“I am currently working full-time with Interpal as head of fundraising, this is quite intense at the moment as it is our most busy period as most donations come through this month.

Subsequently I don’t get time to blog now which is unfortunate, so i’ll probably come every now and again for a few salvos!”

Sounnds like quite a tough job- don’t newspapers accuse Interpal of funding Hamas every five minutes, then have to retract these claims, then bring it up again? Interpal seemed to have been cleared hundreds of times.

You should try and blog as much as you can, because I (and many others) always enjoy reading your comments.

“The dissertation will focus on John Locke and his social contract theory, which is in essence liberal theory of limited government…i have to extract here a specific question to address. Reading isn’t going great…too much work.”

That sounds pretty daunting as well, as so much has been written on Locke already. I am not an expert on Locke, but I would recommend anything by Mark Goldie, who has worked extensively on Locke.

Likewise, good to see that you are on form.

Ramadan is like a race, and if i may piece together comments made in the earlier part of this thread, Ramadan is like a training programme similar to that of an athlete who wishes to reach peak performance through intense, hard training. Intensity is needed to reach that peak performance, by way of building up strength and stamina.

However, if that intensity becomes injurious, then at that point it stops…similarly the fast can be broken if it reaches this state. The old adage, no pain no gain holds true.

The dissertation will focus on John Locke and his social contract theory, which is in essence liberal theory of limited government…i have to extract here a specific question to address. Reading isn’t going great…too much work.

I am currently working full-time with Interpal as head of fundraising, this is quite intense at the moment as it is our most busy period as most donations come through this month.

Subsequently I don’t get time to blog now which is unfortunate, so i’ll probably come every now and again for a few salvos!

Good to hear from you again. I was wondering where you had got to. How is the dissertation going? You had not decided on a topic last time you wrote.

I am always unsure whether wishing someone ‘Happy Ramadan’ is the right thing to do, as Ramadan is more of a long-distance race than a celebration- perhaps the phrase ‘good luck’ would be more appropriate, thus saving the ‘happy’ for Eid.

“I’m surprised there are still Muslims here at PP…well, that’s just me as a Muslim being paronoid!”

Heh.

I’m surprised there are still Muslims here at PP…well, that’s just me as a Muslim being paronoid!

The one thing about Ramadan is you actually realise just how much time we spend on either eating food, preparing food, or just plain thinking about food.

No God wants you ill

*Random slips into a trance…

( and conversely, one doesn’t need to actually forego water and food to engage in that kind of self-scrutiny and reflection. and which is why its interesting to observe when some people fast during the day, act like gluttons at night, end of ramadan comes, and boom!)

its fascinating to see the impact of ramadan on many people.