Tag Archives: philosophy
Government regulation of opinion…
The latest step in the British government’s attempts to regulate opinion and restrict the freedom of businesses to deal with whoever they choose (or not) can be seen here (BBC). What business is it of the state to decide what services a business offers to its customers? This is something that the market should be [...]
The law is not only an ass…
…it is cruel, counterproductive and dangerously idiotic. Guess which law I’m talking about. You get the satisfaction of knowing me and my hobby horses better than you might want to if you get it right. This law leads to the prosecution of people who want to alleviate anothers suffering because the NHS won’t use the [...]
What Freedom Means..
Human Advancement — Dear Gabby, Jon, and Janet Says it all, with far more eloquence and dignity than I ever could.
Here Comes the New Boss…
…,same as the old boss… Democrat, Republican, Labour, Conservative, there are no fundamental differences. They will all steal from you and attempt to control your lives with laws and regulations any percieved differences are merely cosmetic. Democracy is the biggest lie in the world, we are given the illusion of choice to fool us into [...]
Hanging is Too Good…
Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to hang for crimes agianst humanity (Full story here, from various sources.) Specifically for the killing of 148 people in the town of Dujail after a failed assasination attempt in 1982.
The Demeaning Surveillance Society
In reply to:this post and its comments on Samizdata Yes! All the cameras feeds, visible to everyone at any time. I wonder how long that would last before ‘They Who Know Best’ decide that its far too risky and scrap the camera idea all together. Cameras may be obsolete with the introduction of compulsory ID [...]
Ban on burning flags in UK
Flag burning could become crime – BBC Without any kind of first amendment protection for freedom of expression in the UK this kind of proposal has no legal impediment. All that stands in the way of yet another restriction on our freedom is reasoned argument, and when was the last time any argument against the [...]
My Political Education: Lesson 1, Part 3
If you haven’t been following this Part 1 and Part 2 are worth reading otherwise you won’t have any idea what we’re on about. I contend that art (in terms of IP) should have the shortest protection possible (the lifetime of the artist), Midwesterner disagrees. Here is my reasoning: For the purposes of brevity art [...]
What's Wrong With Dawkins' Argument…
This post was one of those lost in the transition from Nucleus to WordPress and was ressurrected (funnily enough) in response to this post on Uncommon Sense. I could only reinstate the post and not the comments unfortunately, some of which were enlightening, others as full of vitriol and bile as anything a right-wing christian [...]
