2012-02-14 (Tuesday)
Links
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‘Militant secularisation’ taking hold of British society, says Lady Warsi | World news | The Guardian
When an absence of something — a null-state, no religion, an appreciation of the world as it actually is — is branded as “militant secularisation”, you’re being a little crazy. I wouldn’t say you were a “religious extremist” but, well, you know.
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Trevor Kavanagh learns a hard lesson about human rights and due process « Richard Wilson’s blog
This is what I thought (only written much better) when I read about Trevor Kavanagh’s whining about the arrests of Sun journalists this morning. Live by the sword… (via @matlock)
Tweets
@AnnieFeighery I almost never watch live TV these days, and half of that time it's the commercial-free BBC, so it's not too bad :)
Editing all the adverts out of TV shows/movies before watching gives me much pleasure.
IANAL
@csi_popmusic Is it “you will not receive any payment for your work”? Oh, sorry, the first sentence, yes.
@wonderlandblog @mildlydiverting You said “very odd” but, yes, that doesn’t necessarily mean “bad” either. Standing down :)
@mildlydiverting @wonderlandblog I thought the same thing, but managed to resist tweeting while still morning-grumpy :)
@schulze Have they started swearing yet?