What is the purpose of having laws?
Is it: A.) To give politicians a job? B.) To give citizens a chance to break them? C.) To create a chaotic and confused society? D.) To bog down the legal system? E.) To protect individual rights, health and safety? Needless to say, if we didn’t have laws and didn’t need them, politicians would not [...]
Views on death and dying
Death and dying has become such a sensitive and controversial issue. Over the past few months, assisted suicide headlines have appeared quite frequently. Then, just yesterday, there was a BBC article on the ‘pious’ clinging to life. These two diametrically opposed views invite serious contemplations about our own personal stance on living and dying. I [...]
Assisted suicide should not be an answer
Some days I am grateful for advances in technology that have improved our lives. Other days, I curse them. Not because they impose hindrances in my life particularly, but I see how it changes the world’s viewpoints and expectations and it frustrates me. Sometimes I’m very pessimistic, but for the most part, I think I’m [...]
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