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Monthly Archives: May 2002

All cultures are not equal by Kenan Malik

An excellent attack on cultural relativism, multiculturalism and appeasement.

Understanding power

“My theory of power centers around Power Networks, and assumes that all people are motivated by survival instincts to seek, consolidate, and capitalize power.
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
-Lord Acton, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887.
In the 115 years since that [...]

Big Brother reaslised…EU votes in death of privacy.

“The European Parliament passed a controversial measure Thursday that would allow countries to force telecommunication companies to keep detailed records of customers’ data for snooping purposes.
The Parliament passed the Communications Data Protection Directive, 351 to 133, despite an aggressive campaign by civil liberties groups who say the measure would enable police to spy on citizens.
Parliament [...]

Evolution, Males, and Violence

A brilliant essay by David Barash on sex differences, violence..and well…life in general:
People are generally insensitive to whatever permeates their lives. So, if you were to ask someone to describe human violence, only rarely would you hear that it is overwhelmingly perpetrated by males. And yet, the truth is that if we could eliminate or [...]

The utter annihilation of Zimbabwe - Mugabe style


Gruesome account of the effects of suicide bombings


On hearing Simon Hughes is calling for increased immigration…

Hughes is the bellweather for the faux progressive herd. He represents a
constituency with a large immigrant population so he is keeping one
chameleon eye on them and another on his bosses arse. He regularly pumps out
this specious rubbish (seemingly lifted straight off a ‘disinformation on
immigration’ primer) in defence of this potentially ruinous experiment in
mega-immigration (mass- no [...]

Men, your brains are sexula ornament…

“ARE women responsible for the intelligence of the human race because they consistently pick brain over brawn when choosing mates?
A study by German geneticists supports the controversial theory that women approach brains as a sexual ornament - much like a lion’s mane or a peacock’s tail - according to a report in New Scientist magazine.”
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France? It’s like 1970s America by Joe Klein

“Sellani the politician begins a rant about integration. He hates the idea; it is demeaning. Either his people are French or they’re not. “We’re only French in the eyes of the politicians during election time. They exploited our parents, worked them to death,” he is screaming now. “And we are supposed to go to them [...]

Sex differences in the brain

Men and women display patterns of behavioral and cognitive differences that reflect varying hormonal influences on brain development:
“Men and women differ not only in their physical attributes and reproductive function but also in many other characteristics, including the way they solve intellectual problems. For the past few decades, it has been ideologically fashionable to insist [...]