Courage: it would not exist without fear. As with so many things, the hardest lesson is to recognise that there is no beauty without pain, or no light without darkness.So much of what I’ve learnt has been tough and has needed more courage than I felt at times – but it has also been character forming. I’ve learnt to be more generous – with my time and my actions. That everyone is fighting a hard battle and to lift people up sometimes I have to be willing to be open. I’ve become, I hope, more empathetic and a better listener. … Continue reading Courage

To best confine the harms associated with pornography, I propose a regulatory ban on all forms of videographic pornography. This complete and total ban will simplify the application of the regulation. A more technocratic approach may allow for greater nuance but would almost certainly compromise privacy or be too complex for application. Just as obscene videographic content is removed from the internet by search engines and internet providers, under this regulation so too will all pornographic content. Opponents of this regulation will argue that a ban of pornography is an inappropriate limitation of freedom of expression. Is pornography an issue … Continue reading Pornography should be Banned