TONY ON TOLERANCE

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Tolerance

Why is tolerance so difficult to achieve? I suppose because some
things we shouldn’t be tolerant about – murder, theft, rape, etc.
But in addition, what we judge as acceptable behaviour depends very
much on our knowledge, which also provides moral values. Hence, it
is so easy for our knowledge to class as immoral something that
shouldn’t be. We should always be aware of this intolerance.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

Eye On the World – Choose an Essay

Inde-Politics & Socio-Capitalism

BRIT NEWS: Dept of Transport gathering
data on Heathrow runway critics while hushing
around in their jackslippers. Orwell does another turn.

HEALTH NEWS: Survey of surveys of tea says 3 cups a day lessens
risk of heart trouble and has possible anti-cancer effect. That makes
me immortal, then.

MAD BRITS: Health & Safety leaflet says wear earmuffs
when working with pigs as the noise can be
damaging. So loud it can make you
squeal, I guess.

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PSI-WORLD

A small step into the dark

My Unexplained Sub-Domain

SONG OF THE DEAD

Wail of the Banshee, a frightening song,
Heard it!? Won’t be long,
Before you’re gone …
Sing another song

Wail of the loved, a sorrowful dirge,
Made it!? You’re on the verge,
With the dead you merge …
Sing another song

Wail of the frightened, a haunting tune,
Seen it!? It’s a full moon,
A ghostly croon ….
Sing another song

FLASH 55 – THE MESSAGE
Word meanings below

The medium picked up the pen, and let the spirit in. Amanuensis
was the plan. She was tyro, but soon scribbled away. By her, the
niddering stood, hoping to get an answer – why he felt so incomplete.
Suddenly the medium wrote the truth. Showed him what he had
written. At that, his ghost was gone.

Niddering – wretch
Amanuensis – person who writes what another dictates
Tyro – a beginner

VAMPIRE’S DILEMMA

So much pain, no respite,
To inflict, such delight;
But no more – it just isn’t right!

No matter how much I fight,
It’s no good, I cannot bite!
Must find a dentist who won’t take flight

© Anthony North, May 2009

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TONY’S MUSE DIARY

I recall when I first appeared in this mind. Him Outside had recently
come down with cfs and was searching for answers ‘cos the medics
couldn’t provide them. He picked up a book – Mankind In Amnesia by
Immanuel Velikovsky – and began reading. It was a book about
mankind repressing memories of catastrophe in the deep past. He’d
never read anything like this before, and even though the theory is
rubbish, it introduced him to all kinds of concepts – concepts that
have kept him going for over 25 years. And it introduced him to me,
‘cos up I popped into his mind and said hello. And there was a lot of
empty space in there, I can tell you.

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