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Florin Hilbay blocks people on social media because he cannot handle dissent

November 4, 2017October 16, 2018 - by benign0 - 5 Comments.

What kind of lawyer does not listen to dissenting or alternative opinion? Weren’t they trained to present sound and robust arguments in a logical manner? Well, it seems former Solicitor …

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The Tagalog language consists of words that hardly mean anything of substance

March 22, 2016 - by Add - 83 Comments.

Tagalog is a derivative of the Malay languages as Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasia Malaysia are. They are languages of experiences and emotions. They are NOT languages of the MIND as …

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Has the same sex marriage proposition pushed gay rights activism too far?

February 21, 2016 - by Add - 33 Comments.

Well, you can dress ’em up, but you can’t take them anywhere. On one side of the ongoing polemics is one who has the “urge for power”. He wants to …

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The Nature of Evil: Knowledge and Ignorance

May 16, 2015May 16, 2015 - by Grimwald - 20 Comments.

Before I begin, I want to ask our dear readers a simple question: What is evil? Or rather, what is your idea of evil? Of course, I am well aware …

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Traditional Pinoy Media and the Platonic Cave

May 13, 2015 - by Grimwald - 11 Comments.

I was quite of fond of studying philosophy back during my college days and one of the main topics I will probably never forget is the one about the Platonic …

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Grimwald’s Inferno: My Take on Hell

January 15, 2015 - by Grimwald - 24 Comments.

Just before the year ended, my friends and I had a week of nothing but fun and tequila. During one of our sessions, I was asked about my take on …

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Science / Tech Talk

What came before the Big Bang singularity?

January 8, 2015 - by Anthony Quilon - 19 Comments.

Renowned popular-science writer and prizewinning author Timothy Ferris (Coming of Age in the Milky Way, The Mind’s Sky) opens his seminal book titled The Whole Shebang – A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report …

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It is time for Filipinos to start REFUSING to be victims

November 24, 2014 - by benign0 - 41 Comments.

Perhaps at the root of all the factors that contribute to the Philippines’ continued and foreseeable failure to prosper is a deeply-entrenched cultural artefact: victimhood. Filipinos like playing the victim …

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