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Visa needed - 23/10/2001

An inteview with Douglas Coupland (via LMG)
You have to work every day. Every writer is either a night owl or an early bird. I’m a night owl so I work every night from 12am to 3am. I talk to early birds and they say that the best thing about writing in the morning is that no matter how crappy the rest of your day is, you got your work done.
What now ? the Richard Dawkins version (from The Edge: What now ?)
I have withdrawn most of the rest of my contribution, in deference to what seems to be an American taboo against offending religious opinion. I remain baffled by the fact that liberal arbiters freely allow us to offend against political, economic, musical, artistic and literary opinion, but religious opinion is almost universally regarded as off limits, even by atheists.
Terrorism and civil liberties: how various countries do it (The Econonomist, non free access required...(worth every pound of it))
Like America's, most governments now want more powers. Britain's Human Rights Act is being reviewed. Germany is likely to scrap the special status enjoyed by religious groups, and to relax its privacy laws. In Spain and France, search powers are likely to be expanded still further. Only the Japanese will see no real change: with domestic security already so tight, the government is working out how to let its army go abroad.
E-Mail Capability Changes Lives of Sailors Far Away
If the Internet holds a promise for the crew, it's this: Even on the edge of war, life goes on. A father and son swap Navy tales in a macho match of one-upmanship.
Sailors can also lose their e-mail privileges for breaking security rules. This month, a sailor lost his account for describing the ship's location. Before e-mail leaves the ship, computerized scanners look for geographical and political terms. If a word or phrase triggers the scanners, the e-mail is passed to security workers. Commanders are unapologetic for the rigorous censorship.
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23 octobre 2001