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As I mentioned on another thread earlier today, it does not seem beyond the realms of possibility for someone to attempt to make use of the methods described in terrorist manuals without them necessarily subscribing to that particular terrorist ideology. For example, I might mine something...

It seems to me to be possible for someone to make use of the methods described in terrorist manuals without them necessarily subscribing to that particular terrorist ideology. For example, I might mine something like The Anarchist Cookbook, or The Management of Savagery, or Anders Breivik’s...

Kill List The movie is available to stream on Channel 4 for the next 30 days. It’s like a mash-up of the old Mike Leigh play Abigail’s Party, In Bruges, and The Wicker Man. Definitely worth a look.

In the case of free speech, the Victorian philosopher John Stuart Mill drew the line at incitement. He famously contrasted a newspaper article in which the author claimed that corn dealers were starvers of the poor, with the same view spoken (or communicated via a placard) right outside a corn...

Thanks. Most of the time I’m only drawing attention to what others have said, though.

Some of the more prominent secular ethicists of recent times (Peter Singer, Jonathan Glover, Ronald Dworkin and Mary Warnock) have all been in favour of the legalisation of euthanasia and address concerns about potential 'slippery slopes' and other issues in their writings. For example, Ronald...

Joker - the original movie not the sequel. 1/10 (for De Niro's performance) Biggest pile of unimaginative dreck I have seen for a long time. Boring too, though I suppose it might appeal to Incels and admirers of the US insurrection in 2021. Much better films about social misfits: Taxi Driver...

One thing I do before a public speaking event is to visualise an occasion when I felt very confident and then to assume exactly the same posture/body language. The body feeds this confidence back to the brain and this usually helps to diminish any anxiety. Also, if during your presentation you...

According to former academic and GB News gobshite Matthew Goodwin it's unresponsive 'elites' that are causing this. Fortunately, in their latest issue, even Viz Comic appear to be taking the piss out of his conspiratorial bollocks. Gabba Gabba Hey!

This is the Netanyahu who was secretly videotaped during his first term of office saying that the Palestinians should be repeatedly beaten up ‘until it is unbearable’. This is the Netanyahu whose hand the widow of Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin refused to shake because of the part she felt he had...

Veteran Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk (who resided in Beirut for much of his career) on the word ‘terrorist’. This is taken from his outstanding book on the Lebanese civil war Pity The Nation. See also the philosopher David Livingstone Smith on the tendency to dehumanise others. This...

The late Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk, who was based in Beirut for most of his career and was an eyewitness to the immediate aftermath of the Sabra & Shatila and Qana massacres had this to say for the benefit of anyone who imagined there to be a moral high ground in this conflict:

At Wilmington, North Carolina on August 9th 2016, Trump said this about Hillary Clinton: 'If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is.'

Earlier today, I came across this exchange on X: In the case of free speech, John Stuart Mill drew it at incitement. He famously contrasted a newspaper article in which the author claimed that corn dealers were starvers of the poor, with the same view spoken (or communicated via a placard)...

Like Glenn, I am a great admirer of Cave's previous work, especially the recent albums Push The Sky Away, Skeleton Tree and Ghosteen. But apart from the song 'Frogs' from the new album, this one isn't doing much for me so far, unfortunately. The allusion to Marcus is explained here...