by Peter Marshall | Dec 3, 2013 | Blog, Society
I take the point in the comment to the previous blog entry. It is true that apparently siblings from a similar social and environmental background can disagree violently, as in the English Civil War, the Irish Civil War and the Spanish Revolution which split families....
by Peter Marshall | Nov 29, 2013 | Blog, Society
As can be imagined, when four brothers and one of their sons meet in the place of birth of two of them, there are some heated discussions. This was true in Bognor this week. I try to avoid topics of politics and religion when it comes to family, especially if one...
by Peter Marshall | Aug 29, 2013 | Blog, Society
War is always morally wrong. It is a stark admission of the failure to communicate, discuss or persuade. The theory of a ‘just war’ is a contradiction in terms. As ‘means’ are ‘ends-in-the-making’, it impossible to use violence to...
by Peter Marshall | Feb 3, 2011 | Blog, Society
Recent events in the Middle East, especially in Tunisia and Egypt, show that when an oppressed people are determined to realize their aspirations for justice, freedom, democracy and peace they become an unstoppable tide, whatever their rulers and security forces try...
by Peter Marshall | May 21, 2009 | Blog, Books, Society
Are we heading for a brave new world? Hmmm.. Not in Shakespeare’s original sense in ‘The Tempest’ as an ideal society nor in the ironic sense of Aldous Huxley’s novel of the same name as a totally controlled and hedonistic anti-utopia. But we...
