Archive for August, 2007

The Lighter Side

Friday, August 31st, 2007

It’s the end of the week again, so I thought once more I’d bring some lighter stories to your attention.

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Whether we like it or not rubbernecking exists. When the traffic is slowed on a road because of an accident we all try and stretch to see what happened as we drive by. Some of these accidents are the result of drink driving.
The advertisements we see on television that warn of the perils of drink [...]

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“Armas para que” (“Guns, for what?”) – Fidel Castro

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

A survey by the Graduate Institute of International Studies has revealed that three times more weapons are held by civilians than by all the world’s armies and police forces together, 650 million compared with 250 million. It seems a shocking statistic and that pleas to solve matters peacefully are falling on deaf ears.
The urban centres [...]

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Responsibility

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Being a teenager in recent times means being in the spotlight as the media seem to have taken it upon themselves to highlight a lack of morals and rule breaking from them.
It is shocking when you consider the acts that have taken place and those that are said to have committed them, but maybe we [...]

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Try (Just a little bit harder)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Protests seem to be everywhere in the news recently. With the demonstration at Heathrow Airport fresh in our minds, I wonder how we view those that take such a stand against the things they believe are unjust.
Thousands of people set up the ‘Climate Camp’ to protest plans for a third runway. Many of these campaigners [...]

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On the lighter side…again

Friday, August 24th, 2007

We’re at the end of the week and I thought I would continue to find some unusual stories and generally lighten things up once more.

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Salt but no Pepper

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Are we stubborn or just plain foolish? I really do not know but pride does get in the way of a great many decisions being made by us. I say this after reading the recent report that calls for the introduction of the use of pepper spray by the Gardai has been rejected by the [...]

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Quo Vadis?

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

Speaking in Milwaukee on August 17th the Primate of All Ireland, Sean Brady, spoke of the “smaller but more authentic Church” he sees for the Ireland of tomorrow. While expressing his worries about the “shift to superficiality in Irish culture” the Archbishop seemed enthuased after recent trends show a revival in spiritual awareness amongst the Irish. So….we can [...]

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Amnesty is granted?

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

I’ve always admired the work that Amnesty International does. It highlights the plight of those that otherwise would be left to suffer terrible atrocities in many different countries.
So it was interesting to read this week of the disagreement that exists between Amnesty and the Catholic church in relation to abortion.

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Where is the Wellspring?

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

I’ve just returned from Taizé (ecumenical community near Lyon (France)) after spending some time in Rome and I can’t help but wonder what direction this Church of ours is heading in….as an institution. Do we have our priorities right?…or is it just jet-lag?

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