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17 Sep · Sat 2005

A second strange yearning for the past...


Until yesterday I had never heard of Ann Coulter. How I yearn for that state of grace. This quotation seems to be as representative as any: "To put the Supreme Court's recent ban on the Ten Commandments display in perspective, here is a small sampling of other speech [sic] that has been funded in whole or in part by taxpayers: ... —- Korans distributed to aspiring terrorists at Guantanamo. —- U.S. military " (THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT RELIGION, June 29, 2005) My word. Imagine taking the cost of holding captives indefinitely without trial, and having the irresponsible profligacy to add to that the cost of providing them with the means to practice their religion. If they were acknowledged to be covered by the Geneva Conventions, it would be a must*. I'm not going to link to the full article; if you want more, I'm afraid you'll have to google it for yourself. Don't blame me if it puts you off your food.
*Religious Services Adequate premises must be provided to prisoners of war (Convention III, Art. 34) and internees (Convention IV, Art. 86) for religious services to be held.
Posted by racingsnake @ 05:38 PM GMT+00:00 [ Comments [2] ]

A strange yearning for the past...


Now here's an unusual sensation. This morning I heard a snippet of an interview with Bill Clinton; he was lucid, intelligent and persuasive. Some of his sentences had several linked clauses. He used words like "profound", "disproportionately" and "dislocation", and used them correctly. He coherently related the grim after-effects of Hurricane Katrina to the global geo-political issues of the day. Has it really only been five years? It's a shocking admission about my own memory (and perhaps also the pervasive power of the media) but I'm afraid I'd forgotten what it was like to hear a US president do that. Come to that, I've forgotten what it's like to hear a Prime Minister do that. Maybe if we asked him nicely, he'd come and be our president.
Posted by racingsnake @ 04:21 PM GMT+00:00

Identity expertise - in a nutshell


My blog-mate Mark Dixon is part-way through a short but comprehensive guide to customers' identity requirements. On the 16th, he covered common requirements which crop up in the customer RFPs he gets; on the 17th, he turned to the business objectives those customers cite for their identity projects. Coming next... the benefits they expect as a result. It's one thing for us, as a vendor, to say why we think customers ought to buy stuff from us, but it's far better to get the customer's version. Likewise, seeing one of those RFPs at a time is a good snapshot, but this aggregation by Mark is a great validation of what's important to identity management users. He should charge for this stuff... ;^)
Posted by racingsnake @ 04:03 PM GMT+00:00 [ Comments [1] ]
 
 
 
 
 
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