands up quite well to comparisons with the ethics of say a Madoff ( Ponzi Supremo ) , Greenberg (AIG thief)and another hundred or more from the corporate and political worlds of Washington DC , Wall St and the City of London not forgetting our own Irish ‘brown paper bag ‘ deals- which should get another airing today as former Government Press Secretary, Frank Dunlop faces sentencing on a number of corruption charges . We need not mention the religious orders defence of their ethical standards or their preference for purchasing insurance policies against being sued for molestation of children rather than remove the criminals form the order ? Christianity wasis being turned inside out and upside down so that these ‘criminals ‘ could be kept
People are learning the hard way not to trust bankers , insurers , politicians , clergy , the mass media ,corporation executives etc etc etc .
As my old man used to say -never mind what they say watch what they actually do !
Now that we’ve seen what they have done and heard some of their ‘justifications ‘ for unethical behaviour will we ever again trust the ‘professionals ‘be they lay or clerical to regulate themselves ?
Aye, that Downfall clip set to any current disaster is doing the rounds, but it is gas with the psychotic Hitler ranting.