More on Foschini’s sexist T-shirts
Drawing a line between hypersensitivity and justified affront is sometimes rather difficult. And while outrage is easy to manufacture, and difficult to ignore, the fact that someone is offended doesn’t mean that they are justified.
Sensationalism, morality and the media
We get the society we deserve, in that we are that society and it takes on the forms we encourage. What the public is interested in is not equivalent to the public interest – and it’s the latter that gives newspapers licence to broadcast what would otherwise be details of someone’s private life.
You’re only 1% if you don’t Tweet
The fast-food nature of Twitter gives rise to much noise, and many inflated egos – but sometimes matters far less than we think it does.
#Occupy doesn’t travel well
While Occupy Wall Street at least had a defined target, ‘occupations’ in other parts of the world share little besides a generalised disaffection – and the same absence of alternatives to something resembling capitalism.
Does it matter if you’re black or white? #CensusSA2011
If you think being South African is more important than being black or white – or if you think that being black or white is of no importance – consider rejecting the racial classifications endorsed in the 2011 census in South Africa.
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