More on Prostate Cancer

This SMH article adds to the confusion about Prostate Cancer.  It makes sense to me, but perhaps it is just my aversion to being diagnosed with Prostate Cancer.  Certainly, having read this article, and also, when I heard Professor Coates statement years ago, I am not inclined to be screened for Prostate Cancer unless I have symptoms.  But, I do wonder if I am making the right choice.

A confronting story!

Husband sacrifices sex to stay alive prostate cancer

This really is a confronting thought.  Thinking rationally, there should be no question of not making the choice this man has, but for me, it is hard to imagine it not being an agonisingly difficult decision to make.  No matter how much I acknowledge that there is far more to life than sex, and that there would clearly be plenty of things in life to enjoy without sex, it still seems excrutiatingly difficult  to even contemplate!

I remember reading an article about this a few months ago.  The article focussed on the injustice to the zabaleen, having their pigs slaughtered, and the belief of many that this was just an excuse to make life difficult for them.  It seems they have reaped the consequences of their injustice.

Australia's xenophobia exposed

Another boat on the way | smh.com.au  How ironic that all this fuss is made about asylum seekers, when by far the biggest source of illegal immigrants comes from tourists (usually white) who overstay their visa.

How many Australians are now longing for the tough stance of the Howard government.  It hasn't made the news, but despite the tens of millions spent on the Pacific solution and the enormous suffering of the asylum seekers, 87% of them were acknowledged as true refugees and settled in Australia.  Maybe they really are refugees.

A cynical view of Earth Hour

Earth Hour

I really hate to sound like a cynic, but I didn't participate in Earth Hour and I really get annoyed by things like this.  How many people who participated and felt good about themselves drive large cars, have plasma tvs, use reverse cycle air conditioning, have computers running 24 hours a day (that is one of my weaker areas) and don't really even give it a lot of thought.  As one person satirically noted, one candle burning for the hour would probably burn more greenhouse gases than one low powered fluorescent light globe.  I suppose events like this have value if they get people thinking and then changing their behaviour, but I think that that is not really what happens for meany people.

Another example of incredible hypocrisy by the Vatican

Vatican says contraceptive pill pollutes - World - smh.com.au

Without even considering the moral issue of contraception, one wonders when was the last time the Vatican challenged the environmental impact of commericial production.  I wonder if the impact is higher or lower than that of illegal logging, or Macdonalds contribution to landfill. 

This is really a pathetic argument!

When are we going to get serious about peace in Palestine?

At least 225 dead as Israel hammers Hamas-run Gaza - World - smh.com.au

The problem with "An eye for an eye" is that it makes everyone blind.  Clearly that is the case in Israel. The government and Hamas are both blind to other alternatives.