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20 juin 2009

Kadhafi emphasises our own weaknesses

The European press and politicians make fun of Kadhafi, his extravagent clothes and habits, or try to avoid him on human rights grounds. They miss the whole point about his "role". Kadhafi, counsciously or not, uses his position to drag in the mud the...

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17 juin 2009

is society changing as much as we hear?

"In a changing society", "in a period full of innovation and challenges". These types of catch all sentences are heard regularly, if not systematically, in official reports by governments or in experts’ reports. Interestingly enough, it can be found also...

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Tags: manipulation, rethoric, social change

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14 juin 2009

Cars crash cars crash carsh

Cars… kill, injure, mutilate – by the way, more than cocaine, heroin and marijuana together monopolise urban spaces thru roads and parking lots stink make noise pollute distance individuals from their peers contribute to reduce the most essential physical...

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Tags: car, health, pollution

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14 juin 2009

why is everybody "overbooked"?

When you ask around, nobody « has time » or « has his work under control ». We can not say we do not work a lot. This would not fit our society and values. The courageous man or woman would be directly suspected of being lazy, or worse, a parasite. There...

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Tags: lazy, overbooked, social value, stress, work, work-life balance

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9 juin 2009

CCTV, videosurveillance: paradigm shift

Everybody has as opinion on CCTV and videosurveillance. The majority of the population, when asked in surveys, is in favour, up to a proportion of 75%. As with topics discussed broadly and where each opinon is supposed to be valid, we are lost in oceans...

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Tags: CCTV, criminal law, guilty, innocent, philosophy, videosurveillance

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7 juin 2009

Slogan pour églises

je crois donc je croîs

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Tags: slogan eglises

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7 juin 2009

Each generation is convinced to be the last good one

A fascinating tendency across history is the belief that the next generation is "lost" or at least "worse" in a way or in an other than the current one. In all domains of social life, and particular education, respect and moral, the generation in power...

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Tags: generation

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