Monthly Archives: Dec 2023

A quick post before January 14th

I am sure a lot of danish republicans have already been active, but unless someone answers the question I asked almost a year ago – on a date that was more fitting than I could have guessed – it will … Continue reading

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The thunderous silence of the lambs

It’s a common meme that a movie like “Tropic Thunder” from 2008 couldn’t be made today, due to so-called politically correct limits to humour. I think there may be a point about it, but the actual movie that couldn’t be … Continue reading

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Ship of Theseus

Presently, the Wikipedia article on the Ship of Theseus has this description: The Ship of Theseus is a thought experiment about whether an object which has had all of its original components replaced remains the same object. Fittingly, nothing of … Continue reading

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Helicopter parenting

I too have been guilty of helicopter parenting but I have at least tried to stop myself. One reason for insane helicopter parenting: Upper middle class parents taught their kids to not judge people based on appearances. But they themselves … Continue reading

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Phoney peace groups

During the early months of 1940, the Nazis invaded Scandinavia, the Low Countries, and finally France. As Soviet Russia was then allied with Germany, the communists in Britain had already set about spreading pro-Nazi propaganda, but they quickly realised that … Continue reading

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Democracy is better than feudalism

And don’t let anyone fool you into thinking that there’s a long queue of people ready to be our feudal lords. Some are just more open about it, perhaps because they already are: Rarely has the feudalistic streak in green … Continue reading

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