News: "American officials want a distance kept between Mr Bush and protesters, for security reasons and to prevent their appearance in the same television shots."
This is the tactic used in the US by the Bush Administration to spin the perception that no-one descents with the president. If you don't see protesters in shot with the president, then (obviously) there no dis-agreement with his policies.
All speech is equal, just that some speech is more equal than others...
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Sunday, November 09, 2003
Live by perception, die by perception
BBC NEWS | Americas | McDonald's anger over McJob entry
McDonald's unhappy about an entry that alludes to the prospect of an employee working in one of their franchises.
A dictionary reflects the living language. If "McJob" is "an inaccurate description of restaurant employment" then perhaps the language that spawned it is somehow misguided.
But McDonalds, like all public listed companies, are driven by their share holders to return greater value year-on-year. Profit is no longer enough. Growth is all that matters. When that happens, marketing is required -- to sell the dream, to sell the simulacrum of some reality.
"Perception is reality."
Hello Ronald, welcome to the flipside.
McDonald's unhappy about an entry that alludes to the prospect of an employee working in one of their franchises.
A dictionary reflects the living language. If "McJob" is "an inaccurate description of restaurant employment" then perhaps the language that spawned it is somehow misguided.
But McDonalds, like all public listed companies, are driven by their share holders to return greater value year-on-year. Profit is no longer enough. Growth is all that matters. When that happens, marketing is required -- to sell the dream, to sell the simulacrum of some reality.
"Perception is reality."
Hello Ronald, welcome to the flipside.
Microsoft unwilling to budge on one-price policy
ZDNet UK - News: "'When governments and companies move away from the emotional debate around open source and look at the business value, most will choose to go with a commercial solution,'"
The arrogance of entrenched power.
These governments are not making emotional decisions. Nor are they making purely commercial ones.
They are servicing their constituents needs in the most cost-effective manner possible.
It's just that doesn't play into the hands of a monopolist. Eastern thinking eschews Western capitalist thinking.
The arrogance of entrenched power.
These governments are not making emotional decisions. Nor are they making purely commercial ones.
They are servicing their constituents needs in the most cost-effective manner possible.
It's just that doesn't play into the hands of a monopolist. Eastern thinking eschews Western capitalist thinking.
Thursday, November 06, 2003
Dignity
BBC NEWS | Americas | Jessica Lynch 'raped' in Iraq
Despite the sensational claim of the headline, it contains something that didn't rate so highly:
"in an Iraqi hospital, she [Jessica] said local doctors treated her despite a scarcity of drugs and threats from Saddam Hussein's fedayeen henchmen.
She also said she remembers an Iraqi nurse singing to her.
'It was a pretty song and I [could] sleep,'"
No matter how elements of society try to demonise those of another tribe, compassion is a truly human quality.
Despite the sensational claim of the headline, it contains something that didn't rate so highly:
"in an Iraqi hospital, she [Jessica] said local doctors treated her despite a scarcity of drugs and threats from Saddam Hussein's fedayeen henchmen.
She also said she remembers an Iraqi nurse singing to her.
'It was a pretty song and I [could] sleep,'"
No matter how elements of society try to demonise those of another tribe, compassion is a truly human quality.
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
Wanted by Microsoft: Virus writers
From InfoWorld.com
This is a case of throwing money at the wrong end of the problem. Arrest one virus writer and more sophisticated ones will take their place. The virtual world is a battle field for those who see Microsoft's dominion as an extension of US colonialism into the digital realm.
Eastern thinking would dictate continuous improvement of the article (in this case Windows) towards perfection. Microsoft favors a Western perspective: Use personal greed to relieve the symptom.
The time for a change in paradigm gets ever closer.
This is a case of throwing money at the wrong end of the problem. Arrest one virus writer and more sophisticated ones will take their place. The virtual world is a battle field for those who see Microsoft's dominion as an extension of US colonialism into the digital realm.
Eastern thinking would dictate continuous improvement of the article (in this case Windows) towards perfection. Microsoft favors a Western perspective: Use personal greed to relieve the symptom.
The time for a change in paradigm gets ever closer.
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