Posts by Heskie@mstdn.social
 (DIR) Post #APBr05X3zqhCPaPkIK by Heskie@mstdn.social
       2022-11-02T10:20:52Z
       
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       @stux It was through The Guardian article that I found Mastodon and signed up.
       
 (DIR) Post #APQVBye4RvsYMiVHoO by Heskie@mstdn.social
       2022-11-09T11:54:44Z
       
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       @EU_Commission I remember that so well, it felt like a new dawn onto an era of hope.
       
 (DIR) Post #AQYtBSCx8N4uAkb1hQ by Heskie@mstdn.social
       2022-12-13T10:55:47Z
       
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       @stux In the west we pretty much rely in J S Mill for our definition of free speech: "If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind." [On Liberty]That comes with a proviso of "professing and discussing" In which case free speech refers to a transaction - a flow and testing of ideas.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARIoPSkKMtcVl1eIro by Heskie@mstdn.social
       2023-01-04T14:39:05Z
       
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       @stux That is good news.We are social animals after all, do you remember when it was suggested that technological advances would release more time for socialising and leisure activities. I doubt many of us imagined that what is regularly described as "modernisation" but is in practice a policy of reducing staff costs, would remove many of the opportunities for social interaction which are part of the fabric of human societies.