I’ve Moved!
November 20, 2008
So I’m sure that most people have noticed that the site has been offline for a few days. There’s a reason for that, which I will get to shortly. But first, let me just say this:
In fact, I am blogging at a new site I have just finished setting up: kennethhynek.net. A full explanation for the reasons behind the move can be found here
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That said, this is not the end of Time Immortal. My wife Grace has expressed interest in taking over blogging at this domain, and I am working to make sure that she gets set up here as soon as possible.
Also, my profound apologies for the modification to the site face; the move was not as seamless as I would have hoped, and many of the image files for this theme, and in the gallery, were corrupted during the course of their evacuation from my previous web host’s servers. Until such time as I have repaired them, I’ve put a clean-looking template in place of the previous one.
Update: for the purposes of further traffic shaping, new posts from kennethhynek.net will be excerpted below. Full articles can be read at the new blog.
The CBC’s double standard
February 14, 2008
The CBC will show just about anything — nudity, swearing, extreme violence — and not just late at night. The documentaries on The Passionate Eye fall into two broad categories: anti-American or anti-capitalist screeds, or soft porn. I can’t remember the last time I heard a curse word “beeped” out. Photos of Abu Ghraib? Shown daily for two years.
And when it comes to any possible offence taken by other religions, the CBC makes sure you see exactly what the fuss is all about. Here’s a story about Catholic complaints of blasphemy, complete with helpful photo; here’s one about a Greek case of anti-Christian blasphemy, with photo.
Anyone who watches the CBC’s R-rated treatment of other Religions, and other taboo subjects, just has to laugh at the official explanation for not showing the Muslim cartoons:
At the CBC, we decided not to show the original cartoons in our extensive coverage of the controversy. We felt that we could easily describe the drawings in simple and clear English without actually showing them. This was intended, without embarrassment, as an act of respect not only for Islam but for all religions.
My God but our national broadcaster needs to give its head a scratch — do they honestly expect anyone to believe such a bald-faced lie, when so many counter-examples can easily be shown to exist?
Western media falls into two categories. One one side, there is a small but brave minority who won’t pull their punches when it comes to showing controversial material. On the other side, there is a huge majority who will show almost anything (especially if it’ll piss off Christians), but who are really just cowards and who are terrified to the point of near-death of doing anything, anything at all, that might upset Muslims.
But then, as has been noted previously, it’s not Christians that will riot and demand beheadings.
