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“Famine, Affluence, and Morality” is one of Peter Singer’s best-known philosophical essays. Here he argues that the injustice of some people living in abundance while others starve is morally indefensible. Singer proposes that anyone able to help the poor should donate part of their income to aid poverty and similar efforts. Singer reasons that, when [...]

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Patience 1916

D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930). Amores, 1916: Patience A WIND comes from the north Blowing little flocks of birds Like spray across the town, And a train, roaring forth, Rushes stampeding down With cries and flying curds Of steam, out of the darkening north. Whither I turn and set Like a needle steadfastly, Waiting ever to get [...]

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Let the rain pitter patter But it really doesn’t matter If the skies are gray As long as I can be with you (IN MY HOUSE!) it’s a lovely day

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Peter Singer at Melbourne Uni

I was fortunate to attend Peter Singer’s lecture yesterday at Melbourne uni. He filled two lecture theaters (one with an audio transfer) as he presented a paper on the crisis of world poverty. He spoke about how BIG, FAT, GREEDY wealthy countries like our own ought to do much more than the pathetically tiny amount [...]

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As I have been unwell, my exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Australia is postponed until the end of this year. Keep watching ilana-payes.org for details.

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On Liberty

Our society encourages freedom of expression. Today’s artists revel in this freedom, often creating “controversial” or so-called “shock art”. Being a liberal society, we celebrate such art. It is no secret that art can provoke world-wide controversy, and controversy equals publicity. These “shock tactics” favoured by Jake and Dinos Chapman in Tragic Anatomies, (Chapman 1995) [...]

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Exhibition postponed

Visit the Jewish Museum

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Pooh Bear on World Peace and our environment

Here is a myst’ry About a little fir-tree. Owl says it’s his tree, And Kanga says it’s her tree.

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I could spend a happy morning Seeing Roo, I could spend a happy morning Being Pooh. For it doesn’t seem to matter If I don’t get any fatter (And I don’t get any fatter), What I do. Oh, I like his way of talking, Yes, I do. It’s the nicest way of talking Just for [...]

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On Children and how to Exploit them…

This site is receiving many more hits because it mentions the words ‘nude child’

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