The Day In Parliament May 10

Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 5:17 pm
Press Release: ParliamentToday.co.nz

The Day In Parliament May 10

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Behind the impossibility of finding freedom in man’s theological contortions is a refusal to face the human condition as it is, and do the spadework of finding out for oneself what is true and what is false.

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Only those who truly reflect the wider collective Palestinian experience and aspiration deserved to be centered, listened to or engaged with. Doing so would help protect the Palestinian cause of the self-seeking few, who use the Palestinian struggle as an opportunity for personal or factional gains.

Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Resolving The Problem Of Evil

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The Day In Parliament May 10