How
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Friedman has a nice piece on ‘How‘. As in, how did we get so fucked, and why how you do things matters. I’m just riffing off one line, but I’ve always written that ‘how’ matters. As in, how you fight a war, how you run a government, these things matter. Character and integrity matter. To quote: “In a connected world,†Seidman said to me, “countries, governments and companies also have character, and their character — how they do what they do, how they keep promises, how they make decisions, how things really happen inside, how they connect and collaborate, how they engender trust, how they relate to their customers, to the environment and to the communities in which they operate — is now their fate.†Our government has so neglected the ‘how’ that I’m not that impressed with the ‘what’.
So our troops are near Kilinochchi. How did we get there? How many innocents have died and been jailed? How do our government institution function? How much money did we spend? How do we treat our own people?
These questions matter, perhaps not in the short-term, but in the long term you get totally fucked. And that’s why character and integrity matter. And that’s why it’s a shame that our national character is so stained by Mahinda’s suspension of our Constitution to fight Eelam War IV. That’s why human rights and rule of law aren’t luxuries, their the bulwark of generations.
This is highly dubious. Miss Travel is a travel/social networking site that connects ‘Generous’ and ‘Attractive’ travelers. To, like, travel together, I guess. It all seems a bit like arranged prostitution and trafficking. This is part of a broader online trend to connect rich men to younger, attractive women. Sites like 
Sri Lankan domestics never say anything, they just stop coming. My maid just stopped coming and when I finally pressed her she said I needed to get a washing machine. I was hoping to ride this one out, but I’ve run out of underwear and I have no choice. I finally caved and bought a washing machine, from 
There’s nothing wrong with pornography, but there’s a lot wrong with porn. Nothing wrong with watching people have sex, but too often that sex is brutal, senseless and coerced. I mean how many couples are coming on each others faces every day? Hence, philosopher king Alain de Botton – after calling for a 
Sri Lanka is going to start offer 
How? who gives a fuck about how man.. The end justifies the means in the short-term. Nobody over here really cares about the long term i suppose..
Loss of accountability in the connected world.
Isn’t that what Friedman is try to say?
Geez, why does he have to be so elaborate about it?