Friday, March 02, 2007

Snippets of news

Some items I saw on bbc.co.uk today:

"Physicist Stephen Hawking and his daughter are to write a science book for children which will be "a bit like Harry Potter, but without the magic"" This can be easily reworded as 'a bit like a bestseller, but without the bits which made it a bestseller'.

"TV shows like Big Brother can humiliate people "for public entertainment", the Church of England warns." Hmm, and the promotion of imaginary rulers who live in the sky and judge our every thought and action with the intention of either allowing us into utopia or condemning us to eternal torture is tickety-boo I suppose? It's a very big pot, and a very small kettle…

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