Games of Life

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

How some traditional medicine works

Keep in mind that this is just my opinion. In other words it has not been proven by approved people with letters of recommendation from an approved institute. Certain plant and mineral combinations have a biochemical effect on biological organisms. If used by itself by a person who is not convinced... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Wat is 'n beter woord/e as "if only" vir "Indien" in engels?

What is a better word than "if only" for "indien(Afrikaans)" in English. Party mense het 'n probleem daarmee. Sign in to see full entry.

Some shopping tips

The arcane art of deceit has another name in our time. It is now called marketing. If you walk through a shop you often find a big bin with lots of things in it. The assumption behind this is that shoppers will think that the items in the bin will be cheaper than normal. Compare the price with the... Sign in to see full entry.

I've changed category

News and politics turns out to be very limiting although it is filled to the brim with opinions. Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Hopeless Revolution

I thought the whole idea of getting rid of the nobles during the French revolution was to get the people to rule instead of the big landowners. It obviously didn't turn out the way they thought it would. The big landowners (whether it is the state (communism) or the rich (capitalism)) still run the... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Opinion on Education, Religion and Politics

The following makes sense to me: Teach children the value of attributes such as compassion, joy, peace, gentleness, patience, tolerance and self-control from as early as possible. Specific religions or other traditions can be taught to children at home by their parents. In the more senior classes... Sign in to see full entry.

What happens when you fail to deliver on promises

This is just a peek into the reality of people who are living in a country where equality and the upliftment of all people of various races and ethnic groupings (11 official languages) was promised to the people and never delivered on. Even so, there are people of different races living there who... Sign in to see full entry.

Imagine for a moment

Imagine you are born into poverty. You grow up being hungry most of your day and having to sleep in a cold shack amongst other dilapidated structures between other hungry children. The grownups around you try to drown their sorrow with homebrewed or stolen liquor. They talk about the people they... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Precondition for democracy to work

Democracy can only really work if the majority of voters are well informed and are more interested in each others welfare than in their own. Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Omniscient Politicians

Why do people expect politicians, especially presidents to be omniscient and have answers for all the varied aspects of governance? Does anybody actually know somebody who has viable answers to everything? I think not. Is is not the case that any president/ruler/king/leader have advisors that are... Sign in to see full entry.

About this Blog

In my opinion there are only opinions, no matter how factual they may seem. Some opinions correlate remarkably with reality and others do not at all. In your opinion, which one of the two most accurately describe this opinion of mine?