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	<title>Back Garden Philosophy</title>
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	<description>Reflections on Existence</description>
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		<title>Nearly killed by a Neanderthal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two days ago I was nearly killed by a person I never met.  I don’t even know the sex of this person, although, given the nature of the incident, I strongly suspect it was the male of the species.
I was a passenger in a car being driven along a dangerous, twisting, country road with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://backgardenphilosophy.com/2009/08/02/nearly-killed-by-a-neanderthal/</link>
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		<title>Warped sense of priorities leading to disaster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NASA and the world have been marking the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing on July 20th 1969.
The crew of Apollo II, Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin got together in a rare reunion and spoke about their experiences and about the future of space exploration.
It is those views and the views of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://backgardenphilosophy.com/2009/07/22/warped-sense-of-priorities-leading-to-disaster/</link>
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		<title>Falling leaves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was having a very busy day in the city, rushing from place to place trying to get all my chores completed before close of business.  
Suddenly, I noticed a rather ramshackle entrance to a small park and decided to have a look.  The park wasn’t very well kept, lots of graffiti, only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://backgardenphilosophy.com/2008/11/07/falling-leaves/</link>
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		<title>Walks, police stations and reckless drivers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Lake Road is one of the more popular walks in Cobh.  It provides a nice gentle slope on the way down and a not too severe challenge on the return journey.  There are, of course, a number of alternatives to the return journey.  
Three of my favourite options are &#8211; The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://backgardenphilosophy.com/2008/11/01/walks-police-stations-and-reckless-drivers/</link>
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		<title>Road rage explained</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before Eileen bought her first car she was a normal, happy-go-lucky person. She’s still normal and happy-go-lucky except for the very brief but highly intense moments when she is consumed by road rage. 
No ranting or raving, no foul language, no obscene hand gestures, just a brief ice-cold silence before the atmosphere in the car [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://backgardenphilosophy.com/2008/10/14/road-rage-explained/</link>
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		<title>Doing battle with a Gothic Goddess</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spotted her the moment I entered the bakery area of the supermarket.  It wasn’t difficult really, because, apart from her, there was only two other humans present, a married man of about 35 and his child.  
The man was pushing a trolley but shopping was the furthest thing from his mind as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://backgardenphilosophy.com/2008/09/10/doing-battle-with-a-gothic-goddess/</link>
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		<title>Telling secrets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I watched a really interesting news item the other day.  
This guy went out on the street and handed out postcards with his name and address.  The card invited people to write down their secrets and post them to him.  It was an amazing success; he’s still getting thousands of replies every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://backgardenphilosophy.com/2008/09/09/telling-secrets/</link>
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		<title>God on trial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[God was on trial on BBC 2 the other night.  In a very interesting drama prisoners in Auschwitz, who were scheduled for the gas chamber, put God on trial on the charge that he had broken his covenant with his chosen people by allowing such barbarity to take place.  
The trial was interrupted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://backgardenphilosophy.com/2008/09/05/god-on-trial/</link>
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		<title>Global unity or total disaster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to say that I’m puzzled, very puzzled by the sudden return of the Cold War between the West and Russia.  
There’s no mystery about the first Cold War, it was clearly a stand off between two different political systems &#8211; Communism and Democracy.  The Soviet Union lost that war and has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://backgardenphilosophy.com/2008/09/03/global-unity-or-total-disaster/</link>
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		<title>Spaceship Earth: No second chance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Consider the following situation.  Four months into an eighteen month mission to Mars, NASA begins to receive disturbing reports of disunity among the crew.  There is disagreement between the astronauts as to how resources like food, water and fuel should be utilised. 
Some crew members are consuming with abandon claiming that there is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://backgardenphilosophy.com/2008/08/27/spaceship-earth-no-second-chance/</link>
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