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The Agitator - The Fifth Column
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Provocative polemic without fear or favour.
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PETER HITCHENS ON THE EXCUSES WE MAKE…
Sep 12, 2012Tap to summarize‘We admire the Paralympians because they chose not to sulk or retreat into self-pity, or to use their problem as an excuse.’ Image courtesy of nickmilleruk via flickr.com ©© The post PETER HITCHENS ON THE EXCUSES WE MAKE… appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →ARE ALL MEN CREATED EQUAL?
Sep 6, 2012Tap to summarizeNo, says Peter Hitchens. It’s a ‘sentimental belief’ that’s come back to haunt us… Image courtesy of Photodeus via flickr.com ©© The post ARE ALL MEN CREATED EQUAL? appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →PETER HITCHENS ON THE HARM CANNABIS DOES
Aug 31, 2012Tap to summarizeEvidence piles up that cannabis harms us. Yet our laws have never been softer. Are we, asks Peter Hitchens, soft in the head? Image courtesy of N.ico via flickr.com ©© The post PETER HITCHENS ON THE HARM CANNABIS DOES appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →JULIE BINDEL ON CHILD ABUSERS
Aug 24, 2012Tap to summarizeThey choose, target, groom, and harm children. So punish them as criminals. Don’t label them weak and sick men who cannot help themselves. Image courtesy of Nick Atkins Photography via flickr.com ©© The post JULIE BINDEL ON CHILD ABUSERS appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →JULIE BINDEL ON 70,000 VOLUNTEERS…
Aug 17, 2012Tap to summarizeA success at the London Olympics, so let’s cash in and take them off the dole and employ them. Image courtesy of Andy Wilkes via flickr.com ©© The post JULIE BINDEL ON 70,000 VOLUNTEERS… appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →MICHAEL BUERK ON OUR GOLD MEDALS
Aug 10, 2012Tap to summarize‘It’s public schoolboys and girls wot won them. Social mobility hasn’t just seized up, it’s gone into reverse; state schools’ lack of ambition betrays our children’. Image courtesy of ahisgett via flickr.com ©© The post MICHAEL BUERK ON OUR GOLD MEDALS appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →MICHAEL BUERK ON THE OLYMPICS
Aug 2, 201200:04:18Tap to summarize… admitting you can learn to love them while acknowledging the delusions they foster The post MICHAEL BUERK ON THE OLYMPICS appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →MICHAEL BUERK ON THE COLORADO KILLER
Jul 26, 2012Tap to summarize‘Obama promised “out of this darkness a brighter day will come”; it won’t, of course, because he won’t do anything about guns and the culture of his society which, like ours, is becoming ever more infantile.’ Image courtesy of esc.ape(d) via flickr.com ©© The post MICHAEL BUERK ON THE COLORADO KILLER appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →MICHAEL BUERK ON A ‘DESPICABLE’ HISTORY
Jul 19, 2012Tap to summarizeMoral relativism of the worst kind: ‘lecturing others on human rights, while trying to escape responsibility for our abuse of them’. The post MICHAEL BUERK ON A ‘DESPICABLE’ HISTORY appeared first on Things Unseen.
Transcribe →MICHAEL BUERK ON ANDY MURRAY‘S SOB STORY
Jul 12, 2012Tap to summarize‘Self-control used to be a virtue. Now it’s thought of as dysfunctional. If we don’t display our feelings, it’s assumed we don’t have any’. Image courtesy of lakwatsera via flickr.com ©© The post MICHAEL BUERK ON ANDY MURRAY‘S SOB STORY appeared first on Things Unseen.
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