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Scaffolding a personality

September 4, 2011

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I’ve always been a big hater of shopping – my vision of hell somewhat resembles an aberocrappy and flinch store.  I find scenes of big city high streets packed with chain stores and seas of shoppers to be nightmarish, endless consumption and burning up of resources to meet artificial needs, morbid greed, and bloated desires. […]

Consumerism

September 1, 2011

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‘Tis the season for this sort of thing apparently. I too feel it, and so let fall a couple of ripened fruit to join the salad of opinion. Most sane commentators on the London riots have pointed out the ills of consumerism and its role in fuelling such naughty behaviour. I, like many, felt in […]