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BT Cassidy is a Bandit Journalist, known for his controversial writing that holds scant regard or respect for the niceties of the social contract. While it has been said that his writings tend to have an anti-social leaning with a propensity toward inciting

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Entertainment > Music (Other) Music's influence on behavior: 2 of 76
Ah, where have the good days gone where you could listen to a tape backwards and hear a hidden satanic message?Music has an influence on emotional states, let's take that as a given.Military bands leave pacifists queer with the urge to march; Opera can induce a reverential state of euphoria in punks; Hill-Billy can make you w... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Society's values vs. personal values: 2 of 52
Plato proposed that social balance and justice was the point that existed exactly at the fulcrum of the values of society and the values of the individual. This is the point that describes which has priority in any given situation. We are however fortunate, in that the right to have a belief, or a value, is sacrosanct, while... More..
Arts & Humanities > Ethics Are we drowning in excess?: 2 of 34
We live in a society where excess is worshipped as success - that's capitalism. If you don't own a car or a television you're regarded as poor or an environmental crank. We live in a society where your caste is not determined by a dot on your forehead, but the type of necktie you wear; where beauty is cosmetics tested on rabb... More..
Relationships & Family > Children & Divorce In divorce, should the father have equal custody rights to his children?: 7 of 110
To say that a father figure is less important figure in a child's life is a determination that can only be made with all the contextual information; it should be considered this very carefully though, for today there's as many different types of family unit as there are families.The question the family courts have to ask is w... More..
Relationships & Family > Friendship Drama & Issues Friendship drama: How to handle backstabbers: 7 of 83
Betrayal is a very personal thing; when a friend betrays you the hurt is larger and the impact far deeper.Friendship is based on trust, mutual understanding and a will to see no harm come to the other- that includes at an emotional level. Your friends are the people you quite often turn to for help, before your parents becaus... More..
Arts & Humanities > Arts & Humanities (Other) Finding the artist in all of us: 5 of 46
Each of has a creative impulse, a spirit if you will, that drives us on. Some of us work with paint, some of us work with clay, or words or a camera or a computer; each is its own art form; equally, there is an art to making the perfect bread, an art to tuning a motorcycle to perfection, and art to designing a backing card fo... More..
Entertainment > Music (Other) What exactly is a sellout: 1 of 9
Ah, the sellout, the person who finally breaks through to a popular audience and is derided for their success. Music, or any art for that matter is a process of communication- successful communication is measured by the degree to which you reach an audience and communicate what you are speaking of.For in all art there is a gr... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Lifestyles Is it better to live in the city or the country?: 5 of 41
I was born in the country and live in the city. One day, when the time is right, I'll live in the country again.That's the crux of the argument; the conveniences offered by the city- not just in terms of the business facilities and services, but in terms of sheer human contact benefit me for a specific period in my life. The... More..
Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Writing advice: Tips for capturing sensory experiences: 4 of 24
Have you ever seen one of those Japanese Zen paintings? You know the ones I mean- there are three heavy black ink lines and somehow from those three lines the artist has captured a ship with ten guys lugging bales of silk down a gangplank while the sail fills with a warm wind and a beautiful woman with her child stand by and ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Meaning of Life The true meaning of success: 13 of 70
When I was twenty years old I was earning five times what I am today. I was a telecommunications engineer in a very successful research and development lab. I had the privilege of being involved with the development of the ADSL protocol and technology at both a hardware and software level and participated in the development o... More..