Interesting Links for 02-05-2012
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andrewducker- MPs announce that Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to run News Corp
- The EU's Common Agricultural Policy is slowly being reformed.
- Unrealistic expectations of relationships are a scourge on society.
- How Marvel took The Avengers from a throwaway reference in Iron Man to a record-breaking movie
- Sleep cancels out obesity gene
- Pakistani province's high court orders government to stop censoring websites illegally
- See which parties voted the way that you would want them to.
- Want to know what TV comes out when? Then this is the most awesome site in the universe.
- The dilemmas of TV filming - camera types are changing, and the different styles cause different emotional effects
- Nine more people arrested for naming a rape victim on Twitter.
- Wormworld saga chapter 3 is out. The art is still gorgeous.
- On rape within the BDSM community
- Have 26 per cent fewer houses been built under the Coalition?
- Consumer ebooks sales increased by 366% in 2011. Still only 6% of physical books.
- Microsoft removes racy apps from Windows Phone store. So glad my apps aren't censored.
- SPDY Performance on Mobile Networks. (From the figures, I think SPDY caches will be damned useful)
- Final Fantasy 13-2 characters model Prada. (Okay, gaming is now officially completely mainstream)
- A computer built into a radiation detector. Gloriously retro-looking
- Android Ported to C# - staggeringly faster
- Vote for the person, not the party, in your local council elections (if you're in a country with a sensible voting system)
- Scottish children drinking less fizzy drinks, drinking lots of alcohol, doing no exercise, are very happy.
- Radical Honesty - a step too far?
- Cutting red tape and taxes will not revive Britain - it's spending it in the best places that will help.
- Neal Stephenson answers interview questions (including the one about his epic battle with William Gibson). Old, but good.
- Protection of Freedoms Act landmark achievement in fight for civil liberties.
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Date: 2012-05-02 02:51 pm (UTC)Here's how I see it. If you ask an old-school socialist "are you in favour of personal freedom?" they might say "Sure, that's why I support a free-at-source health care and education system so that people are completely free to better themselves by having the training and medical help they need to maximise their potentials in life. If you asked the same question to a hardcore Libertarian-large-L they might say "Sure, that's why I'm against all forms of government and taxation so that people are free to spend their money in any way they like."
"Personal freedom" can support more or less any policy: "Ban smoking?" "I support your personal freedom to smoke" "Well, I support your personal freedom to breathe smoke free air."
So "personal freedom" isn't a great rallying cry from a politician for my money.