Interesting Links for 11-10-2011
Oct. 11th, 2011 12:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
- So, what is the problem that people have with Jews
(tags: Jews bigotry history culture) - Jewish Problems
(tags: jews russia bigotry racism mathematics) - A Celebrity Chef in Narnia. Made me laugh. And hungry.
(tags: narnia fanfic anthonybourdain tv) - The Giant, Prehistoric Squid That Ate Common Sense
(tags: kraken squid archeology science reporting media) - Warren Ellis on comics, webcomics and the iPad
(tags: comics webcomics iPad apple) - We Are All Agents of Kyriarchy
(tags: kyriarchy privilege power culture society) - A Fold in the Brain is Linked to Keeping Reality and Imagination Separate
(tags: imagination reality brains mri) - Scottish 16-year-olds to be able to vote on independence.
(tags: scotland independence) - Back from the Moon, Apollo Astronauts Had to Go Through Customs
(tags: apollo astronaut customs space) - The Search for a More Perfect Kilogram
(tags: science kilogram mass measurement) - Triassic 'Kraken' may have created self-portrait
(tags: octopus dinosaurs archeology awesome)
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Date: 2011-10-11 12:10 pm (UTC)Such a blatent attempt to gerrymander the result too. It offends my british sense of fair play.
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Date: 2011-10-12 12:24 pm (UTC)Republicans in the US still complain the Democrats "only" win elections because of the non-white vote, and point out that if only white people could vote, the Republicans would win. Then they say they don't mean they think POC shouldn't have the vote, they're just saying.
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Date: 2011-10-11 07:13 pm (UTC)I appreciate that this isn't generally how the internet works though...
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Date: 2011-10-11 08:23 pm (UTC)Having posted the first one, I could have just removed it, but frankly I'm not entirely convinced either way, so more information is good.
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Date: 2011-10-12 10:13 am (UTC)If I had a significant amount of money I would set up a research group to try and inject some factual analysis into the independence debate from a neutral but sympathetic point of view.
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Date: 2011-10-12 06:02 pm (UTC)On the other hand I wonder if the average 16 year old is genuinely as willing and able to make an informed choice as the average adult.
Not sure about the SNP manifesto but I have been told they first mooted votes at 16 in the 60's.