Tag: thought police
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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Honor in an Orwellian World
Written by Sanford Begley Originally published at the Otherwhere Gazette in March 2015 Most SF fans believe in honor. How can you read stories about heroes and not? I think we all believe we are honorable, I know I do. We can’t be certain though, we all fall short of our ideals, all we can…
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Writing, Communication, and Administrivia
I’m up at the Mad Genius Club with the story of a mislectorist, Look, something a certain author needs to grasp is that although you may like your writing style, and the book is (traditionally, indies don’t have this limitation) published so you can’t change it, that doesn’t mean that readers haveto buy it or…
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Join Arms and March
I am echoing the words of many bloggers today, as we all speak out in defense of free speech. Join us, in a virtual march, to show that you, too, defend the right to speak freely. Tell the Truth Using the idea that if you offend anyone, you’ve committed a hate crime, you can silence…
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Justice, Part 2
Continuing with my look at the Herbert Packer paper, Two Models of the Criminal Process, which I started yesterday. There are many problematic areas of the Justice System as it stands now. The pure Due Process model is ideal, but as I pointed out yesterday, reality is closer to a blend of the Crime Control…