A few minutes ago, a thought 'entered' my mind: the law of unintended consequences. I wanted to waive it because I was sure that I had written about it. I did not though. I only mentioned it in a few blogs: If Good does bad, does Good become Bad? (2021) and The micro-macro conundrum (2019). The law of unintended consequences is the principle that actions often...
Recently, Belgian politicians had an interesting discussion: which party in the Gaza Strip is the worst of two evils? The Flemish president didn't know who is the worst evil. HLN: “niet te weten wie de ‘grootste smeerlap’ in het conflict is". I agree because the lesser of two evils principle does not apply. The entire Gaza Strip "conflict" feels like a reminder of...
Intro LO: Following the recent bombings of Iran by Israel and USA (eg, Wiki-1, Wiki-2), I've been wondering whether Iran has any friends given the absence of any support (eg, China, Russia). Bloomberg came to a similar conclusion: Iran Stands Alone Against Trump and Israel, Stripped of Allies. Similarly, Israel and Turkey have few friends. The combination of...
Intro LO: Am I ashamed of my silence on Gaza?? No. I'm not willing to make a choice between two parties that are both guilty. It might be tempting to view the sequence in time as relevant (eg, 2023, 1947/1948 (UN), or even 1855 BC). In my view, It's not. It might also be tempting to view the severity of the fighting as relevant. In my view, it's not. It might be...
In 1811 schreef Joseph de Maistre (o.a. filosoof) het volgende: "Toute nation a le gouvernement qu'elle mérite." Zijn opmerking betrof toen de "nieuwe Russische constitutionele wetgeving". Heden gebruiken we zijn opmerking nog steeds. Zie ook mijn blogs van 2024-11-04, 2024-11-07 en 2024-11-08. Waarom zou het eigenlijk waar zijn dat elk land de regering / leider...
About 1900 BC, Abraham was born in the city-state of Ur in a region called Mesopotamia, currently Iraq. His father Terah was a high priest for the Sumerian king Nimrod, a “great-grandson of Noah”. Father and son had to escape because Nimrod threatened to kill Abraham. The origin of the Sumerian people is still a mystery. Their Akkadian neighbours called them the...
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