Technology teaches us exactly what we want to hear about the world and leaves us blissfully unaware that anybody disagrees with us. Meanwhile political correctness sits upon its increasingly omnipotent throne to render us unable to voice our opinions without causing offence. With muted individual voices and deaf ears we find ourselves staring history in […]
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Never Stop Fighting.
I find that I have learnt a lot about challenge in recent years. About the ways in which life can provide adversity in ways that seem so unfair, so impossibly unjust that people find themselves asking, “why me?”, asking “how is it I am meant to overcome these odds?”.
The ‘Fresher’ Budget
When it comes to university, it’s easy to argue that nobody is quite ready for the financial reality check that they have in store. With no idea of how much ‘life’ costs the idea of the government (or your parents) giving you thousands of pounds to spend is one that provides a horrible misconception amongst […]
How One Person’s Unacceptable Is Another’s Joke
I’m specifically talking about the articles found in France’s favourite controversial magazine ‘Charlie Hebdo’. Very little explanation is needed for the base of this post – Charlie Hebdo has been writing controversial cartoon-based articles as a trait of the company, it was accepted with a smirk by most of its audience – they weren’t being […]
The Power Of The Media Bosses
In the UK 70% of the news is controlled by three companies – (Rupert Murdoch’s own) News UK, Daily Mail and General Trust, and Trinity Mirror. News UK alone contributes to a third of all the news people read. No other news outlets make a dent in the side of the power these companies have […]
Cleaning Up Quotes – How Justified Is It?
It is an accepted fact by most that journalists are always going to be cleaning up their sources quotes. Some people complain to no end about that fact that the quotes people are then reading, seeing and hearing are not true to life and don’t clearly represent what or how the source was speaking. Is […]
How Impartial Are The ‘Impartial’ Journalists?
There are some journalistic establishments to whom most of us give our absolute trust such as the BBC. The majority of Brits see the BBC as a symbol of British democracy and the pinnacle of our nation’s free press. It is for this reason that the reporters, presenters, sources and hosts of the many BBC […]
When is a Journalist Unethical?
With the emergence of the phone hacking scandal almost two years past and the Leveson Inquiry still something fresh in the ears of most, there has been one question burning on our minds – how out of control has the press become; are they still acting in the best interest of the general public?
Freedom
When asked what animal we would most like to be, a great number of people choose animals which to them are symbolic of freedom. A bird, a fish, a wolf, all are seen as free, free from restrictions, free from society. We crave freedom. How truly free are we?
What makes a great man?
A good man is never great. Although the idea may seem odd, it is not often those who need no effort to be good who we remember, it is those who learn and change. What we do in the world isn’t necessarily what is important, but what we learn to do.
The Growing Strength of The Dark Triad in Society
The Dark Triad is a term used to describe a set of three personality traits – Machiavellianism, Psychopathy and Narcissism. Although three very similar traits, the differences are quite distinct – the Dark Triad is quite recognisable as a modern societal characteristic.
The Ugly Truth of Self-Preservation
It’s not a particularly wayward concept ‘self-preservation’. Capitalism revolves around an ‘every man for himself’ agenda, survival of the fittest, natural selection etc., but we also have the idea in modernity of civilised behaviour rather than savage, yet surely the two are in relative conflict with each other? It would certainly be a black and […]
Does Britain’s Prison System Work?
The media has recently put great emphasis on the criminal justice system in the United Kingdom. Programmes such as ‘Banged Up and Left to Fail’ focus on the ways in which our prisons fail to rehabilitate inmates and simply fail to work in any way. The overriding idea is that prisoners are kept in some […]
Media Sensationalism – Is Our Society So Bad?
Wherever you are in the world, the media has a huge impact. No matter the country, no matter the newspaper, no matter their audience, the result is always the same – the change of the opinion of the reader on the society they are in or reading about. I have recently been studying the media’s […]
Becoming Overwhelmed in the Marathon of Capitalist Society
In times over the year many people become overwhelmed with something or other – it is so easy to fall into the trap of doing. For some it is their job, for others their family, some struggle with education, others with friends. It is for this reason that so many people fall short of their […]
Flooding
In the recent months my family and I have been subject to the serious flooding conditions in the South of England. It is through these floods that a lot of things have been put into perspective. We are by no means the worst family hit by this year’s flooding. Across the country there have been […]
Child Abuse in Britain
Welcome back bloggers! This week we have a guest article from somebody who has an intellectual insight into some very interesting topics. In this article (his blogging debut), he is looking into Child Abuse In Our Society:
Self-Awareness or Self-Love?
Something that has been brought to my attention in recent months has been society’s perception of vanity. Particularly from the eyes of a boy, I would say that in the society we have today (as youths), wherein looking good is a pressure that is far from the back of most minds, the preconceived idea of […]
English Weather
When you see the title you know you’re in a for a bit of a rant! Obviously most will know that we in England are experiencing some of the most severe weather for quite some years – a storm hovers over Great Britain which renders it invisible by satellites.
The Modern Christmas
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year bloggers! I hope the festive period has been a nice period of relative rest and cheer. What is Christmas nowadays? Is it still the celebration of the birth of Christ, a general sharing of Christmas cheer? Or is it just the giving and receiving of gifts providing a […]
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