Interesting Links for 08-10-2016

[andrewducker]

Government bars foreign academics from advising on Brexit (tags: uk europe OhForFucksSake ) I'm being stripped of my citizenship - along with 65 million other Britons (tags: UK europe citizenship ) Putting heating on ‘like a bereavement’ (tags: death summer funny time ) Doon Mackichan speaks out against 'crime porn' (tags: crime tv )

Comments

[cmcmck]

The whole Brexit thing is becoming more and more depressing.

I so regret not taking Belgian nationality when I had the chance! :o(

[hano]

But we've taken back con... ah fuck it, I can't say it without wanting to throw up,

[gonzo21]

At least we can start making Britain great aga.... no, fuck it, I can't say it without wanting to throw up either.

[gonzo21]

Do you suppose there is somebody we could write to and say hey, no, we do not want to be stripped of our EU citizenship against our will?

[fub]

Seek political asylum in a European country?

[gonzo21]

... as the entire nation of Scotland seeks political asylum. :)

[kalimac]

I agree that things like "crime porn" and "torture porn" are real. What I'd like is a systematic way of distinguishing them from what they pretend to be, i.e. uses of crime torture etc. in a story whose function is to denounce them.

[ext_2864067]

At that point you're trying to create an objective categorisation for 'gratuitous'. Damn near impossible, I think.