According to an article last week in the British newspaper The Guardian, "An architectural school was at the centre of a row last night after it emerged that students were required to design a fully operational torture device."
How could designing a torture device possibly advance a student's training in architecture?
Even if the purpose were to have them learn how to design a comfortable environment by first designing a grossly uncomfortable environment, doesn't this exercise go a bit too far? Isn't it crossing a line?
Ironically, the article concludes by observing, "The two-week project was designed by course tutor Mike Richards, in advance of a project to design a new headquarters for Amnesty International."
>> Read the full article.
What on earth is wrong with you?
ReplyDeleteIn the face of this week's Senate vote in favor of legalizing expanded executive branch surveillance of our own citizens, along with carte blanche immunity for the telecoms who aided them, what kind of service are you providing by cherrypicking articles from the trashy British press of no consequence and adding a redundant layer of sanctimony?
This architecture school excercise sounds unseemly, but holy hell, what does it matter? I'm clearly not in the minority as the last eight of your posts have no comments whatsoever.
Perhaps you counter with "If I'm so long of blather and short on content, then why are you on my little corner of the Internet?" In that case, I would only point out that Google gives you far more credit than you deserve.
You will find, in due time, that your biggest critics will not be right-wingers, but well-informed people who agree with your moral center and policy attitudes but can't stand what your hackneyed invective is doing to our side.
So you don't believe that I should exercise my rights to freedom of speech and freedom of expression here, simply because you disagree with the subject matter I choose or the manner in which I convey my concerns?
ReplyDeleteWhile I respect your right to respond to this troll, Ms. Shaw, FYI I have found that it works better if you just ignore them. Responding only fuels more of their disrespectful and unseemly behavior. (Just $.02 from a reader who appreciates your work.)
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