To form an opinion of someone or something prior to obtaining evidence to justify that position is prejudice. To continue to hold that opinion in the face of conflicting evidence is dogmatic. Needless to say there has been plenty of both dogma and prejudice involved in Israel’s latest venture onto the world’s front pages. From [...]
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That Flotilla incident.
Posted by Chris Nash on June 13, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/that-flotilla-incident/
Filthy Greens
Feb 3rd. Field notes from a trip to civilisation… There lies, in the Golden Bay region of South Island, NZ, a gorgeous small town called Takaka. It is a quiet and unassuming place; I initially believed it to be a perfect location should I, as a put upon NZ MP or Cabinet minister, ever need [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on February 25, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/filthy-greens/
Chamberlain’s Legacy
A continuation of “the January-February blogs” series… Student Unions are not the natural home of rational policies, of common sense, or of idelogy-free dialogue. It is therefore with great pleasure that I heard, against my expectations, that Joe’s bar in the University of Birmingham Guild of Students in to retain its name. The bar was [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on February 21, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/chamberlains-legacy/
Should Tweeters be executed?
If it ever turns out that there genuinely is a secret global elite controlling society, then at present my money is on it being the Twitterati. Looks at the facts people! Already we’ve silenced the Daily Mail, and more importantly a fellow who dared criticise Stephen Fry; now we’ve forced the BBC to back down! [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on December 17, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/should-tweeters-be-executed/
Of Minarets and Men
I wasn’t going to wade into this whole Swiss ban on minarets thing. Any issue where one conflates race, religion, democracy, and (worst of all) referenda is going to be trouble. But then a Bulgarian mate invited me to a Facebook group about it (and as we all know Facebook groups are the epitome of social [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on December 8, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/of-minarets-and-men/
An Alternative
An earlier post of mine called for the abolition of the UN, or at least for Britain’s withdrawal from it, argueing that it was no longer fit for purpose. In a follow-up to this post, I would like to put forward my proposal for its replacement; something I wish to refer to as a “League of [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on April 22, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/an-alternative/
Time to scrap the United Nations?
News on the upcoming “Durban II” UN talks on racism, due to be held in Geneva, suggests that a number of nations including the US and Canada may be thinking of boycotting it. The reason given is due to fears that the event will be hijaked by those nations who wish to promote an anti-israel [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on April 20, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/time-to-scrap-the-united-nations/
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