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Ban football, not video games

Posted by Graeme in Politics at 3:14 pm on Thursday, 17 January 2008

Lots of people (especially American politicians like Hillary Clinton) are worried about the effects of violent video games, despite the complete lack of evidence that there is any effect. Perhaps the regular calls for restrictions on children’s exposure to corrupting material should instead focus on team games, now that there is evidence that watching American Football makes people violent. (more…)

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Psst! Want to buy an illegal book?

Posted by Graeme in Books at 2:57 pm on Thursday, 17 January 2008

Would you like to buy a book that breaks British Law? Whose authors could go to jail? The printed version has sold out, but you can still buy a PDF copy of Glorifying Terrorism, a collection of science fiction short stories. There are reviews at David Langford’s Ansible Link and The Guardian.

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