It can be said that there is nothing so abhorrent as the killing or harming of children. Across the world today, there are numerous groups, state-led and otherwise, who care nothing for the lives of the young. Whether it is Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Myanmar, Palestine or any of the other multitude of conflict zones, children […]
Your Data For Sale
Today, I find it incredible to stand back and examine the reliance we now have upon the internet. I ask myself how it happened so quickly. One minute, it was landlines and letters, and then it was mobiles and emails, before we moved on to social media as a social fulcrum. As a species, we […]
Scorpions of Capitalism – A Brief Analysis
A scorpion asks a frog to carry it across a river. The frog hesitates, afraid of being stung, but the scorpion argues that if it did so, they would both drown. Considering this, the frog agrees, but midway across the river the scorpion does indeed sting the frog, dooming them both. When the frog asks the […]
Defining both ‘Socialist’ and ‘Capitalist’ In Human Terms
Socialism – a political and economic theory or system in which the means of production, distribution, and exchange are owned by the community collectively, usually through the state. Capitalism – an economic system based on the private ownership of industry. Socialism – a political and economic theory which holds that a country’s land, transport, natural […]
Celebrity Hypocrisy? Stars Dripping In Gold
They wear jewelry worth millions and speak of Jesus and his gracious help to them in their lives. But are the celebrities who adorn themselves in decadent splendor hypocrites of the worst kind, or are they merely misunderstood?
Irish Church and State – Wedded In Catholic Corruption
At a time when the common consensus appears to (thankfully) be that society must move on from the sectarian divisions that have ruptured Ireland for centuries, it seems that there are still those who are determined to remain wedded to, if not mired in, the antiquated mind-sets that still aggressively promote a particular theology. Take […]
In search of racism and racists
Lately, Rebel Voice had cause to give thought to the wider topic of racism – what it is and where it is to be found. Observers will have noticed the recent increase in both Islamophobic and racist sentiment in western nations, particularly the US. Thoughtless fools, such as Trump, spew out careless statements with little […]
Stalinist Catholicism – Comfortable Bedfellows Doomed To Failure?
Much debate centres upon the place of religion, particularly Catholicism, within modern Irish society. Claims and counter-claims are bandied about. Allow Rebel Voice to add to this heady Irish stew. There are striking similarities between Christianity, as countenanced by the Roman Catholic Church, and Communism as enacted within the former U.S.S.R. Both Christianity and Communism […]