Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The day we won't forget
Madelaine Bunting writes a moving piece in the Guardian about the peace protests in London. Very well worth a look, I like the venom in this: We said No, Not in our Names and we meant it. Blair will never be forgiven. A tragic end to a good prime minister who was swept to power…
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Condoleezza Rice and the subtext
This is very interesting indeed. Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday that war with Iraq would become unavoidable unless UN Security Council members united soon behind a tough, common approach to Baghdad. What? This is typical of the Bush administration. Reading the subtext its more like a veiled threat. “The UN better toe the line and…
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North Korea threatens war (again)
Yes those Koreans are at it again, and this time they are threatening to pull out of the 1953 armistice that ceased hostilities. Technically it is still at war – and pulling out of the armistice is effectively declaring war again.
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Copywrongs
Lee Dembart poses the questions surrounding ‘fair use’ of media, and the industries attempts to stop the downloading and free distribution of large amounts of music and films. He fails to mention the industries attempts to poison networks such as Kazaa with bogus files – but otherwise it sums up the issue well.
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Ireland thrash the Scots
An excellent description of Irelands defeat of Scotland in Six Nations Rugby. Gave me a chuckle!
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Saving Digital History
The story from Saturday that I submitted to Slashdot has now been posted on their frontpage. I love reading the comments about my submissions. Among the funniest from this one is that the Library of Congress, should it go ahead with archiving the Internet, will then have the biggest archive of porn in the world.…
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Google buys Pyra
Almost every blog I read is covering this story. The biggest search engine on the net has just bought Pyra, the company behind Blogger software. This should prove interesting as can be seen in the opinions with Onlineblog and Dan Shafer notes here.
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The Media agenda
Peter Preston over at the Observer remarks on bias within the media industry. He points out that the UK is unique in the world where almost all its major newspapers are now owned by foreigners. I like his wit though: Two countries 25 miles apart with very similar public opinion polls, but two hugely disparate…
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Ireland hammer the Scots
In a riveting game of rugby, Ireland managed to break the 18 year losing streak against Scotland on Scotland’s home turf. The final score was 36 -6, with some exceptional tries – notably Hickey and Murphy. Now we have to beat the Italians in Rome next week.
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The age of apathy stops here: Mary Riddell
In this passionate piece Mary Riddell – she is worth quoting at length here: The surprise has been the altruism of the protesters, and the size of the vacuum they fill. Blair’s natural supporters and opponents have registered their opposition, and seen it spurned. As they get more strident, he digs harder. The hole in…
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