New Australian censorship stuff 11 Dec 2008 At the other blog here and here , the latter a plea for a Human Rights Act. Censorship Internet filtering Politics
Ecology and Biodiversity Update on the Brazilian primate researcher case 8 Aug 200718 Sep 2017 Nature [subscription required] is reporting that Brazilian ecologists are threatening a strike if Marc van Roosmalen is not released. You’ll recall that I posted on his case before. Van Roosmalen is a maverick primate researcher who has effectively been imprisoned for 16 years for political reasons. Brazilian researchers are justifiably… Read More
Politics CIA exemption is the wrong thing to do 17 Apr 2009 Obama’s decision not to prosecute CIA agents who employed torture and illegal rendition is a bad decision. It politicises legal responsibility and does nothing to reinforce the rule of law. Perhaps every single agent who followed orders will be exonerated by these cases, but they ought to face prosecution for… Read More
Politics Religion is mental? 26 Feb 201427 Feb 2014 Over at Chris Stedman’s blog, he posted 5 reasons why atheists shouldn’t call religious people mentally ill: 1. Even if well-intended, the equation fails 2. Mental illness is not an insult 3. Religion is often associated with wellbeing 4. This parallel distracts us from trying to understand and learn from… Read More
John, I read the posts at your new blog,but I cant post,its annoying….Can you at least co-post them here,or let common folks post at the new one? Someone needs to give this Conroy guy a lesson in democracy,and quickly…
John, I read the posts at your new blog,but I cant post,its annoying….Can you at least co-post them here,or let common folks post at the new one? Someone needs to give this Conroy guy a lesson in democracy,and quickly…