Is it ok for teachers to use corporal punishment? Discuss.

Image via Wikipedia I left the following comment on a blog entry about corporal punishment in (UK) schools (I’ve reposted it here so that I can add stuff and edit the writing). A succinct summary, with rebuttals, of the various arguments against corporal punishment. The non-aggression axiom provides a principled argument to the responses which [...]

Read more »

"2-channel gives Japan’s famously quiet people a mighty voice" – Wired

I’d never heard of 2-channel, but I’m interested in anything that gives Japanese people a voice, so I clicked on the link to this wired.com article. If you live in Japan, and/or are interested in social networking in this country, read on. Here are some excerpts: The 2-channel forum is a Japanese internet phenomenon. This [...]

Read more »