Jinn of Quality and Risk (2002-Jun-24)

Jinn?

According to critics, an eavesdropper, constantly striving to go behind the curtains of heaven in order to steal divine secrets. May grant wishes.

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Travel, around the world. Sleep, less. Profit, more. Eat, deliciously. Find, a new home.

Bio?

Species: featherless biped, chocolate addict
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: entrepreneur, programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant

2002-Jun-24

Museums with a mission

Not long ago, museums were temples for the dead, mausoleums where you'd walk past walls of paintings, or stroll on a sea of linoleum to peer into glass cases... [Appelbaum] uses the tools of technology, design, film, architecture, and storytelling to accomplish what he describes as the "social good" of sharing meaningful information: He means to use the power of design to display the potential of human society. He points out that museums present to society the things and the ideas that we believe are worth valuing.

Violating the right to self-defence in England

Your chances of being mugged in London are now six times greater than in New York. England's rates of assault, robbery and burglary are far higher than America's, and 53 per cent of English burglaries occur while occupants are at home, compared with 13 per cent in the US, where burglars admit to fearing armed homeowners more than the police. ... This sea change in English crime is indicative of government policies that have gone badly wrong. Gun regulations have been part of a more general disarmament based on the premise that people don't need to protect themselves because society will protect them. It will also protect their neighbours. Those who witness a crime are advised to "walk on by" and let the professionals handle it. First, government clamped down on private possession of guns; then it forbade people carrying any article that might be used for self-defence...

Self-defence, William Blackstone, the 18th century English jurist, wrote, is a natural right that no government can deprive people of, since no government can protect the individual in his moment of need. The English Bill of Rights of 1689 affirmed the right of individuals "to have arms for their defence". It is a dangerous right. But leaving personal protection to the police is also dangerous, and ineffective. [FT]

The British Government is in fact denying people the ability to protect themselves at all. The result is a more dangerous society.

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