Gwalchgwyn
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Location | Australia |
| Introduction | QUOTE OF THE WEEK - "The moral paradigm of Austrlian society in 2005 dictates that the rich are, in fact, more deserving than the rest of us. This worldview, of US origin like much in our society, is based on the attempts of the Franco-Swiss theologian John Calvin to provide a respectably Christian justification for aggressive capitalism. Dismissing the "Camel and the Eye of the Needle," Calvin asserted that being wealthy is not merely NOT a barrier to salvation, but a sign of Divine Favour, an indication that the well-heeled have evinced great virtue by being energetic in accumulating the necessities of life and restrained in defraying the resources thus gathered. Moreover, since virtue is its own reward, affluence derived from the virtues of industry and thrift attracts more affluence, and so the wealthier people are, the "better" they are in moral terms. Of course the converse is also true - the poor "deserve" to be poor because they have not worked hard enough or saved enough. So, don't blame "the system," girls and boys - it's YOUR fault if you can't find a job, or afford adequate health-care." - N Wilkinson |
| Interests | History,politics,music,reading,language,food and drink |
| Favorite movies | Lord of the Rings Trilogy,Fahrenheit 9/11,The Indiana Jones Movies,Short Circuit 1 & 2,The Blues Brothers,Zulu,Gettysburg, Glory,Soldier Blue,Zotz,The Great Dictator,Nosferatu,Alexandr Nevsky,Battleship Potemkin,Dr Strangelove,Enemy at the Gates,Anything starring the Marx Brothers |
| Favorite music | Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" (Mozart), "May It Be (Enya),ALL but C&W and late C20 "experimental" music |
| Favorite books | The Iliad & the Odyssey,Shakespeare,Lord of the Rings (Tolkien),Lord of Light (Zelazny),The Fuzzy Papers (Beam-Piper),The Flashman Series(MacDonald-Fraser),Russka (Rutherfurd),Aztec (Jennings),The Lost Regiment Series (Forstchen),Daodejing,Rules for Radicals (Alinsky),The Art of War (Sunze),The Myth of Male Power (Farrell),The New Victorians (Denfield) |