Showing posts with label censorship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label censorship. Show all posts
Sunday, 20 September 2015

Do Not Treat My Politics as Any Less than Yours

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As anyone who has read this blog down the years will not be surprised, I am pleased that Jeremy Corbyn has been elected leader of the Labour...
Wednesday, 30 July 2014

Freedom to Speak = Freedom to Swear

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The UK has a principle of free speech.  This has been restricted in recent years with the introduction of hate crimes which mean you can be ...
Friday, 26 October 2012

‘You Can’t Handle The Truth’: Forced To Create A ‘Legend’ In The Workplace

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As regular readers will know in the past few years I have suffered in jobs as a result of individual words and sentences that I have uttered...
Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Resisting Counter-Factual Speculation: China And Time-Travel Movies

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In past postings, I have looked at how uneasy Americans can be about counter-factual discussions around the history of the USA:  http://rook...
Monday, 7 February 2011

'I Don't Want To Hear That': Censoring In The Workplace

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Before Christmas I attended a Christmas Fayre held at a local primary school.  It had the usual games, stalls and refreshments that you find...
Friday, 22 January 2010

The Contradictions of China

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It is no surprise that China has become such a potent force in the 21st century world.  Even Napoleon characterised the country as being a s...
Saturday, 8 March 2008

Next Steps in Constructing the British Police State

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With the announcement this week that identity cards which had fallen from public attention in the past few months were not only going to be ...
Friday, 26 October 2007

Blogging the Blog 3: Chinese blogs and Freedom of Media

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Sometimes you wish you had the ability to read certain languages and if I could I would be able to reinforce this post. However, I lack the ...