2001
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Bulger
Jon Venables and Robert Thompson (now both aged 18) killed James Bulger (who was 2) in February 1993 Yesterday (08.01.01) they were granted a secret identity Should they have been granted the right to anonymity? That is not for me to decide, greater minds than mine have discussed the matter. But what now for the…
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Historically
It’s official. I’m getting old. I was thinking back to Hogamanay, it was about 4:30 a.m. when the guitars came out, and I realised that I knew more words to the songs than I really should…Dumbarton’s Drums, Wild Rover (but alas not the Battle of GlenFruin…). Next up my Dad (active in the local Burns…
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Cloned
They’ve just released the first pictures of a genetically created primate. A small cute monkey, all of 4 or 5 small evolutionary steps away (or less). Scary stuff, the possiblity of the first genetically created human is on the horizon. Do we have the right? If we do, is it ethically acceptable to create a…
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Adjustment
Finished work on 23rd December 2000, back to work today 8th January 2001. It’s strange how quickly we humans adjust to our situations. Just started work after two weeks off. Already I’m back in ‘work’ mode. I had managed to do very little work during my holiday (I know, that sounds odd), and I was…