Showing excessive skin and making suggestive pose and facial expresison is a form of sexual harrassment

Do you think it’s okay to be concerned about minors (especially tweens and lower) wearing revealing clothing? Clothing does not cause rape or molestation. You know those “What I was wearing” projects? Posture is often deliberately chosen, yes. However, I would hazard that what they mean is that if you want to show that you … Read more

Why is VAT / GST so popular and used in so many countries?

It’s not because VAT is easy to collect. A straight sales tax is much easier. Income tax for the employed is super easy as employers do it for the government. VAT is difficult as rules go into thousands of pages, inspections are tricky and issues can be difficult to resolve, especially when it comes to … Read more

What’s the difference between mafia and governments?

Historically you’d have to say there is no essential difference. The real justification for government control was violence, both external—conquests—and internal—violent enforcement of laws. Many organized crime groups functioned as local governments. Protection money is one of the main income sources of mobsters, triads and gangsters all over the world. The differences were superficial. Kings … Read more

Pol Pot killed 1/4 of population of Cambodia

By April 1975, a Communist group known as the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, seized control of Cambodia, renaming the country Democratic Kampuchea.   Civil war had existed in Cambodia since 1970.  Between 1970 and 1973, during the Vietnam War, the United States bombed much of the countryside of Cambodia and manipulated Cambodian politics … Read more

Midwife should have Never be a Male

Men have only been fully allowed to work as midwives since 1982 and since that time very few have taken up the opportunity. “What’s the difference between men working as obstetricians and men working as midwives?” Same job, different genitalia!” So far, so simple . The view in 1978 when the Royal College of Midwives … Read more

Your attention. We mine it like a natural resources.

Your attention. We mine it like a natural resources. It’s the same business model. Capture your attention and sell it to advertisers – just with a headset or glasses strapped to your face. The average people have fewer than three (3) friends. Grand vision of the future: Most of your friends will be AI.