Unintended Consequences of Republican Call for “Freedom to Fund Elections” – USA Republican World-View Republicans live and die by some very simple mantra and Freedom is on them, irrespective that one person’s freedom, as per Law of Unintended Consequences should harm the society at large. Frankly, to some Republicans that concept of “society” itself represents […]
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Unintended Consequences of Oklahoma/Virginia Personhood Law: USA
Unintended Consequences of Oklahoma/Virginia Personhood Law: USA Road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions To curry favor with religious right and anti-abortionist, lawmakers in Oklahoma have passed a personhood law – basically defining a fertilized human egg as a person, so that its destruction by any medical or contraceptive procedure is criminalized. Accepting the […]
Unintended Consequences of SF Ban on Smoking Plus no Ashtrays: USA
Recently there was an interesting article in SF Examiner http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2012/02/city-wants-kick-habit-won-t-allow-ashtrays regarding City of San Francisco banning smoking PLUS banning businesses from keeping ashtrays. This is in the mistaken belief that ashtrays will promote smoking. So now cleaning up/sweeping cigarette butts near their shops is major headache for the shopkeepers. This is classic example of NOT anticipating unintended consequences […]
Unintended Consequences of Anti-Corruption Campaign in India vs. Others
India has been in the midst of an anti-corruption campaign led by a Anna Hazare. Anna’s campaign has struck with most Indian, sick as they are of the massive corruption they experience on a daily basis. The amount of corruption seems to have been greater than the economic growth that India has achieved in the […]
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