This is the personal blog of Ian Ker, who was Councillor for the South Ward of the Town of Vincent from 1995 to 2009. I have been a resident of this area since 1985. This blog was originally conceived as a way of letting residents of Vincent know what I have been doing and sharing thoughts on important issues. I can now use it to sound off about things that concern me.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Apt

I read all sorts of books for all sorts of reasons. One reason is the serendipitous finding of writing that fits.

This morning, I read the following:
"He'd seen it in others, the consequences of failing to choose companions wisely. One slightly immoral person was a problem. Two together was a catastrophe. All it took was a fateful meeting. A person who told you your meanest desire, your basest thoughts, weren't so bad. In fact, he shared them."

Consider this is the context of Barnett/Simpson on local government so-called reform and now Day/Simpson on planning and development. Whether 'immoral' ('contrary to accepted moral principles') or 'amoral' (in the sense of the ends justifying the means), what we are now seeing is a form of closed collective reinforcement of ideas and behaviours that has no place in a democratic society.

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