Archive for February, 2008

The Lighter Side

Friday, February 29th, 2008

To the lighter side we go again with more stories to help take your mind off the more serious stories of the week.

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Let’s have a real debate, not a closed one

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Is it right that only those who completely abstain from drink can should be able to debate alcohol abuse?

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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body - Jean Cocteau

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

The British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced that drug addicts who refuse to accept treatment will lose their state benefits for up to six months under new government measures.

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The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow. - Dr. Diane Fossey

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Why do we always believe that we have to right to live before anything else?

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Never believe in mirrors or newspapers. - Tom Stoppard

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Being in the spotlight can be a dangerous thing that can slowly grind people down until there is quite simply nothing left.

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The Lighter Side

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

To the lighter side we go once again with some stories to take the seriousness out of the week.

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Hatred is the coward’s revenge for being intimidated - George Bernard Shaw

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Racism is something I can never understand, it can turn seemingly “normal” people into bitter and twisted idiots who because they are either uneducated or just plain scared choose to hit out at the those from other races or creeds.

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How many crimes are permitted simply because their authors could not endure being wrong - Albert Camus

Friday, February 15th, 2008

We should get paid for the effort we put into our work, unfortunately there are those that seek to undermine this.

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Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey - Anna Julia Cooper

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Bullying is a horrible , cowardly act committed not by those who do not know any better but by those who are too afraid of themselves so the only thing they can do is lash out at others.

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