The Purpose Of Debates Is To Explore

I Have Discovered In My Long Life That There Are Many Words And Phrases Which Have More Power Than Any Spell Of Magick. The Most Well-known Of These Is, Of Course, I Love You. But By Far The Most Deadly Is, If Only. For These Two Words Can Strip A Man's Strength, His Courage And His Confidence. They Become The Father Of Regret And Anguish And Pain.

When Healers Yearn To Kill Then Hope Begins To Die ... Evil Cannot Be Overcome By Evil.

One Hundred Only, Lord Earl. But Judge Us Not By Our Number. Rather, Watch The Numbers Of Dead We Leave Behind.

Our Modern World, Though Infinitely More Complex Than That Of Ancient Greece, Is Also Far More Superficial. Where The Greeks Offered Simple Psychological Training, We Live In An Age Of Style And Spin In Which Perceptions Of Good And Evil Slither And Shift With The Political View Of The Moment.

Many Fantasy Novels - 'lord Of The Rings', For Instance, Or 'lavondyss' By Robert Holdstock - Are Beautifully Written. Geoff Ryman's 'the Child Garden' Is Exquisite And Utterly Beguiling. Mervyn Peake's 'gormenghast' Trilogy Is An Astonishing Piece Of Multi-faceted Storytelling. So Quality Of Writing Does Not Condemn The Genre.