Are they by chance related?
These two stories: China trains army of messenger pigeons and North Korea Nears Completion of Electromagnetic Pulse Bomb
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Category Archives: totalitarianism
Equally evil?
Fascism and communism, that is. My cross post at Harry’s Place about the exclusion of fascists from the free expression rally I organised in 2006 generated some debate in the comments: why not also exclude communists? Coincidentally, there was this … Continue reading
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This also applies to Marxism
Norm, on the use of the word “radicalized” to describe how a Swedish Muslim studying in the UK could become a murderous fascist: It’s not just the other associations of ‘radical’ and its derivatives: people who wanted to fight injustice, … Continue reading
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Suicide bomber suicidal
Williams is among a small cadre of scholars from across the world pushing the rather contentious idea that some suicide bombers may in fact be suicidal. At the forefront is the University of Alabama’s Adam Lankford, who recently published an … Continue reading
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Political depravity
First Norm, being un-depraved: Now, Priyamvada Gopal, on the other hand, bidding fair to become one of the Guardian and Comment is Free’smore active yes-butters hoping to distract attention from practices of which others are, with good reason, critical, has … Continue reading
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Workfare
Perhaps there ought to be an equivalent to Godwin’s Law for comparisons to slavery. To say, as some libertarians do, that taxation is slavery is silly. It’s equally silly to say that the proposed requirement that unemployed people do some … Continue reading
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Prisoners voting
Iain Dale and Guido, among others, are upset by the decision to give prisoners the vote that has followed a campaign by John Hirst, who is out on licence after serving 25 years in gaol, 15 for killing an elderly … Continue reading
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Sentence of the year
Becker, who after leaving prison trained as an alternative practitioner and now lives in a lakeside district in the most expensive quarter of Berlin and is dependent on state support, is expected to use her right to remain silent throughout … Continue reading
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A pattern emerges
Julia highlights three recent cases involving the police. In one, the owners of a microchipped stolen dog were unable to recover it when the chipping register contacted them to ask permission to transfer the registration to the dog’s “new owners”, … Continue reading
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Tactless
William Ayers, the former 1960s terrorist turned po-mo academic who was involved in Obama’s early political career, has been refused emeritus status by the University of Illinois, from which he recently retired. The vote against Ayers was unanimous among the … Continue reading
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