Now, I realise the economy is indeed Very Important™ and should not be toyed with, but in this boom time of ours, I fear we’ve forgotten the other side of the economic coin: humanity itself.
Now, I’m not saying countries shouldn’t wish to develop their own economies and become better off. I just think we’ve lost sight of all those social aspects of life in the race to become hideously wealthy.
Think about it.
What, is it Democracy and Dissent Sunday and no one told me?
I applaud SBS’s “Democracy” season. Damn good idea. I will make sure to watch the one on Liberia this week. It’s a pity though that despite SBS’s efforts, the audience that needs to see these programs won’t be tuning in, either through disinterest, bad reception, no reception or maybe they just don’t like SBS.
After their show about democracy in Japan (which I didn’t watch, in spite of wanting to — The War and Peep Show were calling too loudly), they showed part three of the Decadence series, which is on democracy. (more…)
Author’s Note@26/6/09: Oh, there was no way I wasn’t posting this again. It’s completely and utterly epic and needs to exist. So there. 
Chaser fans are curious, wonderful, infuriating creatures. I both love them and hate them.
The success of The War has brought a whole new contingent of fans to the fore, some of whom deserve to be shot more than anything. Some also deserve my undying love, but that’s another story.
My observations of said Chaser fans spans from livejournal to myspace to facebook to the Chaser site and other smaller assorted places. They tend to fall into distinct categories, despite their protestations otherwise. Any references to ‘the forum’ relate solely to the Chaser forum found at their website.