By Jacques Rousseau on September 12, 2011
Anyone in Cape Town and surrounding areas is encouraged to attend any of these events – but particularly the march on Saturday, in protest of the POI Bill. Students Against Secrecy, a coalition of student organizations have put together a week of action to raise awareness about and activism against the Protection of Information Bill. [...]
Posted in Events, Free Speech, Politics | Tagged POI, R2K, Right 2 Know, Secrecy Bill, UCT |
By Jacques Rousseau on August 14, 2011
Prominent spokespersons for divisive views can make their arguments in more or less divisive ways. And while we shouldn’t confuse whatever offence is caused by antagonistic expressions of a viewpoint with the legitimacy of that viewpoint, we also shouldn’t ignore the fact that persuasion becomes more difficult when your audience is pissed off. Read more at Synapses.
Posted in Politics, Religion | Tagged 9/11 Memorial cross, accommodationism, American Atheists, Dave Silverman |
By Jacques Rousseau on August 6, 2011
André Gide remarked that “everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again”. So it is with the recent article by Mandy de Waal, who took Sam Harris (and the ‘new atheists’ in general) to task for ‘hate speech’, ‘bigotry’ and encouraging so-called Islamophobia. It’s [...]
Posted in Politics, Religion | Tagged Breivik, Islamophobia, new atheism, Sam Harris, terror |