Unless there is a serious updating of copyright law to recognize the changing technological environment, the law becomes an ass.
– Lynne Brindley, CEO, British Library in British Library calls for digital copyright action
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“What was going through your head during that second engagement?” a journalist asks me at a press conference the next day. September 25th, 2006 | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
 So Jesus and Moses walk into a bar. They take a moment to look around. After a moment they look at each other and breathe a sigh of relief. Moses looks at Jesus and says, ‘Thank God that Mohammad isn’t here. This joke could have led to riots.’ September 23rd, 2006 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)
I know that the West’s struggle against communism in the twentieth century was merely a blip on the historical radar, whereas the struggle of Islam against all other cultures has been a constant of human history for almost 1400 years. September 21st, 2006 | 22 comments - (Comments are closed)
He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one”. – Jesus Christ, according to Luke 22:36 (New International Version) September 21st, 2006 | 29 comments - (Comments are closed)
Dealing with Islamicism is rather like playing chess with an opponent who randomly moves pieces about the board in the sure trust that a deity will confound his opponent. September 19th, 2006 | 12 comments - (Comments are closed)
Freedom, secularism, and rationality are not only Western values. Much of East Asia, eastern Europe, and Latin America are at various stages of embracing them. An alliance against jihadism could be very broad indeed. The Islamists themselves say that “all unbelievers are one people”. Might as well take them up on it. – ‘Infidel’ commenting on Classical Values September 18th, 2006 | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)
I’ve been lucky enough to win an Oscar, write a bestseller… my other dream would be to have a painting in the Louvre. The only way that’s going to happen is if I paint a dirty one on the wall of the gentlemen’s lavatory. – David Niven, actor, writer and soldier. September 17th, 2006 | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)
Isn’t it hilarious? Muslims are outraged that the Pope would link Islam with violence and react – with violence. Magnificent. – James Waterton September 16th, 2006 | 19 comments - (Comments are closed)
– Don Henry, Australian Conservation Foundation September 15th, 2006 | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)
Mark Ballard pins it down precisely in The Register. September 14th, 2006 | One comment - (Comments are closed)
“I do worry that spokespeople for the Fairtrade movement suffer from a myopic romantic vision of the coffee farmer in a co-operative, whereas in truth such an existence is backbreaking and mired in exploitation.” – Alex Singleton (via Owen Barder) September 14th, 2006 | Comments are closed
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