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Speaking of Survival International, they’ve posted a video on their website of gunmen hired by farmers to attack a Makuxi Indian village in Brazil, part of a brutal attempt at an Indian land grab.
The correlation between this and Daniel Quinn’s alternative theory of the story of Cain and Abel is quite stark.
If you read The Observer over the weekend you might have had the misfortune to come across this grubby tabloid-like excuse for journalism by Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor for The Observer.
Beaumont — clearly having a slow news day — focused his attention on the uncontacted tribe photos I commented on the other day, crudely attempting to drum up controversy where there is none.
New blog from my very good friend Ken O’Keefe. First post is about a Nuclear Free resolution he managed to get passed in the Reinstated Hawaiian Government legislature.
The other day I posted an example of how the American media breeds ignorance.
Today No Right Turn points to an example of New Zealanders being subjected to much the same thing.
It’s the unrepresentative nature of single-winner electoral systems, like Britain’s first past the post, that leads one into sometimes supporting people you wouldn’t otherwise support.
And it’s with this in mind that I find myself supporting conservative MP David Davis, who has embarked on a campaign against the “relentless erosion of civil liberties in Britain”.
A couple of weeks ago I was on the overland train to Camden Town, London when a tourist was taking a photo out the window. Some local got up and harassed him, telling him he wasn’t allowed to take photos on the train, then went and sat down again. Rolling my eyes I suggested he ignore the wannabe fink, but he meekly complied, not knowing any better.
Bruce Schneier has a theory on why some people think photographers are a threat: because that’s what the terrorists do in the movies, right.
He also includes some handy links to wallet documents on photographer’s legal rights that can help you if you get harassed. Here’s a UK one.