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Vision of Humanity - a slight critique

fredag, august 3rd, 2007

I very much like the Vision of humanity project. It’s an interesting alternative to e.g. freedomhouse rankings. However - it seams to me that there is a systematic bias that I don’t care much for.In calculating a nations peace index the number of external wars fought (indicator 1 and 2) as well as military expenditure […]

development, happiness, Freedom of speech, economics, Human rights, political, social capital | No comments

State of the egyptian blogsphere

mandag, juli 2nd, 2007

… Well according to Ahmad Sherif’s blog Egypt still has a long way to go. Democracy, freedom of speech etc. Quote:
The Egyptian Police is attempting to intimidate our fellow blogger Wael Abbas. Wael has provided us with precious recordings exposing the unlawful and disgusting ways of our local Police and Secret Services. These are […]

Freedom of speech, Egypt, government, political, video, Human rights, Aid | 1 comment

Anders Lund Madsen og Rudy Frederiksen

mandag, juni 25th, 2007

Anders Lund Madsen har nu taget skridtet fuldt ud; manden er danmarks vel eneste nogenlunde anstændige samtidskommentator. Det gik op for mig da jeg læste Free Rudy (jyllands posten).
Rudy Frederiksen var liderlig. Rudy ville rigtig gerne i seng med en hel bunke kvinder, og straffen for det er tab af alt.[…]
I virkeligheden havde han ikke […]

Journalism, Danish politics, Danish post, Human rights | 1 comment

What is the role of unions in the information age?

tirsdag, juni 12th, 2007

This abstract made me think about the role of the modern union… I guess that with the level of information flowing freely, the inclusion of social rights in the Human rights charter etc. - modern unions are acting as gatekeepers of an exclusive selfrightous club of biggots? But hey - I might be wrong…
How can […]

modern capitalism, Human rights | No comments

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