23 March 2004
Secretary of Nannyism
David Blunkett, the increasingly angry [UK] home secretary, is calling for “lifestyle punishments” to shape Britain into a less violent society. He wants the power to confiscate mobile phones and ban people from football matches. He is also wants to counter the “increasing portrayal of violence” on television. Which sounds like censorship.
The home secretary believes “lifestyle punishments” such as a mobile phone ban will be a more effective deterrent than traditional punishments.
I think the big problem will be deciding whether being sent to bed without one’s supper is in fact a punishment in the UK.
Not anti-war, just on the other side
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Here are some quotes from protest signs at the recent “anti-war” rally:
- I
NY even more without the World Trade Center - End US Terrorism on North Korea
- One Country, One People, One Korea
- Death to America!
These are anti-war sentiments? It’s useful to keep in mind what the leading lights of the “anti-war” movement are willing to say in public.
He needs to ask himself why they like him
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has attacked Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as a dubious democrat hostile to U.S. interests, delivering a slap in the face to the leftist leader who had portrayed Kerry as a potential friend.
The Kerry statement on his Web site made front-page news in Venezuela on Monday, nearly two weeks after Chavez had publicly praised the Democrat contender, hailing his health care plans and likening him to assassinated U.S. President John Kennedy.
At some point, if anti-American despots consistently come out to support you, wouldn’t a normal person begin to wonder what he’s doing to attact that type of person?