Even the most staunch defenders of free speech acknowledge that incitement to violence should be prohibited. Yet, when it comes to revolutionary politics, people seem to forget this, sometimes, if they are socialists. Peter Ryley seems a good enough sort, … Continue reading
Remember the film Being There? As imdb puts it: Chance, a simple gardener, has never left the estate until his employer dies. His simple TV-informed utterances are mistaken for profundity. Now read this post and the comments thread. In case … Continue reading
Long, excellent post from Edmund Standing begins: The white liberal is an unhealthy type of creature that you will undoubtedly have encountered, if not in real life, certainly via the media. By ‘liberal’, I do not mean simply someone who … Continue reading
Norm has responded to my post about positive rights: In a post on positive rights Peter tries to sidestep the truth of this claim by arguing that all a government needs to do to preserve freedom of speech is not … Continue reading
You have a jar of candy. Other people would like some candy, but you keep the jar hidden and take a piece when you want some. I come along and stand next to you, with a sign round my neck … Continue reading
The piece in the Telegraph today, suggesting that left wing people move right as a pack as they age, without realising it, so they are less left wing than they think, is interesting so far as it goes. But there’s … Continue reading
Coming back, after a week or so, to the discussion with Norm about question begging, let me start by accepting completely this definition, also quoted by Norm in a later post: To “beg the question” does not mean to raise … Continue reading
Wouldn’t this: What is your favourite piece of political wisdom? > That there are not necessarily solutions to political problems. be better with one word moved? That there are not necessarily political solutions to problems.
Here’s part of an exchange between Davod Horowitz and a student from the Muslim Student Association at the University of California, San Diego: “I am a Jew,” [Horowitz] said. “The head of Hezbollah has said that he hopes that we … Continue reading