| Even the most arrhythmic Luddite has to cheer up when suddenly confronted with the Dr Who theme. |
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| He has a cranky Luddite streak, and he may be amplifying it for comic effect. |
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| In other words, these days a Luddite is an automatic gainsayer against the march of technology. |
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| The Luddite in me has been stirred from his distant slumbers by this recent death, too. |
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| I accept the fact that the Australians have also had a somewhat Luddite approach to their regulatory regime in this particular instance. |
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| We are seeing nothing more than a Luddite approach to dealing with some serious issues. |
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| This Luddite, socialist Government is saying to people that they cannot undergo that procedure under its watch. |
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| If the government does not introduce services such as this business will continue to inch along the Luddite road of dial-up networking. |
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| Eventually the Luddite bands were tracked down and the reputed leaders executed or transported. |
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| However, here in North Yorkshire do we apply the Luddite mentality and return to the pitchfork and scythe? |
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| Byron's only speech to the House of Lords was a defence of the Luddite rebels. |
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| I have my mossbacked, Luddite doubts about the efficacy of some of these high-tech initiatives, but we shouldn't refuse to participate in the attempts. |
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| This became an organised uprising, known as the Luddite rebellion. |
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| Despite what your Luddite friends might say, you do not need psychiatric help. |
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| There is no inspiration without reflection. Mr Harris is no absolutist or ageing Luddite. |
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| The Liberals, on the other hand, are committed to changing this Luddite path the Conservatives are leading us down. |
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| Ministers actually have to move away from this Luddite position of ignoring scientific advice and take the scientific advice on board. |
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| The NDP is the only social democrat party in the world that still clings to the globophobic, socialist Luddite myths of the past. |
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| Or, they could distort the contents of the bill and attack anyone who disagreed with them as a legal Luddite and hysteric. |
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| She picks out the Luddite unrest to make it seem that the danger of working-class crowds actually engendered the need for middle-class female domestication. |
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| Though I have a reputation for being a Luddite, I actually love the new digital technology and its artistic possibilities. |
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| They have a weirdly jubilant streak that defuses any hint of a Luddite subtext. |
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| Therefore, the ignorance on economics and the Luddite nature of thinking is limited to the federal branch of the party, and partly that is because the party has never had power. |
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| While this was a general uprising unrelated to machinery, it can be viewed as the last major Luddite act. |
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| We have done fairly well on language rights, despite the actions, the backward, Luddite actions, of the government in cancelling the court challenges program. |
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| Politically, the Luddite protestors of 1812 were successful in sparking public debate on the negative as well as the positive dimension of the Industrial Revolution. |
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| At the risk of sounding like a Luddite, there are a range of technology-related issues that pose significant dilemmas for those of us in the national security business. |
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| The government charged over 60 men, including Mellor and his companions, with various crimes in connection with Luddite activities. |
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| How peculiar if embarrassment turns out to be the reason why us sensitive, Luddite, technophobe highbrows finally give in and join the digital revolution. |
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| The second is that intelligent machines have reached a new social frontier: knowledge workers are now in the eye of the storm, much as stocking-weavers were in the days of Ned Ludd, the original Luddite. |
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| My father, previously a Luddite, has in recent months converted into a tech bandolero, brandishing no less than two mobile phones and a BlackBerry at all times. |
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| If, in reviews, Paul Morgan comes off as a showboater and Jim Javor seems like a modest Luddite, then Randy Bott, who has since fallen out of the top 25, is sui generis. |
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| One of history's most famous anti-technological reactions took place in the early 19th century when the Luddite movement arose in Nottingham and neighbouring districts in England. |
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| There does not seem to have been any political motivation behind the Luddite riots and there was no national organization. |
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| Importantly, comedic and whimsical elements prevent such works from descending into wild-eyed Luddite rants. |
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| How long they can sustain such a perversely Luddite posture remains to be seen. |
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| Nowadays, the term Luddite is used to refer to someone who opposes technological change. |
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| Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his comments this morning and indeed deciding to become a Luddite since he has decided to support this motion. |
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| On Saturday, Spen Valley Civic Society and Huddersfield-based Luddite fans Ian and Alan Brooke unveiled a plaque to the rebels who enjoyed a pint or two at the Shears Inn. |
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| The Luddite movement emerged during the harsh economic climate of the Napoleonic Wars, which saw a rise of difficult working conditions in the new textile factories. |
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| Terrified of being dismissed as a Luddite, I am certainly not suggesting that all or even most nanotechnology public offerings will end in disaster. |
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| The Luddite riots that began in 1811 in England spread to Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire as wheat prices soar and inflate the price of bread. |
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| He will need to explain to me how colours can vibrate in the sky of Teesside, because how colours can vibrate is beyond the imagination of a humble Luddite like me. |
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| I'm a luddite in comparison with some of the people I follow on Twitter, but a nerd in comparison with many people. |
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