Tuesday, September 30, 2003
1) Attack The Messenger: Instead of addressing the argument that has been made, people using this method attack the person making it instead.
2) The Bait & Switch: When a claim is made and your opponent refutes it, don’t try to respond, simply change the subject.
3) The Blitzkrieg: The goal here is blast your opponent [...]
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
John Hawkins: Let me ask you about this — what do you say to people who claim that free trade will eventually lead to high unemployment in the US as large numbers of jobs move to cheaper labor markets overseas?
Milton Friedman: Well, they only consider half of the problem. If you move jobs overseas, [...]
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
“A politically motivated bake sale held at Southern Methodist University in Texas has caused quite a stir to the local student body.
The bake sale, organized by the Young Conservatives of Texas, offered such items as Rice Krispie Treats, cookies, and race-based discriminatory pricing. The stipulations were enforced by a sign that stated white males had [...]
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Thus will make you puke or cheer depending on your political outlook:
When foreigners come in with their international solutions to local problems it can create a dependency. For example East Timor is one of the poorest countries in Asia yet the capital is now one of the most expensive cities in Asia, local restaurants are [...]
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
“world-calendar.com is a web-based perpetual calendar. It contains holidays of over 75 countries and holidays of four religions: Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and Orthodox. In addition, it includes four other calendrical systems, Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, and Islamic, all of which are relative to Gregorian.”
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
“A Muslim man is beginning a life sentence for murdering his daughter because he disapproved of her Christian boyfriend.
Abdullah Yones admitted stabbing 16-year-old Heshu to death at their home in Acton, west London. The Old Bailey heard Kurdish Abdalla Yones, 48, murdered Heshu on 12 October 2002 because he feared she was becoming westernised. [...]
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
“Launch A Full Air Assault - Without Ever Leaving The Ground!
Airzooka is the ‘fun gun’ that blows a harmless ball of air towards any object, person (or animal!). The airball will travel up to thirty feet and beyond…
Cackle with amusement as, seemingly from nowhere, you are able to mess up a person’s hair, [...]
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
From the New York Times
The quintessential new warrior scans the Web for confirmation of the president’s villainy. He avoids facts that might complicate his hatred. He doesn’t weigh the sins of his friends against the sins of his enemies. But about the president he will believe anything…It feels so delicious to believe it, and even [...]
Monday, September 29, 2003
From Boingboing.net
Douglas Rushkoff’s new book, Open Source Democracy, was commissioned by Demos, “an independent UK think tank with a strong interest in democratic renewal and emergent political systems. We think that Douglas Rushkoff is one of the most interesting thinkers on the new forms of social interaction that have grown up around the internet. And, [...]