Monthly Archives: February 2006

AlterNet: The Slippery Slope of Self-Censorship

Posted on 2006-02-14 by site admin

The Slippery Slope of Self-Censorship (found via AlterNet) is an article by David Morris of Minnesota which provides the best commentary yet on the Danish Cartoon Furor.

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Downes on Belam on BBCwebsite

Posted on 2006-02-11 by site admin

This is a reference by Stephen Downes to a series of articles by Martin Belam on the organization of the BBC website (in which he was a participant)

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MWU!: A Mountain Out of a Molehill Over Danish Cartoons

Posted on 2006-02-09 by site admin

Mona Eltahawi’s article A Mountain Out of a Molehill Over Danish Cartoons provides a welcome breath of sanity.

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Writing for the Web: The Limits of Satire

Posted on 2006-02-09 by site admin

Crawford Killlian blogs his Tyee article ‘The Limits of Satire’ on the Danish cartoon frenzy. I agree with most of what he says in general terms, but I am not sure that it fits the actual circumstances. The cartoons were … Continue reading →

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Eden and Evolution

Posted on 2006-02-07 by site admin

Eden and Evolution is an article by Shankar Vedantam in the Washington Post. It starts out with an irritatingly positive-sounding description of a young “Creation Science” biologist presenting a specious distortion of what she was supposed to be teaching (eg … Continue reading →

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The Offending Cartoons

Posted on 2006-02-06 by site admin

Well, so far as I can tell from this image, the twelve cartoons (on the subject of fear of censorship and/or reprisals regarding representations of Mohammed) are as follows: One appears to be mocking the editor who commissioned the illustrations. … Continue reading →

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French editor fired over cartoons

Posted on 2006-02-02 by site admin

This BBC News article reports the firing of France Soir editor Jacques Lefranc by owner Raymond Lakah over the re-publication of cartoons originating in Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten which “gave offense” to Muslims. But if Mohammed is not to be despised, then … Continue reading →

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Innovate – Places to Go: Moodle

Posted on 2006-02-01 by site admin

Stephen Downes had an article on the ‘Moodle’ CMS in the Dec/Jan issue of the ‘Innovate’ journal of online education.

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Downes on Sakai

Posted on 2006-02-01 by site admin

Stephen Downes has an article on the ‘Sakai’ CMS in the ‘Innovate’ journal of online education.

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