censorship

J'accuse : Nolens Volens

02.08.2010

Art is not dead. The Front Against Censorship (FAC) may parade along Republic Street in a make-believe funeral, along with the usual suspects and hanger-on politicians, proclaiming that Art with a capital “A” is henceforth to be considered defunct and that the muses shall muse no more. They may paint the words “Art is dead” [...]


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J'accuse: "Forni Gate" and the Jazzy Ensemble

18.07.2010

We finally made it to Malta and the excruciating heat (not much change there). An early morning three-hour drive and a damned stomach bug, which kicked off its effects from 4am, did not prevent us from getting onto the Malta-bound plane from Frankfurt. Funny how you can drive for three hours without a problem in [...]


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A Vid for the Road

14.07.2010

Till we meet again in Malta here’s another of those vids that are serving as an excuse to fill the blogging vacuum (and which I find extremely funny). Here’s how the Stitching problem could best be solved. (as seen on facebook)


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J'accuse: A nation divorced from reality

11.07.2010

A few months ago I mentioned, in an interview on Dissett, that blogs were holding a mirror up to our society and that our society did not like what it saw. The process of reflection has been going on for some time now and whether it is the sudden urgency with which we are discussing [...]


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Stitching (An Illustrated Conversation)

08.07.2010

The debate rages on. Yesterday’s lunchtime discussion veered onto the issue of censorship and the recent Stitching decision. After the break two persons, who I shall call Caius and Titus not to deviate from the subject, resumed the discussion with an exchange of emails. I found the discussion very interesting (and only intervened once between [...]


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timesofmalta.com uncut

04.06.2010

I’s the third time this week that the Timesofmalta.com editors have chosen to not publish my comments online. Now they are fully entitled to choose to ignore my contribution to the high level debate that goes on in the nether regions of every illuminated article. Since freedom of expression is in vogue right now we [...]


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