Category Archives: Philosophy

Modern Economic Realities

Posted on July 7, 2015 by odeboyz

Incentives  The rich need high wages, bonuses and stock options: the poor need low wages and cuts in benefits. Outcomes The Haves, the Have Nots and the Have Lots Dedicated to George Osborne, British Chancellor of the Exchequer and social … Continue reading →

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The Philosophy of Sex

Posted on June 16, 2015 by odeboyz

“Everything is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.” House of Cards Series 1, episode 10 (USA version) Dedicated to Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Nafissatou Diallo (Chris)

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George Osborne: Shirker

Posted on June 12, 2015 by odeboyz

Oxford educated cabinet members (10 out of 23) have developed a philosophy of poverty which George Osborne outlined in his ‘Shirkers and Strivers’ speech*. The claim is that poor people are poor because they lack aspirations and worse, are addicted … Continue reading →

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A Fatal Problem for Induction

Posted on June 2, 2015 by odeboyz

The sun will rise in the east tomorrow. (Chris)  

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Enoch Powell’s* Prophecy, 1964

Posted on May 8, 2015 by odeboyz

“In the end, the Labour Party could cease to represent labour. Stranger historic ironies have happened than that.” *He was a right-wing Conservative politician and political philosopher. (Chris)

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Cinema

Posted on April 21, 2015 by odeboyz

The cinema looks like a warehouse, and feels ostentatious, relying on reflected limelight, buried limelight, awkward, buried in history; it is history. It warehouses focus group dreams, meaningless and safe. Safe when terrorised, safe when sexualised, safe dreams, anodyne dreams, … Continue reading →

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An uncompromising Social Worker

Posted on April 21, 2015 by odeboyz

“Death to all those who would whimper and cry.” Bob Dylan Tombstone Blues 1965

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Adolf Eichmann, Train Drivers and Crimes Against Humanity: Auschwitz 1944

Posted on April 13, 2015 by odeboyz

Murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, and other inhuman acts committed against civilian populations, before or during the war; or persecutions on political, racial or religious grounds in execution of or in connection with any crime within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, … Continue reading →

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David Cameron’s Political Philosophy

Posted on April 7, 2015 by odeboyz

The NHS* If you’re ill it’s probably a life style issue, so shape up and stop being a burden on hard working taxpayers. *National Health Service Taxation He believes that taxation is a burden and not the price of civilized … Continue reading →

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Auschwitz and Complicity in Mass Murder

Posted on March 13, 2015 by odeboyz

Rudolph Hoss, the commandant of Auschwitz, was executed on the 16thApril, 1947 for ‘crimes against humanity’. Hoss was a fervent Nazi and ran Auschwitz with brutal enthusiasm. Auschwitz was the end of a long process where very many people made … Continue reading →

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