Comments for Richard's Kingdom http://richardskingdom.net Privacy, security and politics in the digital era Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:08:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Why I quit Facebook by Carl @FellowCreative http://richardskingdom.net/why-i-quit-facebook#comment-2779 Carl @FellowCreative Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:08:14 +0000 http://richardskingdom.net/?p=442#comment-2779 Amen to that. Well said sir – a beer sometime for sure *~) Amen to that. Well said sir – a beer sometime for sure *~)

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]]> Comment on Re-tweeting the revolution by links for 2010-11-21 « Wild Webmink http://richardskingdom.net/re-tweeting-the-revolution#comment-283 links for 2010-11-21 « Wild Webmink Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:02:24 +0000 http://www.richardskingdom.net/?p=377#comment-283 [...] Re-tweeting the revolution "The war on terror is over. We lost." — the weak-minded direct-causal thinking that's driven the west's entire response to the educated, layered and cunning strategy Bin Laden has been executing to destroy non-Islamic society has indeed led to the result Bin Laden wanted, as fear has overwhelmed justice and justice has overwhelmed mercy. (tags: Terrorism Police Law Justice Freedom Rights SocialMedia Twitter) [...] [...] Re-tweeting the revolution "The war on terror is over. We lost." — the weak-minded direct-causal thinking that's driven the west's entire response to the educated, layered and cunning strategy Bin Laden has been executing to destroy non-Islamic society has indeed led to the result Bin Laden wanted, as fear has overwhelmed justice and justice has overwhelmed mercy. (tags: Terrorism Police Law Justice Freedom Rights SocialMedia Twitter) [...]

]]> Comment on Re-tweeting the revolution by Richard King http://richardskingdom.net/re-tweeting-the-revolution#comment-282 Richard King Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:41:44 +0000 http://www.richardskingdom.net/?p=377#comment-282 The short answer, David, is yes, though I think he's been bailed pending further inquiries, and I'm not interested in speculating on the internal machinations of the Conservative party. The slightly longer answer has two parts: (1) It's easy to defend the right of someone to say something with which you agree however one person's ill-conceived attempt at humour is another's gross insult. Freedom of speech means having the freedom to offend people. (2) I think it's sad that UK politics isn't mature enough to allow it's politicians to be human. I mostly blame the media for this, though. The short answer, David, is yes, though I think he’s been bailed pending further inquiries, and I’m not interested in speculating on the internal machinations of the Conservative party.

The slightly longer answer has two parts:

(1) It’s easy to defend the right of someone to say something with which you agree however one person’s ill-conceived attempt at humour is another’s gross insult. Freedom of speech means having the freedom to offend people.

(2) I think it’s sad that UK politics isn’t mature enough to allow it’s politicians to be human. I mostly blame the media for this, though.

]]> Comment on Re-tweeting the revolution by David "Lefty" Schlesinger http://richardskingdom.net/re-tweeting-the-revolution#comment-281 David "Lefty" Schlesinger Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:29:08 +0000 http://www.richardskingdom.net/?p=377#comment-281 Interesting viewpoint. I'm assuming, based on this, that you feel as well that Gareth Compton should be let out of jail and reinstated in his positions as Birmingham city councillor and member of the Conservative party there... Interesting viewpoint. I’m assuming, based on this, that you feel as well that Gareth Compton should be let out of jail and reinstated in his positions as Birmingham city councillor and member of the Conservative party there…

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