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Tag Archives: human-rights
Persecution and the Art of Writing the return to an ancient problem
The story of the Bangladeshi writers who were hacked to death has not drawn as much attention as the Charlie Hebdo attack even though they share some similarities. The Bangladeshi writers wanted to write about atheism and to question the … Continue reading
The NSA surveillance state and the illusion of privacy
The news of the NSA surveillance programme has been met with strong criticism in Europe. The European governments have publicly expressed their concerns about the invasion of privacy and its effect on US-EU relations. The statements, though well meant, ring … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, Government, privacy, statesmanship, transparency, war
Tagged current-events, Databases, human-rights, Politics, privacy, Surveillance state, United States
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What Lord Tebbit shares with Islamists: Woolwich, Islam and the struggle with Liberalism
The attack in Woolwich has raised questions about how the UK will manage its relationship with its Muslim citizens. More generally, the call for more surveillance power for the state raises questions about how all citizens will be treated. Therein … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Conservative, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights Act, Human Rights Act 1998, human-rights, Islam, islamic radicals, Liberalism, muslim citizens, religion, surveillance powers
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Does social media make us less than human? Human nature as a social object
I was fascinated by the idea of social object as used on this blog. The author developed the idea to include the concept of being in the world. In this idea, our understanding is shaped by being as subject and … Continue reading
To have privacy you must kill God
I was commenting on Paul Bernal’s excellent blog on privacy, and the title of this blog came to me. I was arguing, on the blog, with Bruce Shneier and I realized there was a connection, perhaps spurious, in political philosophical … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, privacy, transparency
Tagged Christianity, God, human-rights, Middle Ages, Politics, privacy, Private sphere, religion, Security, society
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Empty Archives: hollow men and the fear of accountability?
In their recent visit to the Justice Select Committee Lord O’Donnell and Lord Hennessy talked about the possibility of “empty archives”. Lord Hennessy mentioned that Cabinet minutes were not as explicit as they were in previous generation. He said that … Continue reading
In defence of frivolous requests: FOIA and political accountability.
The FOIA is under post legislative scrutiny by the justice select committee. The written and oral evidence provided showed a concerned for frivolous or time wasting requests. I write here to defend one of these requests and show that they … Continue reading
Posted in FOIA, Government, local government, public sector, transparency
Tagged Catholic Church, Freedom of Information Act, Freedom of information legislation, government, human-rights, Justice Select Committee
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Educating ourselves to particpate in politics: what is the best way to live?
The following is based on comment, I posted on http://adragonsbestfriend.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/knowledge-is-porridge/ The challenge for educating our young to take part in politics, is that teaching is no longer about educating. Moreover educating is no longer about teaching someone to think or … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, education, Government
Tagged Atheism, Education, God, human-rights, Philosophy, Politics, pragmatic alternatives, Pragmatism, Twitter
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