UN Weapons Inspector Hans Blix on why Britain should not spent 100 billion pounds updating its Trident nuclear deterrent. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/26/hans-blix-trident-abandon-britain-nuclear
Month: May 2013
English libel laws
Sally Bercow has been found at fault in a libel action in the high court - after a tweet where she asked why Lord McAlpine was trending, adding "innocent face" - suggesting although she may have known about why, she was not going to say. She was reflecting less obscure media references to defamatory and …
Notes from another time…
the dystopian consequences of declines in education The decline of The Western Empire in the mid 21st century can be traced to the commercialisation of education - a philosophical direction established in the Thatcher years in the UK and developed by her successors Blair and Cameron. The real damage was achieved by the bizarrely successful …
Profits vs Pollution
Denial of the responsibility of mass genocide by caring more about profits than pollution is one of the worst, slowest and most horrible crimes committed a little bit by each of us, remorselessly and daily. The only path away from the destruction of nature are mired by political crossfire: any bobbing head is likely to …
Banning Weapons and 3D printers
Regulating human nature assumes some people are capable of evil, others are not. In fact it is a choice and our internal values are where the real risk lies. Face it, we all have weapons built into our bodies (teeth, claws) and our minds can be used to elaborately plan actions with unforeseen consequences. Our …