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Like every masterful artist, be it painter, photographer, musician, they capture the essence of the subject and Picasso was a master at this. His pieces and paintings would have depicted what it was for him to be moved to paint or sculpt them. Life with Picasso written by Francois Gilot during the 1...

Hobbes wrote: This all underlines the role of apologising as the act of a child who needs to adjust his behaviour. That is the only useful function - to teach a child to acknowledge a thing they have done wrong. and what is the useful function - to teach an adult To not regret and to not apologise....

Aboriginal academic Marcia Langton suggested that a formal apology would achieve two things: firstly it will aid in the restoration of a sense of dignity and legitimacy to those who have suffered, and secondly it will acknowledge the serious harm done by previous governments to a class of people on ...

Hobbs wrote It was not his responsibility. The regret was meaningless and the apology empty. As the leader of the country he is the representative of the people and supposedly has the power to change things. The new incoming Prime Minister recognised that there was a movement towards the necessity ...

I think Hobbes, it is sometimes not so clear cut. If one regrets, they are only expressing that they wish the event did not happen, but that does not mean they are accepting any wrongdoing. The difference between apology and regret is very important and an example of what I mean is, in Australia, th...

If a criminal defendant has no free will, then he cannot be held responsible for his crime, because he could not have chosen otherwise.

The legal system advocates we have free will and we are punished according to our choices.

tbieter wrote: Heythrop is a Jesuit foundation, and there had been hopes of saving it by forming a partnership with St Mary’s University in Twickenham to share administrative costs, but the plan fell through after an entire year of talks. What is a Jesuit? Does this fit comfortably with Philosophy....

Early morning, I was walking along a bushy bicycle track to the train station. A boy (in a local school uniform) twice my size, approached on a bicycle, as we met, he stopped and grabbed my breasts, we struggled, eye to eye, silently, I didn't scream for help, I don't know why, I was locked in battl...

There is a problem when asking for a definition of the word religion. The English word "religion" is derived from the Middle English "religioun" which came from the Old French "religion." It may have been originally derived from the Latin word "religo" which m...

Bill Maher sums up the atheistic movement to rid the world of any mention of God like this:

We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies.

You are full of it…….mate.

The Bulldogs are the sons of the west, mate, the representatives of the oppressed underclass in Australian football, the greatest game in the entire world. How the hell is your country ever going to achieve world dominance without taking the Bulldogs into your reckoning? We shall rise like a Phoeni...

it's not your or anyone else's business how others decide to conduct their life. There are a lot of things mankind has done that are not natural: tatoos, piercings, rings on the neck to make it long, the removal of the clitoris and the foreskin, silicone or saline bags to make ones tits bigger, pla...

Kayla wrote:

You do not recall correctly

my mother said she was not surprised

no one advised me to become a lesbian

Kayla wrote:

my mom told me that if things like that bother me that much i woudl be better off becoming a lesbian

What is natural about a dildo or inserting a penis into an orifice designed to excrete fecal matter?