Monthly Archives: November 2005

Apart from short termism, most problems are created by population pressure

If there were not so many people around then there would be a lot less problems in the world… Think about it – there would be less competition for scarce resources – so we would not need to go to … Continue reading

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I don’t care if sorting out carbon emissions takes 10% of your profits!

If stopping global warming is going to take 10% of your profits for the next year, or 20% of your whole turnover – then SO WHAT?! The plain fact is that you CAN live without making that much profit, but … Continue reading

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The only campaigners for the death penalty that will be listened to are those that are willing to be executed for a crime they did not commit

No justice system is perfect… but a system that kills people is more imperfect than any other. A system of justice that kills people is arrogant beyond belief: it tells the population that we are so overwhelmingly arrogant that we … Continue reading

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In the Republic voting is compulsory!

It might be a sad thing to say, but people have literally died to ensure we have the right to choose who governs us. The fact that politicians now bore us and the political process is deathly dull should not … Continue reading

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