Why Consumer Choice is Not Good
Saturday, 9 February 2008
I AM going to argue here that things have gone wrong, and that responsibility has become misplaced. It seems to me to be the case that things are no longer what they once were, that things are no longer simple.
Allow me to illustrate: Bread is no longer just bread, there Read the rest of this entry »
How Men Have Been Conned
Saturday, 21 July 2007
WHAT is it to be a man these days?
This is clearly a problem; something seems to have gone wrong — and I suspect it has something to do with selling products.
Take pop music for example, and compare this with an earlier time. Read the rest of this entry »
Why The Car is Best
Thursday, 8 March 2007
THE car is not perfect, but it is still the best. It really is — and to deny this simple truth can only lead to unhappiness. Facts are facts, and facts have to be faced. What I shall attempt to do here is explain for the record why the car is best (as completely as I possibly can). Read the rest of this entry »
How To Manage Racism, Sectarianism and Sexism
Monday, 19 February 2007
RACISM, segregation, apartheid, exclusivity, equal opportunity, élite… these words (and many others) strike fear into the hearts of modern folk. Why? Read the rest of this entry »
How Entertainment is a Rip Off
Saturday, 3 February 2007
ENTERTAINMENT is supposed to be fun, isn’t it? So where did it all go wrong?
I was recently amazed to discover that it is a copyright infringement to rip a CD that you own so that you can listen to it on an MP3 player. I just DARE the authorities to come and get me for this!
This is a moan about how much time and money I have been forced to spend over the years, and now, looking back, I don’t see that it was worthwhile; I seem to have given far more than I have received. It has been a struggle to keep up with technology: better quality, better formats, and so it has been going, until recently things have started to DIE — goodbye to the videocassette, cheerio to the floppy disc.
How To Stop Traffic Jams & Save Lives
Saturday, 20 January 2007
GETTING it right first time is a rarity. But even if something was done right first time, because the surrounding world changes, there has to be a limit to how long it can remain right.
In other words, everything ought to be monitored and reviewed regularly, with changes made as required.
- How likely do you think it is that traffic and town planners have managed to get things right from the start?
How Words Manipulate
Friday, 5 January 2007
WORDS are abused these days – or perhaps I should state that we are being subliminally influenced by words chosen to secretly manipulate us.
To be clear, I am discussing the notion of copyright.
Everywhere today we see: “Piracy“… Read the rest of this entry »