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    <title><![CDATA[Private sphere : for bank secrecy, not CCTV]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/08/15/14747586.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Tenants of the banking secrecy in Switzerland and else appeal to the protection of the private sphere of individuals to give a philosophical basis to fiscal evasion and fraud. OK. But the private sphere also ecompasses other aspect of human life than... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Macedonialand]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/08/02/14617996.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Once upon a time a small European country was looking for a name, a name which would not compete with another one already existing - and located very close. The name found was Schwitzerland or as, we know it now, Switzerland. If you analysis it , the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The myth of imported violence]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/08/01/14614723.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:26:19 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A tenacious myth in both common wisdom and some more cultivated circles in Europe is the importation of violence. Some communities would, according to this view, bring into Western Europe the pattern of violence they have inherited from their home country,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lésion étrangère]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/07/25/14517231.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:24:43 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Un corps étranger, utile outil d’une politique militaire de l’obscurité, balafre, blessure anti-démocratique, c’est la lésion étangère ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Disorganised crime]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/07/07/14323197.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:49:59 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Organised crime is a catchall concept. Everybody uses it in the media, politics and private discussions. It does not mean anything at all, which is exactly the reason why it is so used and popular! Talking about organised crime is like talking about “organised... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Police fragmentation in Italy]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/07/07/14323121.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:43:31 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Walking through any Italian city, you will cross the way of one of the following forces, at least: State police, Carabinieri (Gendarmerie), Municipal police, Provincial police, Financial police, Penitentiary police, and now, even soldiers ! This seems... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kadhafi emphasises our own weaknesses]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/06/20/14145848.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:12:24 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[is society changing as much as we hear?]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/06/17/14115144.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:03:53 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA["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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cars crash cars crash carsh]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/06/14/14076250.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:05:46 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[why is everybody &quot;overbooked&quot;?]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/06/14/14072240.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CCTV, videosurveillance: paradigm shift]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Slogan pour églises]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/06/07/14000089.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:35:03 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[je crois donc je croîs ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Each generation is convinced to be the last good one]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/06/07/13992607.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[drug legalisation : the only efficient policy]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/05/31/13915104.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 13:34:40 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Legalisation of the drug market is the only way to reduce risks for the consumers and the power of the criminal underworld. Legalisation does not mean liberalisation, since the State would in fact get more involved in the governance of drugs: prevention... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Revisiting history instead of present times]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/05/24/13843815.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 22:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A striking fact about contemporary media is the ability to continuously revisit known and well documented facts instead of questioning current trends. There is not one week on the European TV landscape without a broadcast on the World war II, especially... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Switzerland: Schengen neutral to security]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/05/24/13841772.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 20:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[As Switzerland voted on the integration of the Schengen acquis into Swiss law, many parties pretended that security would be reduced, with more criminals being able to enter the country uncontrolled at the borders. This of course was non-sens, since only... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Paranoia: Islam replaces Communism]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/05/24/13840827.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 18:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It is fascinating to see how common enemies evolve rapidly, as a need of fragmented groups to feel "united" against someone, an idea or a religion. Islam has replaced Communism in the paranoia of Europeans elite, probably also of the USA. In the same... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ICC: the misunderstanding]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/05/24/13840671.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 18:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A troubling condition, for some communities or countries, to start their own future is to have their past suffering be recognised either legally, or by historians. Take justice for now. The role, misunderstood by 90% of the media, politicians and lawyers,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[adaptation: from biology to sociology]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://distortingmirror.canalblog.com/archives/2009/05/24/13840300.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 18:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A disturbing discourse reappears routinely on societies or civilisations that are growing increasingly powerful, or at least seem to do so. This is the discourse on the capacities to "adapt". Like, in biology, some viruses or bacteria are described. They... ]]></description>
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