“It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar” - Henry David Thoreau
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20957848
It’s not even news, it’s a hit piece. A rant about your own personal prejudice and an attempt to impose it on others.
Debates have a balanced contribution from both sides, not just a succession of joyless unattractive people explaining why they don’t like something. The ‘debate’ has only returned because the CES ignored [...]
This is Mr. Whittle in serious mode, making a philosophical point.
[Pacifica Radio is America's lunatically-far left radio station. Amy Goodman's "Democracy Now" is a show that claims to cover "news, analysis and opinion" (per Wikipedia). It makes strong men lose their lunch but entertains tiny tots with a taste for the perverse. Gosh, [...]
Free speech is about the state dictating what is or is not acceptable, it is not about free people freely expressing contempt for contemptible behaviour.
Refusal to finance a platform for thugs to spew their venomous bile does not constitute censorship.
Financing a platform constitutes support.
paraphrased from Lord Vetinari
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
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