It takes two mistakes to cause an accident. Or one mistake and a bit of bad luck. That’s the whole principle of defensive driving. If we assume someone might make a mistake, we can help avert the results. If your team, crew or family is not prepared for what might happen in an emergency, you’ve…
Month: April 2019
Social Commentary
The Sacrifice of Notre Dame
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When I saw the damage to Notre Dame de Paris, my first reaction was deep sadness that such a beautiful work of humankind might be lost. And in the outpouring of sympathy from everyone I found a silver lining to the clouds of smoke that rolled over Paris. The pettiness, populism and demagoguery that we…
Social Commentary
In Memorium: May Brown
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All my life my mother had this group of friends. They met at summer school in 1940, I believe, 13 young teachers living on one floor of the dorms at UVic. They never told their offspring any of the stories, but I gather they had a pretty good time. Such a good time, they decided…
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The Self-Policing Oxymoron
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One of the best examples of the “moron” part of “oxymoron” is the scam perpetrated on the population that people, businesses and organizations can police themselves. If you know human nature, you realize that this is about as functional as putting the fox in charge of hen-house security. Construction by the Uninformed The latest evidence…
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‘Honest, Business-Friendly Politician’ is an Oxymoron
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Okay, there will always be a small number of crooks and cheats, and a few bent politicians, officials and policemen that abet them. But how much legal influence does Big Business have on how the country is run? Let’s turn that around. How much influence does the opinion of the voting public have on legislation…