“Who should regulate the media? Who should control the press? The commentariat agonises, as if the choice was between state control through some autocratic press law or a new Press Complaints Commission redecorated with false teeth. But there is another way. Let journalists regulate themselves.... Let's have a little democracy in the media. Even in the Murdoch papers, the number of journalists who are irretrievably lawless and callous is quite small. Most of the disasters at the News of the World happened because its editors treated their staff in the style of Muammar Gaddafi.” IfsWorldWayShouldLittlesStatesLawChoicesNumbersDemocracyHappenedMediaStylePaperNewsPressesDisasterTeethTreatedJournalistEditorsStaffComplaintsPapersAnother WayCallousGaddafiMuammar Gaddafi Author:Neal Ascherson
“No new choices are introduced by raising the specter of disaster. These become opportunities for swearing new allegiance to technology. The solution is to discover new technologies that will correct and modify the harm either potentially or already caused by present technologies.” ChoicesOpportunityTechnologySolutionsHarmDisasterAllegianceNew TechnologySwearing Author:Donald Phillip Verene
“There were times in my life when I said, "Oh God, I'm making a terrible, terrible mistake here." And on another level it looked as if that's exactly what I had done. All of us can look back across our lives and see what we thought was a disaster was actually a blessing - from a long-term perspective, it was a blessing. With practice, we can shorten the length of time between "what a dumb mistake I've made" and "what a brilliant choice that was.” IfsLooksLongMadeSaidDoneChoicesTermLevelsMistakePracticeOur LivesPerspectiveTerribleBlessingBrilliantDisasterDumbLong TermLength Author:Richard Bach
“The conduct of President Bush's war of choice has been plagued with incompetent civilian leadership decisions that have cost many lives and rendered the war on and occupation of Iraq a strategic policy disaster for the United States.” Has BeensWarStatesChoicesPresidentLeadershipDecisionUnitedUnited StatesPolicyCostIraqDisasterOccupationCiviliansPresident BushStrategicIncompetent Author:John Olver
“I find it vulgar that people are so fascinated by natural disasters, and we allow footage of young people that are looting because they have no choice because of natural disaster.” PeopleYoungChoicesNaturalDisasterFascinatedVulgarNatural DisasterLooting Author:Sasha Grey