05/08/29 Death in London, links
05/08/14 Links, novel progress #52
05/08/09 Links, novel progress #51
05/08/29 Death in London, links
05/08/14 Links, novel progress #52
05/08/09 Links, novel progress #51
How fatal errors happen.
The Guardian: Death in Stockwell - the unanswered questions
(via Kuro5hin)
The Guardian: New claims emerge over Menezes death
BBC News: The police markman's dilemma
BBC News: Shooting victim's final journey
Rosa Parker wasn't alone.
Body and soul: Claudette Colvin, Cindy Sheehan, and us
(via Metafilter)
RFID?
The sorting door
Agnostic blogging.
Slacktivist
(via Metafilter)
Book blogging.
Beatrice
Blogging from Berlin.
BerlinBites
Not much going on right now. On to the links.
Japanese art in context.
Nishikie - the art of Meiji mayhem
(via Metafilter)
Whedon uncut.
In focus: Serenity now!
(via Plastic Bag)
What the web should be. (And sometimes is.)
BBC News: Berners Lee on the read / write web
They were there.
NY Times: Oral histories from September 11
(via Metafilter)
Immaterial goods in the information society - a weblog in German and English.
Immateriblog.de
One new episode in the past week, 645 new words, 67,911 words total.
Introduction
Introduction and start of part 3
After the war (101)
The latest in the European war on terror: making justifying or glorifying terrorism an offence. It's one of the measures proposed by Tony Blair, and Dutch Justice minister Donner is considering similar measures.
More about the British anti-terrorism measures here:
BBC News: At-a-glance - new terror plans
My take on it: not a great idea. However distasteful and even harmful the jihad-mongering may be, I don't believe that restricting free speech will be the answer.
Taken to the extreme, this would lead to a ban on the Dutch national anthem (which is, basically, a justification of the armed uprising against the Spanish by William of Orange in the 16th century) and on commemoration of the armed resistance against the Germans in WWII.
Also, the whole thing is bound to be symbolic, since there's a plentiful supply of pro-jihad propaganda from TV channels and websites hosted outside of Europe. The side effect of a ban may be that discussion with the pro-jihadists is stifled, and the pro-jihadists are driven underground. In the long run, that may do more harm than good.
More Dutch politics and current events:
Dutch politics in 2005
Dare we hope?
BBC News: IRA says armed campaign is over
We're all in this together.
Foreign Policy: The failed states index
(via Metafilter)
"Blogs", "tagging".
You're It! A blog on tagging
Storytelling wants to be free.
Richard Kadrey: Blind shrike
No, it didn't start with Tolkien.
Cornell University: The fantastic in art and fiction
(via Metafilter)
One new episode in the past week, 546 new words, 67,266 words total.
Introduction
Introduction and start of part 3
After the war (100)
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