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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 juillet 2009

Police fragmentation in Italy

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...

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Tags: carabinieri, fragmentation, italy, municipal police, police

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15 août 2009

Private sphere : for bank secrecy, not CCTV

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...

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Tags: Switzerland, CCTV, private sphere, bank, secrecy

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24 mai 2009

Switzerland: Schengen neutral to security

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...

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Tags: Schengen, Switzerland, evaluation, security

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24 mai 2009

Paranoia: Islam replaces Communism

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...

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Tags: Islam, elite, fear, paranoia

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24 mai 2009

ICC: the misunderstanding

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,...

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Tags: ICC, critics, error, mistake

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24 mai 2009

Revisiting history instead of present times

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...

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Tags: History, Media, Shoha, World war II

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24 mai 2009

adaptation: from biology to sociology

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...

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Tags: adaptation, fear of immigration, sociology

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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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7 juillet 2009

Disorganised crime

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...

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Tags: mafia, organised crime, policing

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31 mai 2009

drug legalisation : the only efficient policy

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...

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Tags: drug policy, prohibition

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1 août 2009

The myth of imported violence

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,...

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Tags: Balkans, importation of violence

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2 août 2009

Macedonialand

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...

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Tags: FYROM, Macedonia

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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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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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7 juin 2009

Slogan pour églises

je crois donc je croîs

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Tags: slogan eglises

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25 juillet 2009

Lésion étrangère

Un corps étranger, utile outil d’une politique militaire de l’obscurité, balafre, blessure anti-démocratique, c’est la lésion étangère

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Tags: légion étrangère

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