Why do I get the feeling that the current education system is designed for students who existed a few hundred years ago? Each and every individual is expected to have basic knowledge about science, history, geography, mathematics and other related subjects. Why? Why is it that specialization takes place only after the individual has spent more than 10 to 15 years studying general subjects? How many individuals have actually applied the mathematical formulas that they learned in school?
It is amazing to think of the diversity of sub cultures alive and thriving around us all the time. I recently got lost in Stoke on Trent and came across one of the oddest places that I have ever seen. It was a traditional ski chalet built next to a dry ski slope. You walked in and there were the traditional benches where people would sit and put on skis and a bar, all kitted out in wood panelling that served things like mulled wine and hot chocolate. The thing is, there was not a flake of snow in sight and it was 21 degrees out! There was no need to wear ski jackets or anything of the sort, but the skiers were wearing all of the kit.
If you run around the street shouting your political ideals at everyone, chances are you will be arrested fairly promptly and thrown into the back of a Police car. You may even be charged with inciting racism or hatred. Chances are that the authorities will deem you a big enough threat that they will at least want to question you and find out what on Earth you needed to do that for. When you leave the Police station, your face will be remembered in the local community and that is a fact.
The BBC website, on the other hand? Well, you could say anything goes…
when it comes to serious matters, BBC, I really think you need to watch what you put out
Recently – probably over the last couple of years more than anything – I have noticed an alarming trend which shows no signs of slowing down soon: people commenting on the BBC website in a way which really isn’t fair, and doesn’t deserve to be there. Often it’ll be people spouting their own opinion in an aggressive way – which I agree they are entitled to to a certain extent – but sometimes it’ll be someone actively encouraging crime or sympathizing with some awful act. The big question here has to be: how come the editors let these comments go through when all these people are trying to do is incite violence or their kind of negative thinking? After all, it’s fair to say that they wouldn’t be allowed in any other medium, truth be told.
One recent angry comment was answered by someone who called himself The commercial estate agent . He replied with a hilarious discourse on the angry-person’s-argument, in this case about a story concerning sea gulls in Bournemouth which had taken to attacking people walking along the sea-front. What happened next was a to-and-fro between the two people, with the words being used getting more and more unsettling. Again, none of this looked to be moderated. My personal theory is that the BBC were enjoying reading all this just as much as the numerous other people across the UK and world.
In the case of weird and wonderful stories being commented on, I’m personally all for it. It livens my day up and puts a whopping great smile upon my face. But when it comes to serious matters, BBC, I really think you need to watch what you put out there. Just because someone chooses to sound off and be offensive doesn’t mean that we all have to have it thrust upon us, does it?
For more on a different angle of the censorship debate, see the video below.
Do midgets have night vision? Can pigs really fly? Who wants GP doctor jobs? What happens if you put an egg in a microwave? (Don’t do that). All these weird and wacky questions seem to haunt some of us. But here’s another one for you.
What is weird?
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The other day, while surfing the web, me and my friend came across something I honestly didn’t know existed. Something so obscure – at least, to me – and frightening that I almost don’t dare type it in written words. But I am going to anyway, I have to, I need to share this. Get it off my chest before I have to think about it anymore.
If you are squeamish, or easily offended, I suggest you look away now. More
There’s a lot of talk about how dangerous the Internet can be: the indecent images and videos, the bomb-making tutorials and all the instructional and educational stuff – usually on things which you’d never be able to find a library book on. But if you ask me it’s the services on finding out information on people that are the most suspicious. For example, did you know that there are services you can use, which cost very little, where you can More
Once upon a time, having a dolphin – a very badly drawn, and wholly inaccurate dolphin, I might add – inked onto some part of your body was considered a hilariously bad thing to do. People laughed at you, called you names, probably didn’t invite you first for drinks after work. More
Ever found yourself at the crocodile enclosure at the zoo staring at the crocs thinking “I want a tail like that! With all those funny knobbly bits, cool!” Then you’ve just found your calling (as well as teh circus, which I’m quite sure would be pleased to have you). Over at the following link you’ll find some really very weird stuff that will be right up your street. If I were you, though, I wouldn’t tell your partner about this More
Are you so bored you are actually searching on google for home laser hair removal with real interest, hoping to find photos of where it’s gone horribly wrong? Or maybe you’re so bored that you’re reading words over and over again and now they just seem, hmm, weird? Either way, even someone as bored and freaked out as you should be able to find something interesting over at the following website: http://crystalinks.com/weirdweather.html
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