Over 50 years ago, Monty Python did an episode called ‘Spanish Inquisition’, which has since then led to many memes along the theme of ‘No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition’. Through ridicule, one of the more shameful chapters in the history of the Catholic Church is diminished. However, I am not sure that the Catholic …
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The Australian Olympic Team – Where Too Much Ain’t Enough
The Olympics are over, and I hope that we as a nation-state have sated our gluttony for gold medals for a few months at least. After all, we did win 18 of those at these Olympics, the most we have ever won in history, coming fourth in the tally behind the USA, China, and Japan …
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Irredentism – An Irredeemable & Immature Ideology
When I was nine years old, I became aware of the extent of the Roman Empire, in which Italy, my ancestral homeland, was the dominant part. I felt rather indignant (being ethnically Italian) that Rome did not still rule all shores and hinterlands of the Mediterranean. Without knowing it at the time, I was an Italian …
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