{"id":131,"date":"2004-08-04T11:22:41","date_gmt":"2004-08-04T15:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=131"},"modified":"2004-08-04T11:22:41","modified_gmt":"2004-08-04T15:22:41","slug":"exterminate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=131","title":{"rendered":"Exterminate!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Daleks will be returning to the new Doctor Who<\/i><\/a>, thanks to an agreement reached between the BBC and the Terry Nation estate, with “the BBC accept[ing] the arrangement that had been in place for the last 40 years.”<\/p>\n

While it’s possible the oversized pepper-pots will grace television screens everywhere in the new series’ first year–filming on the first episode began a few weeks ago in Cardiff–I think a second season debut would be more likely, as the writing assignments for the series were announced months ago.<\/p>\n

Still, it’s the Daleks. They’ll be back, instilling fear in children everywhere.<\/p>\n

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Another returning villain, instilling fear in adults everywhere, is the Bush Administration’s latest terrorism alert.<\/p>\n

Thomas Greene, computer security expert, wrote a fascinating article for the The Register<\/a>, a UK-based IT news journal, on the political implications of the recent terror alert<\/a>. Greene writes, “[L]ast week sucked for the Bush Administration. It’s no wonder, then, that a multi-city security rain dance should be choreographed – no wonder that police in paramilitary jumpsuits and helmets and boots should appear on the streets and in the subways with fully automatic weapons.”<\/p>\n

It’s difficult to separate a possible political motivation from the terror alert–why would Tom Ridge state that the alert would run through Election Day, not Christmas, not the end of the year, but Election Day<\/i>, unless the goal was to keep the electorate frightened and off-balance? I hate to seem cynical, but this is one instance where avoiding cynicism isn’t easy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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