Is it possible to think of a better image of the drive by militant secularists to eradicate spirituality from the face of the planet than China's oppression of Tibet?
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Hi Jonathan
Don't forget me!!!
Posted by: Leon Jenner | April 08, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Hello Mark, hope you're keeping well. Was wondering if you read the report in the news a few days ago about despite being richer, and with more free time, people are no happy now than in the 70's? Materialism isn't all it's cracked up to be, eh? :D
Also wondering if you happened to catch a similar disturbing documentary on Channel 4, Dispatches Cotton Wool Kids, mainly as I'd be interested to hear you're take on it: basically propaganda that suggests parents should microchip their kids to keep them safe. You sure all secret societies are benevolent?! Heh, take care Mark
Nick
Posted by: Nick | April 10, 2008 at 09:57 PM
Israel vs. Palestine?
Posted by: Cilla | April 11, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Hi Leon - don't worry! In fact i was digging through piles of scripts and stuff in my office as I was leaving last night, hoping to read/listen on the train. Will have another look tomorrow.
You did send a CD as well as a sript, didn't you?
Posted by: jonathan black | April 22, 2008 at 01:53 PM
Hi Nick - no, I didn't see either of those documentaries. No, I don't think all secret societies are benevolent. I think it's a bad sign if they ask for unquestioning obedience or try to restrict freedom. Maybe that's when a secret society becomes a cult?
I think there is something in the idea that our elders and betters exaggerate dangers, risks as a means of social control. Maybe bad things happened to children as frequently in the past, but no-one knew? On the other hand the fact that people are evidently more shameless about anti-social behaviour than they used to be in the fifties for example, must surely mean that, even if for no other reason, there is less restraint, less consideration for others. Sorry, Nick - that sounds pompous, doesn't it.
There is an idea in esoteric circles that humanity is gradually splitting in two, the evolving and the devolving, and that it is becoming more evident in people's physiology - but it's a dangerous idea.
Posted by: jonathan black | April 22, 2008 at 02:33 PM
So Cilla, are you saying you don't think there's a religious dimension in the Arab-Israeli conflict?
Posted by: jonathan black | April 22, 2008 at 02:36 PM
Hi Jonathan
The audiobook is online at www.thebookbricks.com
Just click on one of the links and its free to download. Hope you get the chance to listen to it and tell me what you think. And don't worry, you can be honest. The web hosting runs out in September, and I probably won't renew it, so make sure you listen to it before its gone!
All the best
Leon
Posted by: Leon Jenner | April 22, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Hey Leon
Listened to the first half yesterday - before the children came home and needed the PC for homework.
Can you get in touch with me at RH next week, when i should be back from illness?
I'm not suire how i can help, but I 'recognize' it and think it wonderful.
Posted by: jonathan black | April 24, 2008 at 10:49 AM
Hi Mark
Thanks for listening to it! I will give you a call on Monday if you have defeated Man Flu.
Cheers
Leon
Posted by: Leon Jenner | April 24, 2008 at 07:11 PM