Tag: revolution
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Conscientious Objectors: Hitch and Rushdie discuss religion and censorship
A timely and prophetic discussion from 5 years ago between Christopher Hitchens and Salman Rushdie. Again as now it was just before the UK election, discussions about cartoons in newspapers – then Jyllands Posten, now Charlie Hebdo, the whole #NotAllMuslims No True Scotsman fallacy, rise of China, Hitch predicts the mess in an Orthodox-powered Russia,…
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Watching Apple & Scotland with Russell Brand
Amazing that Apple has so much money offshore it could end world poverty in a heartbeat (monitor)…and I find it odd the conversation about the iCloud hacks has avoided talking about NSA and spying implications for cloud storage (which Russell isn’t interested in covering, which I understand as it’s a bit of a sideshow issue…
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Wealthy inequality in America
I’m guessing this probably maps onto other countries too, well in the West at least – but interesting how the public perception of ‘unfair’ and the ideal is far beyond the reality. I knew it was screwed, but when the final graph kicked in I was surprised it was that unbalanced. Much is made of…