Posts by Gareth Ward
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Via that Peter Griffin article:
Gage: There are psychological barriers to reexamining what we thought was true.
Hill: It’s a psychological barrier against complete irrationality.
<3
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As much as I thought this march was all a big laugh yesterday, I must admit it's struck me as depressing today.
Everyone claims that we have a massive child abuse problem, marchers included. Yet at a time when, if anything, we should be consistently sending the message that they're precious little things that deserve our protection and help, we have a bunch of self-centred attention whores encouraging people to see their children as "their's to do with what they will" in defiance of social institutions (the gummint, "SIFS" etc) and explicitly including physical punishment (however low level) within that.
That message is dangerous and the exact opposite of that which we need. -
Some of those banners - especially this one remind me of my very favourite Facebook group - An Arbitrary Number of People Demanding That Some Sort Of Action Be Taken.
Heh indeed, joined.
That march was surely worth it for Carly Binding Referendum, Advice Dog, Careful Now and my all time favourite sign, Down With This Sort of Thing.
Editing the Herald really did a magnificent job making that happen... -
DTMA
Had to look that up, but HA!
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If Laws thinks the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 is too "liberal" (and that's legislation Hastings has to apply) then why the hell did he vote for it?
Quod erat demonstrandum.
Alternatively, DPTM (Doth Protest Too Much)
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Free speech isn't a right to call for murdering people.
Well no, that would seem to broach the agreed limits. But also note that isn't really what's happening here - he doesn't seem to go so far as incitement and his right to free speech hasn't been denied (Chauvel's OTT response rightly cast aside).
It's just that a music festival has decided what he stands for doesn't align with it's own views (and those of a good number of it's customers). The free speech/muzzling/ban calls go well beyind what's happening here. -
which is not a ban, it should be noted, nobody's been 'banned'
I haven't been invited to play at the BDO so I must have been banned too
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Don't read Gordon Campbells take on it then - it frustrated me and I'm nowhere near as involved in the issues as most.
It should amaze me that we can be all up in arms calling for the forced expulsion from a Parliamentary party of someone who used the term "white motherfu*&er" in an email, but in the same week the same crowd are suggesting that a private festival deciding not to book someone who regularly called* for violence and death against homosexuals is some massive destruction of freedom of speech. Unfortunately, it doesn't.
* there is contention as to whether or not he has stopped
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Um, anyone?
10ft pole etc etc
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The earlier Mad Men is the new season, I believe, while the later one is a repeat of an earlier season
Right, cheers. As I haven't seen any of them, I need to decide if I let both seasons fully record then go back and watch them in episode order...