“If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.”
Tag Archives: Politics
Managing the legacy…
How many organizations are stuck between managing efficently for short term gain at the risk of killing their long term future? I see them everywhere.
Today’s example…
Britain’s Data Chernobyl; there is no end in sight…
Britain’s Data Chernobyl: more lost CDs full of thousands of personal records – Boing Boing
OK, I admit that I didn’t expect the news of the lost CDs to disappear overnight but the fact that it is still being reported as news is interesting.
In the long term, I think that this will have a massive effect on politics in the UK, US and Oz. These countries has gone from no ID laws to compiling massive lists of people post-911.
The pendulum will now swing back. It’ll be interesting to see if it swings back in such a way that the government is restricted in doing its job. After all; the government needs those bank details to pay social security money. If the government is restricted from holding that sort of information, it won’t be able to run social security.