There Are Other Ways Of Finding Satisfaction,

All The Skills Which I Have Acquired During My Sociological Life Allow Me To Diagnose And Explain What Is Going On, But Not To Predict What Will Happen.

Relationships, Like Cars, Should Undergo Regular Services To Make Sure They Are Still Roadworthy.

Everybody Is In Trouble, Including The Up-and-coming Economic Miracles Of China, Brazil Or India.

Christ Could Not Create A Codified 'christian Ethics'; Such A Thing Would Be A Contradiction In Terms.

Ideally, Nothing Should Be Embraced By A Consumer Firmly, Nothing Should Command A Commitment Till Death Do Us Part, No Needs Should Be Seen As Fully Satisfied, No Desires Considered Ultimate. There Ought To Be A Proviso 'until Further Notice' Attached To Any Oath Of Loyalty And Any Commitment. It Is But The Volatility, The In-built Temporality Of All Engagements That Truly Counts; It Counts More Than The Commitment Itself, Which Is Anyway Not Allowed To Outlast The Time Necessary For Consuming The Object Of Desire (or, Rather, The Time Sufficient For The Desirability Of That Object To Wane).