These are my undigested internests for April 9th through April 12th:
- McLaren & Meyer & Rotten & Vicious & me – Roger Ebert’s Journal – "I need you out here," Russ Meyer told me on the phone in 1977. It was 6 a.m. He could not conceive that I might still be asleep. "Have you ever heard of the Sex Pistols?"
- Chimps reject unfairness to their fellows – life – 12 April 2010 – New Scientist – CHIMPS recognise unfairness, even when it involves individuals other than themselves. This sense of unfairness towards others may be a rudimentary form of the social justice that characterises human societies.
- The New Despotism – Robert A. Nisbet – Mises Institute – We may have in mind the ideal of equality that the monastery or family represents, but what we will get in actual fact in the modern state is the kind of equality that goes with uniformity and homogeneity — above all, with war society.
- iPranged a submarine | The Sun |News – Multitasking might be a bit overrated. "A US nuclear sub rammed another ship causing nearly £60MILLION damage – while its navigator was listening to his iPod."
- Why are anarchists in favour of equality? – Infoshop News – Anarchists are dedicated to social equality because it is the only context in which individual liberty can flourish. However, there has been much nonsense written about "equality," and much of what is commonly believed about it is very strange indeed. Before discussing what anarchist do mean by equality, we have to indicate what we do not mean by it.
- Futility Infielder • AROUND THE BASES – I'd say this piece about Malcolm McLaren is about right.
1 comment
Brian Dunbar
April 12, 2010 at 9:03 am (UTC -5)
… while its navigator was listening to his iPod.”
In his cabin. While he was off-watch.
Also – what is this new-fangled krep referring to ships with a gender neutral pronouns? If it floats, it’s referred to in the feminine gender.