Friday 21 November 2008

Is there really such a thing as "bad language"?

Is there really such a thing as "bad language"?
What is it that makes some words "bad" as opposed to not "bad"?
Is bad language really bad or is it just a social contrivance?
When does protecting the public from being offended cross the line into censorship, blandness, and oppression.
Are forces for censorship within the the BBC using the Russell Brand / Johnathan Ross / Georgina Baillie / Andrew and Melody Sachs affair as an opportunity to impose harsh censorship on live freedom of speech?
Or not?
Should we be scared of the increasing level of censorship and political correctness?
Or not?
Isn't there a difference between using words which are considered in and of themselves to be inately offensive and being nasty or cruel or unkind or defamatory to or about a person?

Monday 17 November 2008

What questions are more powerful than the ones I am already asking?

What questions are more powerful than the ones I am already asking?
What are the most powerful questions known to human beings?
What is power?
What makes a question more or less powerful?
Where do I go to find the most powerful questions known to humankind?
Why would I want to find more powerful questions?
Why would I be interested in power?
What is the most important lesson of history?
What is the difference between power and empowerment?
What is empowerment?

Could education be designed to fulfil destiny?

Could education be designed to be a fulfillment of destiny?
How could education be designed so that existed for people as a resource to fulfil their destiny?
What would education look like if it was designed to be the fulfilment of destiny?
What difference would it make in the lives of children if they were born into a world where education was designed to be a resource to fulfil their destiny?
What difference would it make to me as an individual or the community that I am a part of it education was designed to be a resource for the fulfillment of destiny?

Sunday 16 November 2008

Is a blog that is composed entirely of questions too intimidating for most people?

Is a blog that is composed entirely of questions too intimidating for most people?

What unites us as human beings?

What unites us as human beings?