Category Archives: Cobblestone Debate

My Life Is All About Catching Up…

Posted on 21. November 2017 by Cobblestone

Travelling, travelling again, … sooner or later, you let your firm grip of the Email inbox slip that little bit. That has a nasty habit of suddenly catching up with you when you finally get back. And that’s when you … Continue reading →

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Right, I need some hive-mind help

Posted on 3. November 2017 by Cobblestone

But before we go there, I need to apologise for the absence of the Monday thing – or at least explain why it didn’t happen. See, I’ve been away… (“No sh*t, Sherlock”, I hear someone say 😉 ) I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Jeg er træt af at blive skåret over én kam! Et svar om ikke at være religiøs.

Posted on 3. January 2016 by Cobblestone

[Danish-centric, a debate-post sparked by articles in Danish newspapers over the holidays about atheists vs religiousness] Her i jule- og nytårsdagene er der jo dejlig meget tid til at læse aviser og debatindlæg og den slags. Det vil sige – … Continue reading →

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What may be an exercise in futility: Rebutting a religious zealot

Posted on 26. April 2015 by Cobblestone

I know – don’t feed the trolls. But recently, when I stumbled over this page: – honestly, I got mad. This is insulting – partly because it smears my country by an obvious string of false statements and outright lies, … Continue reading →

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Løftebrud? Jeg holder ikke til mere af det vrøvl! (Danish-centric)

Posted on 3. February 2015 by Cobblestone

Politikens netavis i dag: »For vi har i øjeblikket en regering, som er kommet til på baggrund af en stribe eklatante løftebrud. Den sagde én ting før valget, og gjorde det stik modsatte bagefter. Jeg vil ikke fanges«, siger Lars … Continue reading →

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Cobblestone Debate: Why, today, Je suis Charlie

Posted on 8. January 2015 by Cobblestone

It may be presumptuous for such a small, irregularily published and – in the big picture of things – largely irrelevant blog such as this to jump into the big debate following the 12 murders of journalists and cartoon artists in Paris … Continue reading →

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What right is worth the lives of 120,000 children?

Posted on 18. December 2012 by Cobblestone

If you’d been asking this question in Rwanda just after the onslaught of the genocide – where the numbers were much more frightening that this – I honestly do not know what answers you might have had. But apparently, in … Continue reading →

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