The Meeting the Challenge website has suddenly had a rush of articles posted on it. Thus far I’ve only had a chance to read Lembit Opik’s piece. Pretty much everything I’ve ever read by Lembit has been on these lines, which can basically be summed up as “feel the fear and do it anyway”. I… Continue reading Too risky?
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Dismal
File under cynical hack… Legal doubt on 28 days detention An influential parliamentary group claims there is not enough evidence to justify extending the time a terrorist suspect can be held from 14 to 28 days. Last month Tony Blair suffered his first ever defeat when MPs threw out plans to allow police to hold… Continue reading Dismal
Christian brainwashing? Yes please!
Jonathan Calder beats me to it and does a much better write up on Polly Toynbee‘s article on Narnia today than I could hope to aspire. I planned to merely say this: Toynbee here falls for the same inconsistency and double standard that a lot of atheist/humanist writers fall for (I write as an atheist… Continue reading Christian brainwashing? Yes please!