Willkommen!

First and foremost, I feel that it is important to provide some manner of context to this exploration into the world of blogging. A rationale if you will. In short, I have started this blog as a means of compiling my thoughts as they present themselves, and similarly putting them to others to read and respond to, hopefully in a way that is positive yet critical. I am someone who enjoys thinking through issues of academic significance, be that political, philosophical, historical, social or theological and it with this in mind that I frame my future posts. While not limiting myself to these areas, it is probably a good indication of where my thoughts will lead my writing. It is my object to make these posts as developed, structured and thought out as I can, but I think for the sake of equity and fairness, the good old Aussie notion of a ‘fair go’ is what I will stress for following discussion. Some things may simply be the sum of my thoughts at a time on an issue; others may be more established over a longer period and therefore more theoretically developed. That being said, I warmly encourage positive-minded contributions to this forum. I hope you will all find something interesting to come out of here at some stage or another and that some of these posts will get you thinking and get the old grey matter buzzing with all manner of ‘stuff’. I think the mind is a wonderful thing, and it is a shame to let thoughts and ideas go to waste. How can we fully actualise our minds potential if we don’t develop these ideas fully? I feel that a great way of doing that is in an environment of constructive debate and questioning, and thus, ladies and gentlemen, the UnCritical Thinker begins!