Cancel culture has dominated the culture in the Western world for quite a while now. This means that people are cancelling shows, appointments, and firing people easily, quickly, without much thought, based on a report. It is coming into the culture to just dismiss people. An example is the firing of Major-General Dany Fortin in […]
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Fear runs rampant at these times due to the fear of covid-19 and, for those who want the vaccine, the fear that the vaccine will not be the right one or will wear off. This fear is natural, except that it is irrational. It is natural because we are feeling the after-effects of the epidemic,
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It is best not to get overly emotional about various topics in the news and then make decisions or take positions based just on your immediate emotions. Emotions don’t think. But on the other hand it is natural to become very emotional about some topics in the news. For example, most of us naturally become
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