Feminism, sexism and Foschini T-Shirts
The boundaries of what is acceptable and unacceptable offence (ie. merely risqué rather than legitimately problematic) are not only subjective, but also present a slippery slope problem. With the withdrawal of the T-shirts without any substantive engagement – and with the polarisation of the debate evidenced in the Davis column linked at the top – a new level of what is acceptable and not has been set.
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.
William Creasey and media responsibility, redux
The role of the press as an independent and trustworthy purveyor of information and analysis can be blurred if they take on the role of moral watchdog.
#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.
William Creasey: Sex-offenders and media responsibility
A friend alerted me to this front-page spread in Friday’s Cape Argus regarding William Creasey. For those unfamiliar with Creasey’s history, he was arrested in 2003 and later convicted for indecently assaulting minors. Following his release on parole in 2009, nothing (that I know of) has been heard of him – at least in relation to [...]
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