Kew Events, Unitarian Sunday

There was a shooting a few hundred metres down the road last night, which is quite unusual for this leafy middle-class inner suburb. To say the least it seems rather targetted, but it does make me give second-thoughts to my late night Ingress walks. I was pulled up by the police the other night who were wondering what I was doing in the wandering around the Yarra Bend Bat Colony in the middle of the night. When I rather sheepishly explained that I was playing a game, they knew exactly what it was all about.

Sunday consisted of visiting the Unitarians to hear Hans Baer speak on "democratic eco-socialism". I am not particularly convinced of the latching of environmentalism to a fairly orthodox Marxism. A richer tradition could be found in the romantic socialism (e.g., William Morris), or anarchism (e.g., Henry David Thoreau, Leo Tolstoy). After the service, a well-attended meeting of the Philosophy Forum witnessed Rohan McLeod give a presentation on Radical Self-Responsibility followed by good discussion. On topic, the ANZUUA newsletter Quest was released which included letters by myself and Nigel Sinnott in response to a pro-astrology address by Rev. Darlison, who gave the keynote address to the ANZUUA 2013 conference.