tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post2230796933237356812..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: Remember them - political executions in IranRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-80899780780736818582010-02-04T13:39:49.404+11:002010-02-04T13:39:49.404+11:00'I've often wondered why the secular Left,...'I've often wondered why the secular Left, especially in Europe, is so reluctant (or is it afraid?) to criticize repressive, Islamic theocracy. Are they afraid of being branded "racist", or losing their multi-culti credibility?'<br /><br />We aren't all apologists for theocratic tyranny! But ... I guess recent events have left us wary of such issues being used to provide a cloak of justification for aggressive war and occupation.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05840059127758081545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-12472119178004084202010-02-04T00:47:02.239+11:002010-02-04T00:47:02.239+11:00My friend and I were recently talking about how we...My friend and I were recently talking about how we as a society are so hooked onto electronics. Reading this post makes me think back to that discussion we had, and just how inseparable from electronics we have all become.<br /><br><br />I don't mean this in a bad way, of course! Ethical concerns aside... I just hope that as the price of memory drops, the possibility of transferring our brains onto a digital medium becomes a true reality. It's one of the things I really wish I could encounter in my lifetime.<br /><br><br />(Posted on Nintendo DS running [url=http://knol.google.com/k/anonymous/-/9v7ff0hnkzef/1]R4i[/url] DS HomeBrow)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-63197886432278443252010-02-03T22:07:57.769+11:002010-02-03T22:07:57.769+11:00I've often wondered why the secular Left, espe...I've often wondered why the secular Left, especially in Europe, is so reluctant (or is it afraid?) to criticize repressive, Islamic theocracy. Are they afraid of being branded "racist", or losing their multi-culti credibility?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com