Love & Power: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b011k45f/All_Watched_Over_by_Machines_of_Loving_Grace_Love_and_Power/ The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b011rbws/All_Watched_Over_by_Machines_of_Loving_Grace_The_Use_and_Abuse_of_Vegetational_Concep...
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Qogq3ys5M8M/TH5qXKeGW_I/AAAAAAAAKEc/09x6JNPz884/4901823811_f11a4901a0_z.jpg http://timelinewritingwiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/murder_julian_cesar_b.jpg/220555582/murder_julian_cesar_b.jpg I'd like to edit this if it seems like I'm taking sides (I'm not). I'd just like to say...
Doesn't it have something to do with a nymph, ie an idealised woman for men? So when looking for the male equivalent you should be looking for something that describes the features women find most attractive in their perfect man? There's an old joke about this: There was a department store where wom...
My goodness I seem to have stumbled into a bit of a warzone. I thought I was in a proper strop when I wrote my last post but obviously I underestimated the mood.
I happen to agree with Macgamer that feminism has failed, or rather its totally lost touch, or perhaps wasn't very relevant to begin with. I share some of his problems over abortion - that matter is still undecided for me, the measurable potential for life being something of a grey area. Firstly to ...
I've figured out why this bothers me. Some women are sluts. If we're going to imagine society has some kind of moral norm which it expects people to live up to then I don't see why women should be exempt from being found in contempt of that norm. Case in point: Imogen Thomas. What a slut! Ryan Giggs...
Disagree with you redcelt. There's an interesting article I was reading not so long ago about Irish emigration (those who leave the country to try and get away from grinding poverty or the lack of opportunities are cut off from voting) and it struck me that this country has a bit of a recent history...
Not being a particularly active or able rapist, I guess I can't comment then, although by that logic every other non-rapist is also discounted of their views. It did strike me as a bit unfair it was the policeman giving the talk on ways to avoid rape was criticised quite so much though. In the end h...
Is every political party meant to keep moving far enough into the "center" (or hoovering up the extremes) until they have a majority? Or are they meant to represent their core beliefs and argue their case well enough for the voting public to give them that majority? Should the Green Party...
Moral of the story is don't wander to the May Dip with a coat full of prized personal possessions. Sorry to hear about the work USB, next time just take a T-shirt, swimming trunks and a towel anything you wouldn't mind losing. On the other hand stranger things have been returned to their owners. Mat...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/12/europe-to-end-passport-free-travel Heads up, there is something in the air. I don't condone the rise of parties described as "far right" in countries like France, the Netherlands, Denmark and elsewhere but it's important to realise they and the E...
For example, the crime data from Sweden... just because a group is over-represented in the prisons for a particular crime, it does not follow that the incidence rate for that crime is actually higher in that group. The laughingstock that is the US criminal justice system should be all the evidence ...
Some of their judgements conflict with British law and there are cases where people have been pressurised into accepting rulings. The courts are known not to have any respect for women's rights, gay rights or religious freedom, so they already share nothing in common with the limited number of Jewi...
A "peaceful" pro-Israel rally turned violent in a city with a lot of Muslims? No shit. A peaceful pro-Israel rally in a city with a lot of muslims in a country which is regarded as the most tolerant on earth. What more proof do you want of the abject failure of integrating these people, e...
How very naive. So the message to take away is that things will eventually get better, because immigrants will see our wonderful democratic society, or more accurately their children will, and realise how backward and violent their imported creed is by comparison? That isn't happening. It doesn't ex...
I'd just like to add that a great deal of soul-searching went on before I posted the above. I do not post it lightly as I am aware it could be regarded as inflammatory. I think of this forum as a safe haven for the development of political ideas however, as every statement must pass through the fire...
Today as an occasional watcher of Sweden, the country so often touted as the more perfect social democracy the UK should live up to, I was surprised to find out that a motion has been tabled by the country's social democrats to officially create a muslim public holiday: http://muslimvoices.org/call-...