Category Archives: Freedom
How to track a crisis
The following post is by my friend Matt Silberstein. Matt is deeply concerned about the events occurring in places like Darfur, and brought the following to my attention. I asked him to write a post, and here it is. Hi … Continue reading
Filed under Evolution, Freedom, Politics, Social evolution, Technology
The policy policy
Australian Prime Minister for the Obvious has said that there should be a “zero tolerance” policy against bullying. In other news, a 13 year old Victorian girl who held a kitchen knife to the throat of a 12 year old … Continue reading
Filed under Australian stuff, Censorship, Freedom, Politics, Pop culture, Social dominance
Pope gets tax-paid visit to UK to denounce equality of gays before the law…
I am glad to see I am not the only person who finds this unconscionable… I hope the Grauniad won’t sue me for reposting their piece below the fold.
On fear and risk
I haven’t had a rant/sermon in a while. My parents’ generation went through the second world war, fighting tyrants and ideologies that sought to control our everyday lives; for which reason they are sometimes called “the best generation”. Their parents’ … Continue reading
Filed under Censorship, Freedom, Media, Politics, Race and politics, Religion, Sermon, Social evolution
On preventive censorship versus punishment
In the last few years, there has been an increasing tendency of so-called democratic governments to increase the amount of control they have over their population, under the guise of various “emergencies”: terrorism, child pornography and of course a slightly … Continue reading
Filed under Australian stuff, Censorship, Freedom, Politics, Technology
Punish the obsessive
John Wesley wrote, commenting on Acts 5:28: “They make laws and interdicts at their pleasure, which those who obey God cannot but break; and then take occasion thereby to censure and punish the innocent, as guilty.” It matters not that … Continue reading
Filed under Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Freedom, Politics
On the Gates arrest
I’m a long way away from this event which is taking up so much of the media’s attention in the States. So of course that means I have to say something about it.
Filed under Freedom, Politics, Race and politics, Sermon, Social evolution
Join the Pirate Party now!
As Pastafarians know, global warming is inversely related to the number of pirates in the world. But slightly more seriously, the Pirate Party in Sweden has gained a seat in the EU Parliament. They stand against the encroachment on individual … Continue reading
Filed under Censorship, Freedom, Politics
The US loses academic freedom?
Since we’re talking about law, here’s an interesting piece at Crooked Timber on the chilling effect on academic free speech a couple of recent court decisions, Garcetti v. Ceballos and Hong v. Grant may end up having. Although the courts … Continue reading
Evolution and the law
A new paper by Brian Leiter and Michael Weisberg entitled “Why Evolutionary Biology Is (So Far) Irrelevant To Legal Regulation” argues that evolution does not provide the legal system with any useful rules or guidance. Here’s the abstract: Evolutionary biology … Continue reading
Filed under Ecology and Biodiversity, Freedom, Politics, Race and politics, Social evolution
