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Jul. 6th, 2004 12:58 amWarren Ellis has updated his Brainpowered column.
The title? "Things Online That I Am Sick Of"
"It means paying for a computer and a net connection and often webspace and calling it Free Speech. Listen, free speech is that place in Westminster called Speaker's Corner where people can stand and rant about anything they like. Getting billed to broadcast what passes for thinking in your TV-deadened head is called Hard Money. Using your own money to tell anyone who'll look that hospitals should compete for your business and that schools don't need heating is called Being That Mad Bloke In The Corner."
The title? "Things Online That I Am Sick Of"
"It means paying for a computer and a net connection and often webspace and calling it Free Speech. Listen, free speech is that place in Westminster called Speaker's Corner where people can stand and rant about anything they like. Getting billed to broadcast what passes for thinking in your TV-deadened head is called Hard Money. Using your own money to tell anyone who'll look that hospitals should compete for your business and that schools don't need heating is called Being That Mad Bloke In The Corner."