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Are Asian nuns being used as guinea pigs for genetically modified food-stuff?
[originally published in my Octant, issue 1, December 2005, Simply two areas of concern – the first on genetic engineering; and the second on basically using the gay community as a scape-goat for sexual harassment of minors by a small number of those within Catholic orders.] Genetically modified rice? Radio can be quite informative at…
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[from LiveJournal – no title] Didn’t much reflect today – too busy trying to catch up with eight weeks of gardening, and trying to burn off fallen branches and leaves before the fire season begins. Already tommorrow will be in the 30s – another hot Cup day… perhaps hot enough to have a swim, though…
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Further papal reflections
[from LiveJournal] Well – I at least predicted the correct name of the Pope, even if not the correct person. The other prediction, more likely given the age of the current Pope than the person I had predicted, is that he would only last until 2008. This we shall see, and perhaps we shall then…
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Forecasting the new Pope and personal preferences
[original on LiveJournal: http://jmdavid.livejournal.com/1697.html] As I have already posted a reading for the forthcoming Pope, I shall not here mention it in any details. Simply refer to http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=39947 and, even more stepping out with possibly totally incorrect forecast, http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=40059 I write here, however, to reflect on what are some of the changes I would like…
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Ethics
[from LiveJournal] Seems that the more I read, the more it seems that there is a lack of understanding as to what ethics is. Many seem to base ethical views on deontological statements, or on emotivism, or on socially or psychologically determined dispositions. One of the papers I will need to prepare – perhaps as…
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