OK, now this is really fucked up, and frankly, *deeply* scary.

A German sociologist has been arrested under anti-terror laws on the grounds that his academic work uses lots of the same words as those used by a militant group in Berlin. And he might have met some of them, once, maybe ( Read more... )

Zoe Williams hits the nail on the head, again:

But I do wish Smith and co would say what they really mean, ie: "It was different for us, we did it at Oxford. Nobody goes psychotic on the Bridge of Sighs. When we say it's illegal, we're talking about poor people who can't control themselves." That's what you mean! Just say it!

The NHS is planning a database for holding information about the sexual behaviour of gay men in London. Tender documents for the project "included plans to register everyone living with HIV and 'interrogate the database' to follow up clients who did not come forward for an assessment of needs ( Read more... )