Archive for the 'Politics' Category

Iran and nuclear weapons

Monday, February 6th, 2006

port7, I appreciate what you’re saying regarding countries like UK and USA making commitments to reduce their own nuclear arsenal before requiring countries like Iran to do so, but surely you must see that as a liberal daydream and not something that could likely happen in the real world?
The fact is that having nuclear weapons […]

Google just another brick in the Great Firewall of China?

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

google.cn censors itself for Beijing.
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=tiananmen+square vs. http://images.google.cn/images?hl=zh-CN&q=tiananmen%20square

“Create an e-annoyance, go to jail” — CNET

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

As of last Thursday it is now illegal (in the US) to anonymously annoy people online. Stop and think about that for a moment. If you do something that someone else regards as an annoyance, and you don’t disclose your true identity, you can be liable for a fine or a maximum two years imprisonment.
This […]

“Galloway joins Big Brother house” — BBC

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

Galloway joins Big Brother house, thus quashing any promise that he was ever a serious politician. Seriously what is a member of parliament of Great Britain doing in a reality TV show? Does he not have more important things to get on with? Should he not be busy working for his constituents […]