The problem with ID cards isn't the ID cards. The problem is the insane requirement that every government database be linked up, and access provided to everyone who asks. *Without* segregation o… (View Post)

a And if any of @Pagan2 acquaintances are in neighbouring compartments, presumably. It is interesting, how we travel and just find ourselves over and over. I go to countries and find people who like … (View Post)

Depends where you are - and it’s relative. Yeah, there are parts of the Gold Coast (for example) where, as another friend put it - “if I’d bought a house in my hometown 25 years ago, I’d have made mo… (View Post)

Rabat was safe because we were protected as known friends of the family. I wouldn't have set foot in the area otherwise. I think the most unsafe I've felt was in New Orleans (pre-flood). So… (View Post)

I was talking yesterday, with a couple of people I row with. One is an idealist, working in developing world aid. The other is working in the field of food standards in the supply chain from developi… (View Post)