Author Archives: ditdotdat

The attitudes that people in the US have towards ‘terrorism’ at the moment wouldn’t seem out of place in an episode of Star Trek. Ask most Americans about their enemy in the ‘war on terror’ and they will have at … Continue reading →

So, British headteachers think that it’s acceptable to boo and hiss at anyone who says something they don’t like. An education minister has been booed and hissed by head teachers as he tried to defend school league tables. Delegates at … Continue reading →

This stupid story claims that Bogus blogs snare fresh victims without having a single example of any victim being snared by a bogus blog. It’s a terrific example of the sort of extremely bad tech journalism that the BBC excels … Continue reading →

It’s a bit parochial of me, but I was rather glad to hear the following sentence in a report on the World Service about the impending British election. Current opinion polls suggest Mr Blair is on course to win a … Continue reading →

I am a boycott kind of a person, I have to admit. In the olden days it was Barclays Bank and South African wine. These days it’s a bit complicated. For example, Palestinian farmers have to label their produce as … Continue reading →

I have an idea for a play. An articulate, middle class man from the UK travels to America to track down a former US soldier: a guard and torturer from Guantanamo Bay. He finds his former enemy living in poverty, … Continue reading →

The Lancet report that the ‘liberation’ of Iraq has led to the deaths of 100,000 people was denied by Tony Blair. He said that “The Iraqi ministry of health have put out figures for the six months up to October … Continue reading →

It’s not surprising to read that 100,000 civilians have been killed since the ‘coalition’ invaded Iraq, nor that most of those people killed violently were women or children. Iraq simply isn’t a safer place since the invasion, nor is the … Continue reading →

I have been angry about this story ever since I first learned the details of what happened. If you don’t know you really should have a look at the site, but a very potted history is that a US chemical … Continue reading →

There is so much nonsense talked about spam. The truth is that many of the problems of spam are caused by people being careless or stupid. If nobody gave their email address to anyone they didn’t know and if people … Continue reading →