Posted by Hung on July 20, 2004 03:03 am
under Internet Culture, Other Crap
- Brazil Internet Craze Angers English Speakers – I found this pretty interesting! We forget sometimes the “world” portion of the world wide web. I mean, if you all you visit are English speaking sites – not to mention that the U.S. is the country who seems to default to domain names “.com” – it can still be quite a shock when other languages infiltrate our precious space. I don’t think Brazilians are being entirely logical about it, though. If you put an English speaking people and a Portugese speaking people in the same room, they would naturally form groups determined by language. It’s rediculous to call someone a nazi or a xenophobe because they won’t let you in on a conversation when you insist on speaking a language they don’t understand. It doesn’t do anyone any good. What’s wrong with creating separate communities based on spoken language?
- World War I: The War That Keeps On Killing – sad, yes, but the irony is overwhelmingly amusing
- Eric Meyer: CSS Guru, Standards Enthusiast, Frustrated Voter – It’s nice to see more and more and people actually stopping and thinking about the current political climate. I’ve always thought that promoting agendas out of a blind hatred for Bush is as bad as promoting agendas out of blind patriotism. If the Democrats want me to vote for their man this election, they need to give me something better than “He’s not Bush.” I have many friends who have expressed the same frustration. I think more people are realizing that. There has not been any conservative in recent years more despised than Bush, and yet the Democrats can only dig up a strong enough candidate who, according to polls, is favored only as much as Bush, who really should be a sitting duck for this kind of thing. The Democrats aren’t united behind Kerry; they are united behind “Not Bush.” I hear very little rhetoric about what good Kerry will do for the country. I just hear about how everyone wants Bush out of office. Ironically, I think that’s the best way for them to keep him in there.
- Open Letters To Entities Or People Unlikely To Respond – a friend of mine pointed out this to me some weeks back. A lot of it is really funny, though some of it is beyond my taste. The concept in and of itself is great, though.
