In addition, he was actually talking about tear gas, not lethal gases. The full quote has him pointing out that tear gas would be more moral than dropping fragmentation (conventional) bombs on them. (View Post)

The process is part of the problem - it imposes huge costs, which provide the motivation to evade it. Much of it doesn’t add value in any way, shape or form. For example, for a domestic loft project,… (View Post)

Bingo. Paperwork without enforcement is just performative. If I can file a 500 page document proving firelighters aren’t inflammable, what’s the point? The argument I am making is for reducing proces… (View Post)

The obsession, in the building industry (as with other areas) is regulation without enforcement. When you create a regulation, it isn’t free. You are trying to spend other people’s money. Without enf… (View Post)

The problem comes when Process becomes the end, and not the means. The classic put-down, these days is that “no process = chaos”. Yes it does. But excessive love of process above outcomes leads to ch… (View Post)