It is hard to imagine the kind of oppression that makes the camp or the institution welcome.
We should not be afraid of the language of entitlements for entitlements give meaning to the idea of rights.
Reflections on Les Murray's poem Dog Fox Field
Reflections on the wisdom of Jane Addams
Helping our neighbours is always a matter of justice and, as Jesus reminds us, our neighbours are not necessarily those we'd expect.
Political philosophers rarely assert the value of this right - the right to be different.
Life is freedom and freedom is diversity and the refusal to submit to the order defined by the powerful.
We always have a choice - although sometimes the price is everything.
An aphorism