Jinn of Quality and Risk (2002-Oct-02)

Jinn?

According to critics, an eavesdropper, constantly striving to go behind the curtains of heaven in order to steal divine secrets. May grant wishes. or use my wishlist (at amazon.com) if you are in the mood for gifts.

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~~Find a new job, now. Move home, this month.~~ Finish my book, asap. Read, more. Sleep, less. ~~Travel, v.soon.~~

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: 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-Sep-30

Fascism and Islam

In a speech that he gave at Columbia University, Umberto Eco spelled out fourteen typical features often associated with fascism. Islam fits most of these.

The Cult of Tradition. Truth has already been spelled out once and for all...
The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity. In this sense [fascism] can be defined as irrationalism.
the cult of action for action's sake... culture is suspect insofar as it is identified with critical attitudes.
The critical spirit makes distinctions, and to distinguish is a sign of modernism. In modern culture the scientific community praises disagreement as a way to improve knowledge. For [fascism], disagreement is treason.
an appeal against intruders
derives from ... frustration
the obsession with a plot, possibly an international one
feel humiliated by the ostentatious wealth and force of their enemies
life is lived for struggle
popular elitism
the [fascist] hero is impatient to die. In his impatience, he more frequently sends other people to death.
Since both permanent war and heroism are difficult games to play, the [fascist] transfers his will to power to sexual matters. This is the origin of machismo (which implies both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of non-standard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality).
individuals as individuals have no rights
use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical thinking

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