Posts Tagged ‘Violence’

Is bullying the worst thing?

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Is bullying the worst thing? Sure it’s unpleasant and can have terrible consequences but that’s not really what I want to focus on. I want to put forward a small counter argument in the midst of a complex issue. Of course bullying is bad – and yes Aotearoa has a problem with bullying – but Read more

Violence: Never in God’s name

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Pope Benedict rejects the idea of violence in the name of Jesus and dismisses the idea that the Jews were responsible for Jesus’ death. In the second of his planned trilogy, Benedict says there can be no justification for violence carried out in Jesus’ name. “The cruel consequences of religiously motivated violence are only too evident Read more