Category: Serious Commentary
Speaking Truth to Power: The Intercept is Defending Boehmermann’s Freedom with Full Consistency
In the past, I have been heavily critical of The Intercept, and of Glenn Greenwald’s stance on the Charlie Hebdo martyrs. However, I have noticed a pattern developing recently. First of all, upon the renewal of the fatwa against Salman…
Better to be a Coppersmith in Purgatory than to Reign in Hell
Liberal secular parliamentary democracy is an absolute necessity for the UK and USA. And I wholeheartedly condemn, without qualification, the kind of arrogant and hubristic critique that strays from criticizing how the political systems of these countries operate in terms of…
9/12/2001 – The Days After Cheney Became President – Part 21
9/12/2001 THE DAYS AFTER CHENEY BECAME PRESIDENT The Rumsfeld Synopsis Part (A serial book excerpt) Previous installments – After Flight 93 crashes into the White House on 9/11/2001 killing President Bush as was originally planned, Dick Cheney, the Vice President,…
Charlie Hebdo Anniversary Tribute (V): The Gilded Birdcage of Spoilt Gods
Quite frankly, if someone believes that children must be deprived of blood transfusions (Jehovah’s Witnesses), or of all medical care (Christian Scientists), or that women are the property of men, or that gay people are sodomites who are all going…
Charlie Hebdo Anniversary Tribute (IV): Are Critics of Religion ‘Hateful Extremists?’
But what, then, are my own limits for religious satire? I will not provide an exhaustive discussion here. I will, however, say that I do not believe that religion is either a ‘force for good’ or a ‘force for evil’…
Charlie Hebdo Anniversary Tribute (III): Moralists are Killing Satire
So let no-one think that by appeasing jihadists or by appeasing unaccountable figures in the countries that Orientalizing intellectuals opportunistically market as ‘the (sole and exclusively) Free World’ that they will avert their malice or their wrath. For, none of…
Charlie Hebdo Anniversary Tribute (II): Freedom of Speech is Not Idealism
So who decides what is blasphemous or hateful? Whoever has the power to do so. But of course, this does not mean that all opinions are equal. For, it is perfectly true to say that women should treated in light…
Charlie Hebdo Anniversary Tribute (I): Every Truth is Blasphemy
Dedicated to the unforgettable and shining martyrs of Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher. I am still Charlie. To start off a series of fake news satire anthologies with a volume on religion seems very appropriate, given the vicious massacre of…
9/12/2001 – The Days After Cheney Became President – Part 19
9/12/2001 THE DAYS AFTER CHENEY BECAME PRESIDENT The Green Zone Part 19 (A serial book excerpt) Previous installments – After Flight 93 crashes into the White House on 9/11/2001 killing President Bush as was originally planned, Dick Cheney, the Vice…
Even Without All The Facts In Yet, It Is Easy To Figure Out The Shoot-out At Planned Parenthood.
It is actually easy to figure out why he did it. You don’t even have to know the yet-to-be-revealed facts of the case or those tidbits of information still being sought by the police. Robert Dear gunned down three people…