September 05th 2008 — Link + Text — Leave a Comment
Mark at BoingBoing points us to an essay by Douglas Rushkoff in response to the RNC speeches:
I felt a bit nauseous watching the Republican convention last night. I’m very much a give-the-benefit-of-the-doubt kind of guy, so I try to listen to the arguments people make even when they’re made in over-the-top or patronizing [...]
June 13th 2008 — Text — Leave a Comment
Hate pervades Calgary.
Or at least compared to the national average. So says Statistics Canada in a new report.
They provided some facts on the state of hate and violence in Canada:
Among the 220 hate crimes reported by police to be motivated by religion, offences against the Jewish faith were the most common, accounting for [...]