The Social Pathologist

The Diseases of Modern Life as seen through the Secular Confessional

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

How to come second in line for the Nobel Peace Prize

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See this little old lady. I bet you don't know who she is. Her name is Irena Sendlerowa. She has just recently passed away, but back i...
Monday, May 12, 2008

Blessed are the Engineers.

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Not many people know who this man is. His name is David Salonimer, an engineer who worked at the U.S army's Redstone proving ground. He ...
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Monday, April 28, 2008

Imprecise precision.

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I wish to apologise to all. I have been away rather longer than I expected and I feel I have let duty slip. I will try to post more in the n...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Keeping in touch.

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I've been really busy the past few weeks and have also had some writer's block. I hope to have a few posts up in the next week.
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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Imperfect acting

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Before a person performs an action, they must have something in mind--the objective--which they intend to perform. The purpose of acting is...
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Monday, September 03, 2007

Moral Object Solutions.

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Apparently My Blog is being read in heaven; no seriously. I got two replies to the Double Effect post from John Paul II (check the comments ...
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Friday, August 24, 2007

Thinking about Hiroshima.

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“What guided me in my thinking and guided all our efforts—The reason the 21 st Bomber Command worked like no other command during the war a...
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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Double trouble with double effect.

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I’ve been pondering double effect for a while and thanks to the moral definitions in the previous post , I feel I have a better understandin...
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Sunday, August 19, 2007

The Good Conscience

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I thought I would post a link to an interesting speech delivered by Bishop Anthony Fisher of the Catholic Church here in Australia . Bishop ...
Monday, August 13, 2007

An Inconvenient truth

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The local paper for right thinking people; The Age, frequently berates outer suburban types for living in high energy consuming McMansions i...

The Damned.

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One of the blogs I like to visit is David Apatoff's, Illustration art. His latest posting deals with Mr James Montgomery Flagg, the ill...
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Sunday, August 12, 2007

The Verdict.

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I've been waiting for my "higher authority" to get back to me, they haven't officially as yet, but Annoymous of 5.58 pm se...
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Sunday, August 05, 2007

Legal terminolgy.

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Janet E Smith, of conservative orthodox Roman Catholic fame, gives a little run down on moral terminology. Some people may find it helpful. ...

The right call

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I’ve been away for a while, posting on other blogs. Apparently I can get into trouble anywhere I go so I guess in order to keep the peace, I...
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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Eating your greenies makes you healthier.

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I love nuclear power and this article in the Australian is priceless. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21495572-23289,00.h...
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Sunday, April 01, 2007

Doublethink

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Orwell was right; Many on the left have a remarkable capacity for doublethink. For those of you who don’t know what doublethink is a definit...
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Friday, March 30, 2007

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A McDonalds culture. I personally don’t mind McDonalds. No body forces you to go there. The food is appropriate if you’re on the run, raveno...
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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Greenies

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“The Earth has a skin and that skin has diseases, one of its diseases is called man.” Friedrich Nietzsche My mother ran a spotless house a...
Sunday, March 18, 2007

Starting out.

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The Sunday Age is always good for a laugh. The story that got me thinking, dealt with the tribulations of a young couple who were having dif...
Monday, March 12, 2007

The value of tradition

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I am at variance with the mainstream conservative movement when it comes to tradition. Most conservatives seem to have a soft spot for tradi...
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I am a Family Physician working in Australia. Catholic in my religion, Austrian in my economics.
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