Ben Buckley
Do you really know how to use that gadget?
November 5, 2012Technology controls us if we don’t know how to use it Photos by Ben Buckley Working in an electronic retail store made me despise technology. I don’t carry the latest phone, nor do I have a badass computer set up, because I’ve witnessed first-hand how people can get attached to technology, turning into crazy maniacs obsessing over gadgets. Like any other commodity, we are deceived to think we need these portable technologies, that they will improve our lives. It is ironic that people would spend hundreds of dollars on technology to keep their social ties closer, but achieve the opposite.…
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The legend of sleepy horror plotlines
October 29, 2012Movie-goers deserve better than quick movement and lots of fake blood Graphic by Ben Buckley I hate horror movies. I am not talking about Hitchcockian psychological thrillers, nor am I attacking all horror movies. The Evil Dead was hilarious, and…
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The divisive nature of perception
October 22, 2012Every culture and creed has extremists; why does the media focus on a select few? Image by Ben Buckley On the morning of Oct. 9 a Taliban gunman stopped a school bus full of children in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. He…
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Latent misogyny gets conflated with bullying on the internet
October 22, 2012Amanda Todd’s death is more than just case of schoolyard bullying Image by Ben Buckley When I learned about the suicide of a girl from my own neighbourhood I was completely caught off guard. Once I got my head around…
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High tea and diplomacy
October 9, 2012Point: Sharing embassies is not a threat to Canadian democracy To see counter-point, click here! Graphic by Ben Buckley The Canadian and British governments have both recently announced a plan to share embassies and foreign properties in a number of…
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Facing up to the status quo
October 1, 2012Refusing to participate in social conventions today could help you save face in the future Photos by Ben Buckley So here’s the thing: I’m not on Facebook. Call me anti-social, call me crazy, or call me eccentric, but I have…
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The Editorial Cartoons of Ben Buckley – Spring 2012
April 11, 2012[gallery]
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