Fresh back from the first annual CEPOS conference on human rights I just want to upload some pictures from the event where I duly noted that the introductory programme contained quotes from a report I had supplied chief legal officer Jacob Mchangama with a few days ago. The topic: Should the UN continue to be…… Continue reading First Annual CEPOS Conference on Human Rights
Author: Jonas
Tariq Ramadan comments on Swiss election
Tariq Ramadan writes in the Guardian about the referendum in which the people of Switzerland voted to ban the building of minarets in their country: At the very moment Europeans find themselves asking, in a globalising, migratory world, “What are our roots?”, “Who are we?”, “What will our future look like?”, they see around them…… Continue reading Tariq Ramadan comments on Swiss election
Multiculturalist mechanics
Robert Spencer speaks about the power to define terms such as Islamism or Jihad. And what the consequences are to free societies when they lose that power. Check it out by clicking the link. Below Pat Condell covers a lot of ground in explaining how it is possible to oppose an ideology and yet not…… Continue reading Multiculturalist mechanics
Links
Ok so I finally got around to updating my links. With an average life-span of a year and a half for most blogs it’s no wonder that many of them had been dead for a while. R.I.P. expecially to North Korea Zone, which was always a joy to read.Respect especially to EastWestSouthNorth. I have no…… Continue reading Links
It’s not about the tools
I like taking pictures. But just like everyone is a f*cking comedian when you don’t need it so, it seems, everyone is a professional photographer-wannabe these days. With quality digital cameras having come within the price range of normal people now, more and more go out and buy decent equipment. Good for them. What annoys…… Continue reading It’s not about the tools