Comments on: XHTML/web instead of PowerPoint[r] http://www.innoparticularorder.com/2005/08/xhtmlweb-instead-of-powerpointr/ eCommerce, business, publishing, stuff... Ian Jindal's weblog. Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:03:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Antony http://www.innoparticularorder.com/2005/08/xhtmlweb-instead-of-powerpointr/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Antony Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:35:31 +0000 http://www.pencil.net/bl0g/?p=18#comment-3 Sadly we seem to have slipped into the hands of opportunistic extremists on both sides who seem delighted to further their own agendas (either rallying the 'outrage in the East or protecting the supposed fragile 'freedom of publishing provocative cartoons' in the West). Unfortunately such opportunists have even very recently too often used such rallying against 'common enemies' to fueling ignorance and exaggerate offences to devastating effect - Rwanda, former Yugoslavia to name but two. Whilst the islamic fundamentalist reaction is predictable, the continental newspapers desire to add further insult to the original injury seems depressingly unnecessary and as you comment - juvenile. The frightening aspect of juveniles and juvenile behaviour is that in Asia (where I am writing from) opportunists have a history of manipulating and exploiting juvenile passion, ignorance and zealotry to terrible effect (the Red Guards in China and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia). People in this part of the world are frightened of juveniles and juvenile behaviour for good reason. Sadly we seem to have slipped into the hands of opportunistic extremists on both sides who seem delighted to further their own agendas (either rallying the ‘outrage in the East or protecting the supposed fragile ‘freedom of publishing provocative cartoons’ in the West).

Unfortunately such opportunists have even very recently too often used such rallying against ‘common enemies’ to fueling ignorance and exaggerate offences to devastating effect – Rwanda, former Yugoslavia to name but two.

Whilst the islamic fundamentalist reaction is predictable, the continental newspapers desire to add further insult to the original injury seems depressingly unnecessary and as you comment – juvenile.

The frightening aspect of juveniles and juvenile behaviour is that in Asia (where I am writing from) opportunists have a history of manipulating and exploiting juvenile passion, ignorance and zealotry to terrible effect (the Red Guards in China and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia). People in this part of the world are frightened of juveniles and juvenile behaviour for good reason.

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