Comment Luke Perry Comment Luke Perry

The lockdown virtue signallers

Rather than solely an act of selfless appreciation for health care workers, the furious banging of pots and pans is often used to signal one’s own moral superiority in the fight against the virus.

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Comment Michael Psaras Comment Michael Psaras

A glimpse into the future of Chinese dominance

Amid an economic downturn, it is suggested that China’s leadership feels threatened and is tightening restrictions to prevent upheaval in Hong Kong. Much of the legitimacy the communist leaders get derives from material wealth; if there are economic problems, the government is threatened.

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Comment Ross Grainger Comment Ross Grainger

Cannabis is the missing link in violent crime

Why does this matter? Because cannabis alters perceptions and behaviour, and induces, amongst other things, paranoia; and because it might be that a mind dulled and warped by cannabis finds it easier to plunge a knife into someone repeatedly, or run a lot of people over, or blow a lot of people up.

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Comment Luke Perry Comment Luke Perry

The trojan horse of “hate speech”

If anything, “hate speech” rules are designed to be altruistic in appearance, claiming to secure the well-being of the down-trodden and ‘systematically oppressed’. But this is only to roll the Trojan Horse right through the gates of modern universities.

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