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CoffeeHousers’ Wall, 22 August – 28 August 2011
Welcome to the latest CoffeeHousers’ Wall. For those who haven’t come across the Wall before, it’s a post we put up each Monday, on which — providing your writing isn’t libellous, crammed with swearing, or offensive to common decency — you’ll be able to say whatever you like in the comments section. There is no
Just in case you missed them… | 22 August 2011
…here are some of the posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the weekend. Fraser Nelson says the far right should be allowed to ‘perish in the sunlight’, and ponders the end of Gaddafi. James Forsyth applauds a burst of common sense from Eric Pickles, and says that Europe is likely to become a key issue in
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Letters | 20 August 2011
Violent by nature Sir: Amongst the sociological why-oh-why-ery trying to explain the motivation of the rioters, the simplest explanation has been overlooked: human nature is utterly violent and wicked. Conservatism — the heir of Christianity in this respect — realises this. Recent work on violence in hunter-gatherer societies has demolished sociological explanations of violence: it