Why should a disabled person expect any prior consideration?
Commentary
Should an Author Preach (about anything)?
If the reader has freedom of choice in their reading material then the author should have the same liberty concerning subjects they write about and which style they use.
I find it rather strange that some people have an obsession for a work of creativity that is limited entirely to the thing itself.
Covid-19: Two Years On
Over the least 2 years I have stuck to my argument set out at the beginning of this post.
The Best Bedroom Scene in a Movie!
There is no attempt to suggest that Homer's life is going to be anything but difficult, Wyler just emphasises that with love and friendship any disabled person can have a life that is still worth living.
Who Watches the Watchers?
There is no such thing as an independent fact-checker; everyone has an agenda.
A Question of Context
This is a post that I shared on Facebook: Facebook stated that 'the post includes information that independent fact-checkers said was missing context. Context, as I understand it, is the setting in which something is placed so as to give it a clearer understanding. As an example, my Sorrow Song Trilogy novels, as they are … Continue reading A Question of Context
To Meme, or not to Meme
Freedom of choice is inherent to any society that considers itself to be free. It should not be surrendered so easily...
A Covid-19 Anecdote
Despite being fully vaccinated our son, who lives with us, contracted Covid-19. Despite not being vaccinated neither my wife nor myself contracted the virus throughout our period of isolation. We all took the required lateral-flow tests, which returned a positive for him and two negatives for us. Also, as required here in England, we all … Continue reading A Covid-19 Anecdote
Ruminations
I am not one to do the whole 'New Year' thing. I do not make resolutions just because of a change in the calendar year. Yes, it is a new year, but I do not find anything intrinsically different about it and neither do I have any expectations of it proving to be fundamentally different to what has gone before just because it is 2022 and not 2021.
Peter C Whitaker 