Journalism, Unitarians, Gaming
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tcpipPadriac Murphy, one of the more conservative reporters at The Australian, had a go at Jenny Macklin. Is it because she's a member of the Socialist Left of the ALP? Is it because she's a woman? Or is it because she was visiting an aboriginal community? In any case, they were caught out lying. A little further down the scale of importance, The Age had the good sense to publish yet another of my letters; this time on the Palestine/Israel question. In full:
In recent weeks the University of Melbourne/QUT journal Online Opinion has had a flurry of "porn is evil" type articles, such as "Common Misconceptions", "Rape in Brisbane" and The Digital Dark Age. The only dissenting article has been Romancing The Ban, itself somewhat problematic and Porn is no one religion. As is my want, I often find myself wading into such debates, trying to educate people on the difference between content expressions and consensual participation, or the lack thereof. I am sorely tempted to compose something that will put of common sense into the discussion.
Next Sunday at the Unitarian Church is an forum on housing afforability; the speakers include Tony Nicholson, the Executive Director of Brotherhood of St Laurence, Tony Keenan, Chief Executive Officer, of Hanover House and Geoff Forster of Prosper Australia. I note that the Adam Smith Club is also discussing the topic. Our event is cheaper, with better speakers and will probably offer better solutions as well :-) In a few weeks after that (May 4) I will be speaking on "A heretic of clarity: the Unitarianism of Stephen Fritchman".
Finished my draft chapter for Campaign Law on time. Now helping out on the societies and cultures section. Have moved the five hundred member RuneQuest rules list to one of my domains. Will need do a bit more work on my Polymancer article on advice of the editor. Played Legend of the Five Rings last Sunday, using the AD&D module Blood of the Yakuza. Found the material within that module a bit thin, so used the Random Fantasy Adventure Generator. The Portuguese have arrived in Japan with guns, and that's made things quite interesting.
THE articles by Peter Slezak and Antony Loewenstein and that of Dvir Abramovich, although different in content, both indicate a way forward in the Palestinian region: a single, democratic, and secular state that can be a religious homeland for all who want such, without being a religious state for any. Whether Muslim, Christian or Jew, whether indigenous Semite or more recent migrants — all have common interests that far outweigh their differences. All are deserving of equal treatment under the law without ethnic or religious distinction, all are deserving of security of home and all are deserving of a just resolution to past conflicts.
The problems of the Palestinian region will not be solved while there are some who seek dominance for their religion or nationality over the rights of others.
In recent weeks the University of Melbourne/QUT journal Online Opinion has had a flurry of "porn is evil" type articles, such as "Common Misconceptions", "Rape in Brisbane" and The Digital Dark Age. The only dissenting article has been Romancing The Ban, itself somewhat problematic and Porn is no one religion. As is my want, I often find myself wading into such debates, trying to educate people on the difference between content expressions and consensual participation, or the lack thereof. I am sorely tempted to compose something that will put of common sense into the discussion.
Next Sunday at the Unitarian Church is an forum on housing afforability; the speakers include Tony Nicholson, the Executive Director of Brotherhood of St Laurence, Tony Keenan, Chief Executive Officer, of Hanover House and Geoff Forster of Prosper Australia. I note that the Adam Smith Club is also discussing the topic. Our event is cheaper, with better speakers and will probably offer better solutions as well :-) In a few weeks after that (May 4) I will be speaking on "A heretic of clarity: the Unitarianism of Stephen Fritchman".
Finished my draft chapter for Campaign Law on time. Now helping out on the societies and cultures section. Have moved the five hundred member RuneQuest rules list to one of my domains. Will need do a bit more work on my Polymancer article on advice of the editor. Played Legend of the Five Rings last Sunday, using the AD&D module Blood of the Yakuza. Found the material within that module a bit thin, so used the Random Fantasy Adventure Generator. The Portuguese have arrived in Japan with guns, and that's made things quite interesting.
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Date: 2008-04-01 09:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-01 10:14 am (UTC)The Telegraph claimed that Galloway was in the pay of Saddam Hussein, claiming it was in the public interest to publish its story regardless of whether it was true!
Such are the effects of "style over substance".
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Date: 2008-04-01 11:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-01 04:10 pm (UTC)Slight derail: This comment thread may be an interesting read for you. (Now with slightly less fucked up HTML)
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Date: 2008-04-02 12:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-02 12:50 am (UTC)But the coment I wanted you to see was this one: Yeah, now the joke would be that they're bringing back free accounts. This is a pretty lame april fool's but I guess it's what you're reduced to when you can't really joke about your policies because they're all already a joke.
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Date: 2008-04-02 01:01 am (UTC)The other comment is very appropriate. Suggesting they were going to bring back free accounts isn't just an April Fool's joke, but a cruel one, that says a lot more about the state of their actual policies.