Legal Paralysis

Do too many laws, prevent us from actually doing anything good?
George Monbiot highlights, present alarming police activity and our ever steady progress towards a police state in the name of freedom. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2009/jun/22/kingsnorth-fit-police-surveillance
However this question isn’t just about the laws and how their being applied, which is indeed of grave concern. But also of how our [...]

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Citizens, not Customers

This post stems from yet another great talk on Ted, which as well as using the phrase “technosis externality clusterfuck” with reference to urban archictecture, also leaves you with the fantastic “don’t refer to yourself as a consumer, you are a citizen”
The point being that a consumer or customer is passive, they are served. A [...]

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