Comments on: The Voice of Fate http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/01/09/the-voice-of-fate/ Because all the other domain names were taken Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:53:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: JamesP http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/01/09/the-voice-of-fate/comment-page-1/#comment-3234 JamesP Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:45:22 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=1090#comment-3234 Have you read Scott's SEEING LIKE A STATE? That's pretty much a standard classic on government's need for data and how it affects their viewpoint? Have you read Scott’s SEEING LIKE A STATE? That’s pretty much a standard classic on government’s need for data and how it affects their viewpoint?

]]> By: Chris http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/01/09/the-voice-of-fate/comment-page-1/#comment-3215 Chris Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:28:38 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=1090#comment-3215 Thanks to the US's winner-takes-all system the 48% who voted Republican are given far less voice than they actually should. And remember the neoconservative and religious fundamentalist wings of the GOP are distinctly different, with the neocons beating a retreat right now. But mainly - I don't blame the Wachowskis for trying to update V for Vendetta base on their own political context - I just wish it hadn't been so hamfisted and obvious, when the more insidious aspects of the war on terror are those which need more exploring. Thanks to the US’s winner-takes-all system the 48% who voted Republican are given far less voice than they actually should. And remember the neoconservative and religious fundamentalist wings of the GOP are distinctly different, with the neocons beating a retreat right now. But mainly – I don’t blame the Wachowskis for trying to update V for Vendetta base on their own political context – I just wish it hadn’t been so hamfisted and obvious, when the more insidious aspects of the war on terror are those which need more exploring.

]]> By: john b http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/01/09/the-voice-of-fate/comment-page-1/#comment-3214 john b Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:55:49 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=1090#comment-3214 "<i>with the crushing defeat of the neoconservatives in the US mid-term and presidential elections, now already seeming a little dated.</i>" ...in the UK. The religious, terrormongering conservatives still have a major voice in Yankland and came with a couple of % of winning the election (and will try again for the mid-terms in 2010, at which point the liberal Democratic president will have presided over two years of miserable recession). Yeah, our threat is duller. But you can't really blame the Wachowskis for reading the books and seeing the narrative of the society where they grew up and still live, where military conservatism is still a major force. “with the crushing defeat of the neoconservatives in the US mid-term and presidential elections, now already seeming a little dated.”

…in the UK. The religious, terrormongering conservatives still have a major voice in Yankland and came with a couple of % of winning the election (and will try again for the mid-terms in 2010, at which point the liberal Democratic president will have presided over two years of miserable recession).

Yeah, our threat is duller. But you can’t really blame the Wachowskis for reading the books and seeing the narrative of the society where they grew up and still live, where military conservatism is still a major force.

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