RELIGION:
There's a debate taking place in the UK as to the state of the teaching
of religious education
(RE) there. Apparently, the theists are unhappy about its decline or,
worse, disappearance from some schools. Though not the Faith schools
now permitted under English law. (Satanism, anyone?). There's
naturally discussion about whether the title RE is still appropriate,
given than much of it amounts to lessons on comparative religion,
rather than on the tenets of any one of them. I favour Belief
Systems, as something which would permit education on the secular, non-theist
moral framework of humanism.
HUMANISM:
If your interest has been aroused by the last paragraph, here's the
link for the British Humanist Association, whose president is the
lovely Iranian comedienne, Shappi Khorsandi. There's also a magazine,
The New Humanist, from the Rationalist Society which I like the look
of and to which I've taken out a trial subscription. Oh, and a blog.
THE
EU & THE UK: No one seems to have any real idea of what game
David Cameron is playing, though there's no shortage of people with
theories. Most of the commentators are badly informed but one or two
are very knowledgable. One of the latter has also insisted Cameron
has no chance of achieving 'treaty change' or even of getting any
real concessions before his 'stupidly self-imposed' deadline of 2017.
I tend to agree with his comment yesterday that what he's doing is:
Trying to pretend that he is in control and setting up the "British
model" to disguise associate membership and to enable him to
pretend that it was his idea. And keeping everyone in the dark
on the date of the referendum. "Anybody who wants to assert that Mr
Cameron doesn't have a strategy, or a 'master plan'", he
asserts, "isn't reading the runes and is in danger of helping the
Prime Minister sell his own agenda". Further: As always, the Prime
Minister will face resistance from some EU leaders. But the reality
is that behind the scenes, hidden by what officials are calling
"chaff", fundamental changes to the EU are being
considered. These will be dressed up to give the impression the EU
is doing us a great favour. Don't be fooled. They are intended only
to make the EU work better for the core eurozone countries. They do
not address ANY of the fundamental issues that make British
membership intolerable. More here and here.
FINALLY .
. . WASHING MACHINES: Everyone knows these eat hosiery. I have 12
'orphan' socks. But whole tea-towels? I've lost one of these and,
unless one of my curry-pupils nicked it last week, the only
explanation can be a ravenous washing machine. Anyone else had a
similar experience. With a machine, I mean. Not with a curry-pupil.
Note:
FACE(LESS)BOOK: I continue to get this text when I try to put a blog
post on my Home page: This message contains content that has been
blocked by our security systems. This is easily solved, I discovered
by accident, merely by adding a foto to the text. God knows why. I
have, of course, accepted FB's invitation to tell me why I disagree
with their practice, to no avail whatsoever. I assume it's a computer
with which I'm 'dialoguing'. And it doesn't recgonise or like my Anglo-Saxon terms.
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