“Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your minds from within...”
Romans 12:2

Hilary's Desk

Management - who decides?

Hilary Butler - Monday, August 20, 2012
Recently, my husband took himself down for the mandatory two-yearly doctor’s appointment which certifies octogenarians as being roadworthy. For a few days before hand there was a bit of muttering, but finally he succumbed to the system’s dictates, stuck his nose in the air, jogged down the road, and presenting his suntanned celery-stalks of legs and white mop of wisdom at ...

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Whooping cough and chameleons.

Hilary Butler - Saturday, August 18, 2012
Following on from the medieval war of words on measles......., lies, emotional blackmail, weasel words and chameleon science is also being purveyed in the whooping cough battle. Starting with the most obvious, is Vaccinet’s trumpeting headline about a Washington whooping cough outbreak recently that: "Anti-vaccine movement causes the worst whooping cough epidemic in ...

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The Medieval Measles war-of-words.

Hilary Butler - Thursday, August 16, 2012
An Australian website, is indulging what I call Orwellian "Department of Truth" speak, where the "truth" is avoided at all costs while decoy blame is laid elsewhere.  This is really a 2012 version of "medieval - speak".  Let me explain. First, let's look at the Herald Sun's show and tell. The very first thing you see is a child being vaccinated... ...and in the fir...

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