http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n20/slavoj-zizek/can-you-give-my-son-a-job
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
Scratches to Sketches
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Understanding Chinese Communism the Capitalist Way
What distinguishes Chinese communism from Russian communism is the ability to survive, which rests on a failure to denounce past wrongs!
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n20/slavoj-zizek/can-you-give-my-son-a-job
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n20/slavoj-zizek/can-you-give-my-son-a-job
The Saint Thomas Approach Won't Work For Our Natural Friends
In Christianity, there is what I would term the Saint Thomas approach which is the doubting Thomas approach of not believing something without first hand sight. This approach to religion places the onus of proof onto the conveyor of evidence. Unless, the messenger can actually show real visible proof, the message is not accepted as believable. We tend not to believe that human use of food from other countries might damage the world ecosystem.
Some times, the approach will not work because of the basic flaw in it's logic:
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.
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Sketches from scratches is a provocative blogspot that has grown out of the Wuh Lax experience. It is eclectic, which means that it might consider just about anything from the simple to the extremely difficult. A scratch can be something that is troubling me or a short line on paper. From a scratch comes a verbal sketch or image sketch of the issue or subject. Other sites have other stuff that should really be of interest to the broad reader. I try to develop themes, but variety often comes before depth.
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