Unusual Proverbs

Violence is not just Physical – Words that Underpin Intolerance

Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn’t merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence. When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a C...

Critique of the Doctrine of Inalienable, Natural Rights.

Jeremy Bentham, Anarchical Fallacies, vol. 2 of Bo wring, Works, 1843. The Declaration of Rights -- I mean the paper published under that name by the French National Assembly in 1791 -- assumes for its subject-matter a field of disquisition as unbounded in point of extent as it is important in its nature. But the more ample the extent given to any proposition or string of propositions, the more difficult it is to...

Society Analogy: Humans and Porcupines

A number of porcupines huddled together for warmth on a cold day in winter; but, as they began to prick one another with their quills, they were obliged to disperse. However the cold drove them together again, when just the same thing happened. At last, after many turns of huddling and dispersing, they discovered that they would be best off by remaining at a little distance from one another. In the same way the need...

The Real History of Capitalism

Take a look at the history of “trucking and bartering” itself; look at the history of modern capitalism, about which we know a lot. The first thing you’ll notice is, peasants had to be driven by force and violence into a wage-labor system they did not want; then major efforts were undertaken – conscious efforts – to create wants. In fact, if you look back, there’s a whole interesting literature of conscious discussio...

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English Proverbs

Jun 2nd

Posted by Andrew Crichton in Law

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A bad settlement is better than a good lawsuit.

A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.

A bad penny always turns up.

A bellyful is one of meat, drink, or sorrow.

A big tree attracts the woodsman’s axe.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A bad workman blames his tools.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

A burnt child dreads the fire.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

A little pot is easily hot.

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

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Violence is not just Physical – Words that Underpin Intolerance

Critique of the Doctrine of Inalienable, Natural Rights.

Society Analogy: Humans and Porcupines

The Real History of Capitalism

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Violence is not just Physical – Words that Underpin Intolerance

Critique of the Doctrine of Inalienable, Natural Rights.

Society Analogy: Humans and Porcupines

The Real History of Capitalism

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