‘Twas Easter and the slithey toves did gyre and gimble on the roads
The extent to which the secular community has an obligation to play along – or the opposite obligation to protest – at times when others are engaging in religious ritual is a running debate. A key element of this debate is the possible incoherence involved in your lack of belief not standing in the way of allowing others to continue believing absurd things.
Freedom of (Multi)choice
Has porn been proved to cause sexual violence, as they claim? No. Does our Bill of Rights enshrine freedom of expression? Yes. And has DStv put systems in place to prevent children from accessing its adult channels? That would be another yes.
On JZ’s call for a national dialogue on “our moral code”
Why is Zuma suddenly interested in discussing South Africa’s “moral code” – is it the transparent attempt at deflection it appears to be? And who should be involved in the discussion?
Taryn Hodgson’s pornography problem
To approach the complicated problem of pornography from the point of view that Christian values will save us from various social ills is stupendously naive, in that it ignores other data we have suggesting that the religious are no better off in terms of protecting what Hodgson refers to as the “basic building block of society” – the family.
Giving Jacob Zuma the finger
In a disastrous PR week for Jacob Zuma, his commitment to free speech has been called into question by the actions of his security detail, who allegedly abused a UCT student for showing disrespect.
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