Tag Archives: politics

“Evil” is a bad place to start the healing

Zaheer, I continue to defend freedom of speech on Planet GNOME, in spite of many complaints now and in the past about various blogs — including my own, on occasions. Your posts about the situation between Israel and Lebanon are very serious examples of the (sometimes pretty crazy) things people complain to me about. But they’re yours, […]

Calling London

I just wanted to send out a special message to those behind the London blasts: Even the Irish managed to do a better job than you schmucks. I’m really glad we have mailing lists, IRC and planets to know that family, friends and colleagues are okay in these events. But then, I’m really sad and […]

Compulsory Voting

In Australia, we must vote in every federal, state or local election. It’s compulsory to register at the voting booths on election day (you can always put in an invalid ‘protest’ vote if you wish) or you’ll be fined a fairly pissweak amount by the government. Voting, or at least turning up, is a civic […]