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| Wed 07 Dec 2005 | [Spare Slots] | ||
| Speech and quick issue slots available. | |||
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John Bentley |
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| Wed 16 Nov 2005 | [Spare Slots] | ||
| Speech and quick issue slots available. | |||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 02 Nov 2005 | [Spare Slots] | ||
| Speech and quick issue slots available. | |||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 19 Oct 2005 | [Spare Slots] | ||
| Speech and quick issue slots available. Test. | |||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 05 Oct 2005 | [Spare Slots] | ||
| Speech and quick issue slots available. | |||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 21 Sep 2005 | Open Forum. | ||
| You should get at least one 2-3 minute space to express anything on your mind. | |||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 07 Sep 2005 | Is the use of force ever justified? (Open Forum) | ||
| Can a world be created where personal or military force is never needed? If so, how? If the use of force is sometimes justified what are the conditions? | |||
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MC |
Adrian Tan |
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| Wed 17 Aug 2005 | What should be the limits to Free Speech? What should be the limits to Free Speech? | ||
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Speaker (5 - 10 mins) |
What should be the limits to Free Speech? |
William Spaul |
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Speaker (5 - 10 mins) |
What should be the limits to Free Speech? |
John Bentley |
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MC |
Adrian Tan |
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| Wed 03 Aug 2005 | The Ritzian alternative to the theory of relativity. (John August) | ||
| Einstein's special theory of relativity is said to be well supported, the only possible way of explaining the universe. However, Ritzian theory represents an important alternative. Many situations which relativity explains can also be explained by Ritzian theory - and the evidence for the postulates of relativity is patchy at best. There will be an outline of Einstein's theory, and how it first arose from problems with Maxwell's theory and early attempts to explain the propagtion of light together with electric and magnetic fields. It will be argued Ritzian theory provides alternative explanations for mass increase, time dilation and other phenomena. If you wish to read up: http://arachnid.apana.org.au/johna/ritz.html | |||
| Wed 20 Jul 2005 | What is Love? | ||
| What is love? Is it merely a word? Is it a feeling? Is it an action? Is it the singing of the bird, the arrow of the angel, is it a train coming at you, full speed? What the fuck is love? | |||
| Wed 06 Jul 2005 | Happiness? (Open Forum) | ||
| What is it? How do you get it? Should something else besides it be pursued? | |||
| Wed 15 Jun 2005 | A first principles approach to drugs, crime, capital punishment, terrorism, nuclear proliferation and other social issues. | ||
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Speaker (15 - 20 mins) |
A first principles approach to drugs, crime, capital punishment, terrorism, nuclear proliferation and other social issues. |
Phil Wong |
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 01 Jun 2005 | Is Time Travel Possible? | ||
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Speaker (15 - 25 mins) |
Is Time Travel Possible? |
Mark Virtue |
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 18 May 2005 | Free Will and Determinism. | ||
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Speaker (5 - 25 mins) |
Free Will and Determinism. |
Karen Crighton |
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 04 May 2005 | The rights of non-human animals. (Open Forum) | ||
| Should non-human animals have some rights? Are there morally significant differences between humans and non-human animals? Is being a vegan a silly new age notion like healing crystals and iridology? | |||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 20 Apr 2005 | Prejudice, generalisations, and judging individuals. (Open Forum) | ||
| "I am quietly judging you." defensively slurs Frank TJ Mackey, Tom Cruise in Magnolia (1999), against the reporter exposing fraudulent credentials. Even if we can remove our own: prejudice about an individual and/or; false generalisations about groups an individual might belong to; Are all other types of judgement about individuals wrong? Is it possible not to judge an individual? | |||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 06 Apr 2005 | Truth Subjectivism. (Open Forum) | ||
| Is what is true for an individual or group whatever that individual or group believes to be true? Related issues: Does it make any sense to say there is truth? | |||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 16 Mar 2005 | Moral Relativism. (Open Forum) | ||
| Is what is morally right for a group to do whatever a group believes it is right to do? Related issue: Are there moral truths? | |||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 02 Mar 2005 | What is Art? (Open Forum) | ||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 16 Feb 2005 | Political Correctness. (Open Forum) | ||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 02 Feb 2005 | Reflections on the Tsunami | ||
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Speaker (5 - 15 mins) |
Reflections on the Tsunami |
Adrian Tan |
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Speech
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 01 Dec 2004 | Values. (Open Forum) | ||
| Does valuing somethings over others lead to a better life? Are they arbitrary? Are moral beliefs values? What do you value? | |||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 03 Nov 2004 | Pacifism (Open Forum) | ||
| Issues related to Pacifism. Is military force or war necessary? Is it sometimes right to kill noncombatants? Future meetings may deal more squarely with "Was the Iraq war just"? And "What kind of World Order ought we have?" | |||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 06 Oct 2004 | What is the meaning of life? (Open Forum) | ||
| Quick Issuers speak on anything they like for about 2 minutes. Then the floor responds. About 2 minutes each also. | |||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 15 Sep 2004 | Freedom - Aboriginal Sovereignty and Peace | ||
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Speaker (5 - 10 mins) |
Freedom - Aboriginal Sovereignty and Peace |
Pat Lavilles |
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 01 Sep 2004 | (Open Forum) | ||
| Quick Issuers speak on anything they like for about 2 minutes. Then the floor responds. About 2 minutes each also. | |||
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 18 Aug 2004 | (Open Forum) | ||
| Quick Issuers speak on anything they like for about 2 minutes. Then the floor responds. About 2 minutes each also. | |||
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Quick Issues (2 mins) |
Luca Searle |
Adrian Tan |
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 04 Aug 2004 | (Open Forum) | ||
| Quick Issuers speak on anything they like for about 2 minutes. Then the floor responds. About 2 minutes each also. | |||
| Wed 21 Jul 2004 | Championing The Individual | ||
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Speaker (5 - 10 mins) |
Championing The Individual |
Steve Dick |
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Speech
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Quick Issues (2 mins) |
Luca Searle |
George Endacott |
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MC |
John Bentley |
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| Wed 07 Jul 2004 | Philorum was suspended. James Franklin's "Corrupting Youth" at GleeBooks | ||
| Philorum was suspended for this day. Instead At Gleebooks there was. The Responsibility of Philosophers. Raimond Gaita in conversation with James Franklin & Jean Curthoys about Franklin's new book 'Corrupting the Youth' - an "opinionated" history of Australian Philosophy. | |||
| Wed 16 Jun 2004 | Is there anything wrong with a big ego? | ||
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Speaker (10 - 20 mins) |
Is there anything wrong with a big ego? |
John Bentley |
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Speech
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John Bentley |
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| Wed 02 Jun 2004 | Is there anything wrong with pornography? Is there anything wrong with pornography? | ||
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Speaker (10 - 15 mins) |
Is there anything wrong with pornography? |
Patricia Petersen |
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Pornography's legitimate place in society, by Patricia Petersen, Aug 98
Patricia Petersen, Speech 28 May 1999, Brisbane |
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Speaker (10 - 15 mins) |
Is there anything wrong with pornography? |
James Franklin |
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Speech
James Franklin's Home Page |
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John Bentley |
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