Month: December 2015

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God’ll Fix It

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Er… hello? Yes? Ah – oh, I’m sorry, I’m not sure I’m in the right place. I’m looking for… God? Yes… That’s me. Oh. Really? Yes, yes. I know, it usually throws people. Well, yes, I expect it … really? Yes, yes. It’s me God. You were probably expecting choirs of angels, clouds… …pearly gates… Yes, well, I don’t do that any more. Any more? It really isn’t – well, it doesn’t really get the reaction that one wants, if you know what I mean. So I’ve gone for this. What do you mean, ‘this’? Well, what you see. A … Continue reading God’ll Fix It

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Cecil

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Much has been written, and even more said, about the recent demand to remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes from the portico of Oriel College in Oxford. Should a racist colonist, slaver and imperialist still be honoured in marble (or whatever material is used) now that his country of birth has moved forward with its values and realised that much of what he did must be regarded as questionable by today’s standards? Some have stepped forward and outlined ways in which Rhodes was far from the character it has been claimed he was, but let us set them aside for … Continue reading Cecil

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The virtue of disagreement

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Today’s topic I cannot avoid, really, as it is uppermost in my mind, on a matter which has troubled me since I first heard of it last June, and of which I later had first hand experience online. Most broadly expressed, it is the stifling of debate in the modern university. What causes it to be uppermost in my mind is my coming across a very short clip concerning merely the most recent manifestation of this fad, which is the question of whether the statue of Cecil Rhodes which stands over a doorway to Oriel College, Oxford should be removed … Continue reading The virtue of disagreement