edafe.org » freedom http://edafe.org edafe.org is the personal site of Edafe Knabe. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:54:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Is aviation security mostly for show? http://edafe.org/2009/12/is-aviation-security-mostly-for-show/ http://edafe.org/2009/12/is-aviation-security-mostly-for-show/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:29:09 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=5742 “Despite fearful rhetoric to the contrary, terrorism is not a transcendent threat. A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy a country’s way of life; it’s only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage.” In the wake of last week’s failed bombing of an airplane over Detroit, Bruce Schneier asks us to leverage the inherent strengths of our democracies.
edition.cnn.com

]]> http://edafe.org/2009/12/is-aviation-security-mostly-for-show/feed/ 0 How constant beatings have caught up with campaigner Peter Tatchell http://edafe.org/2009/12/how-constant-beatings-have-caught-up-with-campaigner-peter-tatchell/ http://edafe.org/2009/12/how-constant-beatings-have-caught-up-with-campaigner-peter-tatchell/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:18:57 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=5712 “Only Peter Tatchell could be so enraged by something that is meant to calm him down. But as he grapples with the complicated security locks on his front door to let me out, it strikes me that perhaps the rest of us are lucky that he cares enough to carry on fighting, whatever the cause.” Elizabeth Day talks to Peter Tatchell, a man deserving of some respect.
www.guardian.co.uk

]]> http://edafe.org/2009/12/how-constant-beatings-have-caught-up-with-campaigner-peter-tatchell/feed/ 0 How to stop the drug wars http://edafe.org/2009/04/how-to-stop-the-drug-wars/ http://edafe.org/2009/04/how-to-stop-the-drug-wars/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:19:04 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=5213 “The war on drugs has been a disaster, creating failed states in the developing world even as addiction has flourished in the rich world. By any sensible measure, this 100-year struggle has been illiberal, murderous and pointless. That is why The Economist continues to believe that the least bad policy is to legalise drugs.”
www.economist.com

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]]> http://edafe.org/2009/01/the-44th-president/feed/ 0 There’s probably no god.Now stop worrying and enjoy your life. http://edafe.org/2009/01/theres-probably-no-godnow-stop-worrying-and-enjoy-your-life/ http://edafe.org/2009/01/theres-probably-no-godnow-stop-worrying-and-enjoy-your-life/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:54:02 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=3975 “The Atheist Bus Campaign began when Ariane Sherine wrote an article in June 2008 about Christian adverts running on London buses. These ads featured the URL of a website which said non–Christians would burn in hell for all eternity. Ariane suggested that atheists reading her article could each donate £5 to fund a reassuring counter–advert.”
www.atheistbus.org.uk

Update: Christian religious groups are about to respond with ads stating that “there definitely is a god”.

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seattlepi.nwsource.com

]]> http://edafe.org/2009/01/seattle-bike-messengers/feed/ 0 What the terrorists want http://edafe.org/2006/08/what-the-terrorists-want/ http://edafe.org/2006/08/what-the-terrorists-want/#comments Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:02:25 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=526 “Defense against terrorism is to refuse to be terrorized. Our job is to recognize that terrorism is just one of the risks we face. And our job is to fight politicians who use fear as an excuse to take away our liberties and promote security theater that wastes money and doesn’t make us any safer.” Bruce Schneier is not about to give in. Are you?
www.schneier.com

]]> http://edafe.org/2006/08/what-the-terrorists-want/feed/ 0 Open formats make history—and maintain it http://edafe.org/2005/10/open-formats-make-historyand-maintain-it/ http://edafe.org/2005/10/open-formats-make-historyand-maintain-it/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2005 20:34:43 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=859 “Open formats are an important part of computing freedom because they give people control of their own data.” Gervase Markham on why there really is no alternative to open data formats.
business.timesonline.co.uk

]]> http://edafe.org/2005/10/open-formats-make-historyand-maintain-it/feed/ 0 Fireworks in Washington, despair around the World http://edafe.org/2005/08/fireworks-in-washington-despair-around-the-world/ http://edafe.org/2005/08/fireworks-in-washington-despair-around-the-world/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:04:08 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=569 “The president and his speechwriters have yet to confront the tension between their rhetoric about freedom, which is universally popular, and their practice of projecting US firepower, which is resented in equal measure.” Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook on the day George Bush began his second term in office.
www.guardian.co.uk

Robin Cook is Dead

Robin Cook, one of few political figures to command my lasting respect, has suddenly died on August 6, 2005. If you are only ever going to read one political statement made to the House of Commons, read Robin Cooks’s resignation speech from 18 March, 2003.

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