Monthly Archives: September 2010

Crowdsourcing Clegg Commentary

Posted on 21 September 2010 by Robert

It is surprising how often the act of yeilding some control of your content to The Cloud or The Rabble yeilds something true and pleasing Continue reading →

Posted in Diary, Internet Philosophy, Liberal Democrats, Literature, UK | 3 Comments

“Psychosis” as a term of abuse

Posted on 20 September 2010 by Robert

On Twitter, I have been discussing the use of mental health terms in political speech with the journalist Beatrice Bray.  In recent weeks, Guardian cartoonists Martin Rowson and Steve Bell have both used the term ‘psychotic’ to describe political figures … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, Media, Political Correctness, UK | 9 Comments

Who Can Reclaim Derogratory Words?

Posted on 17 September 2010 by Robert

If you are not the original subject of an insult, you can’t be the one to reclaim it Continue reading →

Posted in Political Correctness | 2 Comments

Qu’ran burning and America’s moral plummet

Posted on 9 September 2010 by Robert

Just as I was mulling the idea of writing a blog-post on Liberal Conspriacy about the stupid Koran-burning event planned at a church in Florida, Dave Osler gazumps me with a lucid take.  As a campaigner for PEN, the idea … Continue reading →

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Linklog for 26th August to 8th September

Posted on 8 September 2010 by Robert

My del.icio.us links: 26th August to 8th September A small Amazon Mechanical Turk Success Story – Mechanical Turks as OCR List of paradoxes – from Wikipedia Shaving is Barbaric – Editorial in the New Hampshire Sentinel, 20 June 1855. The … Continue reading →

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Disconnect

Posted on 8 September 2010 by Robert

This week I’ve read a couple of articles that discuss the ennui of the Internet age. Continue reading →

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Chimanmanda Adichie’s Single Story

Posted on 1 September 2010 by Robert

“I have always felt that it is impossible to engage properly with a place or a person, without engaging with all the stories of that place and that person. ” Continue reading →

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