Pantheon Uncovered

Pantheon has been exposed.
Well done, but the search goes on

Shock headline!

Was there a note of surprise in Sandy Powell’s headline last week, “Council Votes in favour of residents”? Why would that be? Council are elected to represent residents and so favouring us should surely be expected?

We do need change

Just to clarify, a previous post on adjusting reality to fit a brand image was never intended to express an opinion that change is bad, or that change is impossible. Any of us can change reality if we are determined enough.

D-Day

I was on the Normandy beaches to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings, and the locations remain evocative and act as precious reminders of the price of freedom. We have memories of our own D-Day heroes in this shire and we must not forget them.

Please do not adjust reality!

In an ABC radio interview this morning a psychologist from Mindworks discussed the problems surrounding those who create a public "face" or image that is different to their inner self.

Disabling Professions?

How many of us were influenced by Ivan Illich's small book "Disabling Professions"(1977)?

A great many I would guess. It informed us of a growing curse, a malignancy, within our society in the same way that Rachel Carson sounded a warning on toxic chemicals in the environment when "Silent Spring" which was published in 1962.