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UK airstrikes in Syria are like sinking sand
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Harry J. Bentham
I want to comment a second time about the Syrian conflict in light of reports about a recent stabbing that apparently took place in London. When arguing for illegal unilateral UK airstrikes in Syria, pro-war speakers in Parliament said they believed Britain would be safer if it took part in airstrikes against terrorist targets in the country. Their understanding of…
Globalisation is necessary and good
By
Harry J. Bentham
The main target in conspiracy theories of the Alex Jones type are “the globalists”, the proponents of so-called globalisation. However, I’m here to say I am a globalist and that globalisation is necessary and good. Globalists believe in a global community. We aren’t the ones causing suffering, violence and intrigue in the world but the ones trying…
Patriot or parrot?
By
Harry J. Bentham
La grandeur du crime est la seule différence qu’il y ait entre un conquérant et un brigand. The scale of the crime is the sole difference between a conqueror and a thief. Marat Patriotism has negative connotations in some countries and positive connotations in others. Albert Einstein said it was the world’s most dangerous disease. The reality…
Citizens of the world, citizens of what?
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Harry J. Bentham
On n’enseigne pas l’intellectualisme en une école. Intellectualism is not taught in school. Jules de Gaultier The idea that countries should welcome everyone and citizenship should be charitably extended to everyone also gives rise to the idea of “citizens of the world”. But is this idea noble, or even necessary? The hardest part of humanity’s change…
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