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I am actually buzzing out at the moment from spending a few hours on the website www.maddox.xmission.com it is officially one hundred percent true that this is the best website in the universe, as judged by Maddox himself. Many of you I’m sure have experienced the flow of critical jargon, sarcastic prose, and ‘humoristic’ works of this potentially fantastic ‘realist’. Maddox is a twenty seven year old male, who spends some of his time contributing to his own creative website, which could be classed as a possible new realm for Jurgen Habermas’s “public sphere”.
Maddox blatantly expresses his one sided perspectives of random items of debate, these in which vary from topics such as “McDonald’s new ad campaign is an anagram for ‘ailing vomit’” to “My balls are huge”. With that said my absolute favourite is “Crappy children’s artwork”, in which he criticizes innocent children’s artwork for their ornate appearance, rather than taking in to consideration the fact that six year olds aren’t the best drawers. Many viewers of his website have sent hate mail which outlines how much they dislike his crude material and obscene language. Indeed people have freedom of speech, even if it offends some people. When this speech offends people then they have the freedom to speak up. I guess what I’m trying to say, is that sometimes in the public sphere, public debate can be a viscous cycle in which there is no winning. Winning the public debate is much associated with hierarchy. For example, Maddox has published a few public replies to people who have sent him hate mail; Maddox’s responses are harsh and domineering. Every part of the website is Maddox’s, he has authority over what is said or should I say, has the power of the ‘final word’. Many debates are associated with hierarchy, so when are we going to challenge these forms? As people of a public society we should be moving away from passivity and take on and challenge more forms of debate. So, let’s take part in the protest against University fees increases, it’s the best way to start!
I am actually buzzing out at the moment from spending a few hours on the website www.maddox.xmission.com it is officially one hundred percent true that this is the best website in the universe, as judged by Maddox himself. Many of you I’m sure have experienced the flow of critical jargon, sarcastic prose, and ‘humoristic’ works of this potentially fantastic ‘realist’. Maddox is a twenty seven year old male, who spends some of his time contributing to his own creative website, which could be classed as a possible new realm for Jurgen Habermas’s “public sphere”.
Maddox blatantly expresses his one sided perspectives of random items of debate, these in which vary from topics such as “McDonald’s new ad campaign is an anagram for ‘ailing vomit’” to “My balls are huge”. With that said my absolute favourite is “Crappy children’s artwork”, in which he criticizes innocent children’s artwork for their ornate appearance, rather than taking in to consideration the fact that six year olds aren’t the best drawers. Many viewers of his website have sent hate mail which outlines how much they dislike his crude material and obscene language. Indeed people have freedom of speech, even if it offends some people. When this speech offends people then they have the freedom to speak up. I guess what I’m trying to say, is that sometimes in the public sphere, public debate can be a viscous cycle in which there is no winning. Winning the public debate is much associated with hierarchy. For example, Maddox has published a few public replies to people who have sent him hate mail; Maddox’s responses are harsh and domineering. Every part of the website is Maddox’s, he has authority over what is said or should I say, has the power of the ‘final word’. Many debates are associated with hierarchy, so when are we going to challenge these forms? As people of a public society we should be moving away from passivity and take on and challenge more forms of debate. So, let’s take part in the protest against University fees increases, it’s the best way to start!
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