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Vyapam scam casts shadow: What next for MP CM Shivraj Chouhan
The Vyapam scam has been described as one of the biggest scandals in the history of the country. As many as 2,500 accused have been named so far, and about 2,000 of them have been arrested.india Updated: Jul 06, 2015 17:10 IST
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has survived crises such as the "dumper scam" in the past but the buzz in Bhopal's political circles is that his days in the office he entered almost 10 years ago could be numbered because of the Vyapam scam.
"Whatever the consequences, I am ready to face them," the embattled Chouhan remarked on Sunday during a news conference on the multi-layered recruitment and admissions scam that has rocked his third term in the state's top post.
He never said something similar when he was dogged by the "dumper scam" in 2007, one of the biggest crises of his political career till then. A graft case was registered against Chouhan after his wife Sadhna Singh allegedly bought four special trucks used in the construction sector for Rs 2 crore and leased them to a cement factory.
Chouhan was given a clean chit in the "dumper scam" in 2010 but is now facing a bigger crisis in the form of the Vyapam scam, so named from the Hindi acronym for the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) that is at the centre of a storm over the widespread rigging of tests for admission to professional courses and recruitment in government jobs.
The chief minister's remarks caused a ripple in political circles, and the immediate inference being drawn is whether Chouhan sees himself on shaky ground.
Whatever the outcome of the investigation into the Vyapam scam and irrespective of Chouhan's defiant stand that there will be no probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation, the buzz is that his days in the chief minister's office are numbered.
A section of leaders of the BJP believes that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will ultimately have to make a tough decision against Chouhan and the only factor standing in the way of such a decision is Chouhan's popularity in Madhya Pradesh as a mass leader.
"Who after Chouhan?" is an obvious question in the minds of leaders at the helm of affairs.
Unlike the dumper scam which was against Chouhan and his wife, the Vyapam scam has raised a stink in the entire system. Besides Chouhan, Governor Ram Naresh Yadav and his son were named as accused in the FIR.
Yadav got relief from the Madhya Pradesh high court on the technical ground that he has immunity against criminal proceedings as long as he is in office, while his son Shailesh Yadav was booked as an accused before he was found dead in his residence in Lucknow in March.
Opposition leaders, journalists and activists have questioned whether Chouhan can continue to shirk moral responsibility for such a huge crime committed under his very nose in Bhopal that spoiled the careers of hundreds of meritorious and talented youngsters.
"He will have to go for a CBI inquiry, which is bound to be instituted in the coming days. A span of 11 years for a leader like Chouhan, that too after his overall non-performance and big scams, is more than enough," said Congress leader JP Dhanopia.
Political analyst Girija Shankar felt Chouhan committed a blunder by ordering an investigation into the MPPEB scam with retrospective effect. "We have hardly seen such investigations in any part of the country being ordered with retrospective effect," he said.
According to political observers, Chouhan, widely regarded a loyalist of sidelined BJP leader LK Advani, has tried his best to keep Modi in good humour by trying to be the first to implement the Prime Minister's schemes and by embracing every occasion in which he can be seen in Modi's proximity. But Advani no longer frequents Madhya Pradesh as he used to.
Chouhan became chief minister after overcoming a rebellion by senior BJP leader Uma Bharti, who didn't want to see him in the chair she was forced to relinquish in 2004.
He then built his image as a leader with mass appeal and strengthened his position in the BJP and the government through populist welfare schemes. That he and his wife were exonerated by the court in the dumper scam came as a shot in Chouhan's arm and silenced his detractors within the BJP, who were eyeing the chief minister's post.
To the credit of Chouhan are the 2008 and 2013 assembly elections and the 2009 and 2014 Lok Sabha polls, during which the BJP trounced the main opposition Congress in the state.
But the Vyapam scam has been described as one of the biggest scandals in the history of the country. As many as 2,500 accused have been named so far, and about 2,000 of them have been arrested.
What has aggravated the situation for Chouhan of late is the growing number of deaths of accused, whistleblowers and witnesses linked to the Vyapam scam. By the state government's own admission, the number of such deaths is 25 so far whereas information from other sources puts the figure at 40.
However, state BJP vice president Vijesh Lunawat defended Chouhan, saying the records clearly showed that the chief minister had ordered an investigation into the scam.
"It shows his spotless image. Also, it's he who ensured that there is a comprehensive investigation into the scam and the arrest of high and mighty in the case. The common man has great faith in him and there is no challenge to his leadership in the coming time," Lunawat said.
Read:Sack MP CM Chouhan to ensure impartial probe into Vyapam scam, says Congress


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Roland DürreThursday October 3rd, 2019
(Deutsch) RUPERT LAY LESEBUCH
Roland DürreTuesday May 28th, 2019
(Deutsch) Openspeech, Chautauqua, Fahnenbildung, Serious Play … redlicher Diskurs
Roland DürreSaturday March 16th, 2019
POWER in Social Systems
In my last article , I gave you my ideas about the three terms FREEDOM, LOVE and POWER..
Quasi as a continuation of these ideas, I will now deal with the question:
What is it about enterprises and generally society and POWER?
POWER also plays a huge role in the context of movements such as #newwork, "democratic enterprise", and intrinsify.me. POWER is not only a determining factor in enterprises, but also in the political system, where our social coexistence as countries is organized.
Traditionally, POWER always belonged to men without further thought. In our country, it is still the old white men. Women were and still are ignored, except if they act like men. And children are kept small whenever they try to get in a word – because they are worried about their future.
POWER is relevant in churches, clubs, families, relationships, i.e. in all sorts of social systems. It is always the same. Everything is about who is in a position of power and who is not. And if you are in a position of power, you are better off than the others.
Since classical times, there has always been a ruling class that had the power in our cultural spheres. In Medieval Times, we had feudalism and precariat (Prekariat). Even in old Greece, there were citizens and slaves. In our regions, there were masters (land owners, knights, church dignitaries), a few free citizens and serfs in Medieval Times (fiefdom is just a category of slavery). Until the end of the 19th century, fiefdom was quite normal in many countries of Europe if you lived in rural areas – that is where the important food was produced. City air frees you – that is how people started to gain freedom in cities. And then came the revolution and enlightenment with its national wars.
So how did it continue?
Today, we have a middle class. So far? It lies between the very rich and the very poor. The rich become richer and richer and the poor become poorer and poorer. The middle class seems to disappear.
I imagine that we will have few very rich people. The huge majority will be part of the Precariat. Let us do some research:
[pertaining to the distinctive vocabulary of the educated class] {noun}
Part of the population who, especially due to long phases of joblessness and deficient social security, live in poverty or are directly threatened by poverty and only have limited chances to climb up.
You can easily remember the word precariat if you remember what precarious means. Those who belong to the precariat will live in precarious circumstances. Let us take another look at the dictionary: what is the meaning of precarious?
[pertaining to the distinctive vocabulary of the educated class] {adj}
Made up in such a way that you find it hard to come up with the right measures and decisions, not knowing how to get out of a difficult situation.
"a precarious [economic, financial] situation"
Those who live precariously will have few rights. They will be suppressed by an oligarchy of parties and associations. As a consequence of the climate catastrophe, along with the collapse of the infra structure and several similar factors, the people living in the precariat will be the absolute majority. They will be ruled by the religion of consumption. This is how a new kind of slavery could arise. It will no longer be based on ownership of people but on supervision and manipulation. A huge majority of persons will probably be governed by a small number of pseudo-democratic feudalists.
For a short century, we actually believed that democracy gave the citizen as the "sovereign" power and made him superior. Now we are surprised to find out that this was just an illusion.
All we can hope now is that it might still be enough for bread and games in the future.
(Translated by eg)
Roland DürreFriday March 15th, 2019
Freedom, Love, Power.
Three very central but also very abstract terms.
When I was young, I mostly thought about freedom. It was very important for me. And since I am a little brain Messie, I collected definitions of freedom. I also wrote an article with eight definitions of freedom.
Be not afraid, it does not contain such a thing as "the freedom of car drivers". However, a beautiful description of freedom is still missing. I want to add it now. It is by the German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling (Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, ab 1812 Ritter von Schelling, * 27. Januar 1775 in Leonberg, Herzogtum Württemberg; † 20. August 1854 in Ragaz, Kanton St. Gallen).
Lucky is he,
who can be what he is,
who measures his way
and his destination
with his own eye.
When I grew older, I was fascinated by the term LOVE. I also wrote many things about it, for instance A day of love.
Only the experiences of the last two years brought me to the realization that POWER is the central term in our social life. It influences our social life fundamentally. So now I look for definitions. Here is what I find:
As I see it, that is not good enough if you think about our lives in social systems.
I find more in Gerhard Wohland
Power is the social consensus that makes activity possible regardless of disagreement. Neither organizations nor enterprises are possible without hierarchically structured power. Romanticized ideas of new work find this connection embarrassing. But secret power is also power – it is only less useful.
Wow, that really is something I need to think about. With the exception of the usefulness in the last sentence, I actually agree.
Then I ask friends who provide me with the following two definitions:
Power is if you can lie without being punished for it.
Power is if you have the right to define things.
Well, as you can see, it is quite rewarding to think and read about POWER. That is what I will do. And as soon as I know more, I will again write about it.
(Translated by EG)
Roland DürreMonday February 4th, 2019
Values, Morality, Principles – What Exactly do these Words Mean?
Freedom? Morality? Principles? Facts? Certainties?
Using beautiful terms and buzzwords, both politicians and the marketing of huge concerns try to impress people (and motivate them to buy things). The former do it because they want our vote, the latter because they want our best – the funny stuff.
Consciously treating language shabbily is part of this "new dishonesty".
Language is supposed to have a manipulative effect. There is an endless number of terms that are very suitable if you want to seduce people. These terms are used whenever someone says something great. In particular, it is used by people who believe they are in possession of the truth (if you are precise, you will have to call it certainty). They use terms they themselves do not really understand, but still they hope that, by using those terms, they can sell their certainties.
They will not concern themselves with what these words actually mean. Instead, they just parrot them. Consequently, we should put all statements that are put before us under really thorough scrutiny. After all, we live in times of irresponsible blabbering.
In 1983, I was lucky enough to attend a very high-profile management seminar on dialectics in Frankfurt under Rupert Lay. In those days, Rupert Lay had the reputation of being the German Nestor as far as "Ethics in Management" was concerned. It was a very modern topic, almost "hype". I learned a lot during that seminar. And I tried to continue learning for the rest of my life.
I was 33 years old when I learned language, i.e. when I learned what exactly it means to use language properly. Well, that is rather late, isn't it? The six other seminarists were all top managers from industry or presidents of associations or politicians in high office. They were all around thirty years older than I. That means they were all a lot later than yours truly, doesn't it?
After a short warming-up discourse, they all agreed that freedom was their most important property and that they would immediately die for it. When I distanced myself from these two statements, I was treated like a pariah. To be sure, I was the youngest, had the longest haircut and did not wear a tie. Consequently, these older silvery-haired gentlemen could not really take me seriously, could they?
Unfortunately, the entire affair was symmetrical. Because to me, these six persons looked very much controlled from outside, which means they were the opposite of free. To be perfectly honest, I thought my six co-participants in the seminar were the prototypes of unfree persons. They were typical system agents who were caught in their fascist jails.
This did not bode well for the entire seminar. Regardless, this seminar is where I started to see philosophy and rhetoric as something important in my life and to appreciate their value. Thus, I learned to listen carefully, to analyse language and to treat difficult terms with caution, rather than negligently. And ever since then, that is what I have tried to actively do.
Concerning the image below:
Be not afraid, my blog is not going to turn into advertising CDU. I will never vote for or support a party the members of which, shortly after WW-II, conspiratorially and in secret meetings prepared for German re-armament, and then realized it against the protests of the people (and to the benefit of the German Armament Industry).
Because I believe that those were the days that a unique chance for us people was lost for good, just because some people were scared.
No, this is about the text on the poster, or rather the text on the tweet.
The picture illustrates a tweet that was shared by the verified account of the CDU (excluding Bavaria) @CDU.
Frau Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer forwarded this tweet under the account @akk . That is how it ended up with me.
Here is the text as it was shared by @akk at @CDU– Tweets with this picture:
In an interview with
@EMMA_Magazin @akk admonished the readers: "I expect people who come into our country to accept our values – and above all, I expect us to fight for our values".
To me, it seems like a sentence directly from marketing. In some way or other, it is a stroke of genius in its bi-polarity. After all, it contains a demand that seems to be easy to accept.
Those who "come to us" should "accept our values". We, "since we are "us" because we are here already", should fight for our values. Of course, the weak point in this sentence is the term "values". What exactly are "values". What exactly are our values?.
Why do we expect those who come to our country to know our values if we ourselves do not know them?
As I see it, it would be a huge social obligation to work out a consensus about what our values are. Even if you probably cannot solve this problem.
Here are a few ideas.
If I want to understand the meaning of "value", I first look for related terms, such as morality and principles. I am looking for a general term (because it is easier to understand and describe a word if you have a general term you can use in order to distinguish between the less general terms. That is what you learn in the first semester if you study philosophy).
In Wikipedia, you will find an overview on the individual letters of "VALUE". The first cube contains an enumeration of how the word VALULE Is generally used. For our purposes, this is not helpful. Incidentally, this cube is not even complete: you will, for instance, not find what the "value" (content) of a variable is in the game with words used by programmers.
In our context, the second cube of the article is relevant. Here is what it says.
(Wikipedia – value – version of February, 3rd, 2019, second column of text)
Value stands fo:
• Ethics, i.e. characteristics and qualities that are considered morally desirable
• social norms , i.e. social regulations for how to behave.
• christian values
• Ethical values, see: ethical law
Well, I do not really know why Christian Values are part of the definition. I would find "religious" values more appropriate. You could exemplify them by using "Christian Values". And you would then have to include the values of other religions. Perhaps you could also describe these values as mindsets. Consequently, our values would be described as our mind sets. But do we have a common mind set?
If, in our historic tradition, the Christian-Occidental values are propagated, then I always remember that, until the end of the 18th century, the Christians were also among those who supported and used serfdom , which is just another word for slavery . Well, at least in my eyes that does not make the tradition any better. Bear in mind that mostly serfs were also dependants .The landlord was mostly also the owner of the farmer. And who owned the land?
I like the first entry in the upper cube ethics a lot better. We learn that this is all about our concepts of values. So what exactly are concepts? Visions or hallucinations? The entry also shows us how easily you get into close proximity of morality that judges if we apply values. After all, morality is something that believes in possessing the truth about what is good and what is evil. Can you tell me what is good and what is evil?
In Wikipedia, you will also find on morality:
Morality is about mostly actual behavioural patterns , conventions and rules or principles of certain individuals, groups or cultures. . A violation of morality is called immorality. Amorality is the denial or the purposeful refusal of moral principles and can culminate in the total absence of moral feeling.
So now we are again dealing with patterns, conventions, rules and principles! So let us continue – which means we end up with an article about principles . Now things are really getting complicated. Consequently, we will only take one sentence:
Generally speaking, a principle is a maxim or a basic rule you stick by.
So now we can ask:
Did the author (I am sure it was not AKK herself who wrote it) really mean values with this beautiful advertisement? Or morality? Or principles?
Or does it mean that those who come to our country had better stick by our rules and regulations and that it is our job to see to it that said rules are not violated? - Which makes it sound quite differently.
I strongly suspect that the person who wrote this sentence did not even know what he or she actually wanted to say.
Because he or she did not think of such a thing (and perhaps was not even competent enough to think of it). It was simply going to be a nice marketing slogan that sounds nice and makes a good impression. Insofar, it is a good match with the general dishonesty in our communication.
If you are interested in finding out how Frau Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer interprets the sentence on the poster, why don't you send her an email @akk and ask her?
(Translated by EG)
Roland DürreSaturday January 5th, 2019
When Hans Bonfigt's article was discussed and commented on, the term "radical" played an important role. This motivated me to become contemplative about the word RADICAL. Because, to me, it seems that being radical is very important.
According to de.Wiktionary.org/wiki/, similar words are either [1] hard, ruthless, reckless, stubborn, or [2] clearly, thoroughly, noticeably, definitely, all-encompassing.
Laut de.Wiktionary.org/wiki/ sind sinnverwandte Wörter entweder
[1] hart, rücksichtslos, unerbittlich, unnachgiebig
[2] deutlich, gründlich, merkbar, merklich, umfassend
I found no useful definition of the word "radical" in (the German) Wikipedia. In the political context, there is a link to radicalism . Sociologically, radicalism is a characteristic of change, see social change.
Well, at least in the German Wikipedia, there is no definition of the often-used word "radical". This shows clearly how difficult the discussion of the term is. To me, this sounds almost logical, since we humans are famous for having arguments about things the meaning of which we do not know. Simply because we tend to put particular emotional stress on terms that we do not understand or cannot define.
Let me make some guesses as to what radical might mean. Or rather, how I understand it. It took several days of contemplation for me to come up with an answer. Then I discovered that, to me, "radical" is particularly important when it comes to thinking. That means we are talking radical ideas. Which, as I see it, Hans Bonfigt time and again does not apply.
To my way of thinking, "radical ideas" mean that our ideas can develop in straight lines without having to consider moral fields. In other words, our ideas should not be influenced by the restriction: "You do not want to think along these lines".
And I believe that radical ideas will soon make you a heretic. I rather like heretics if they are capable of questioning their own so-called truths.
Let me describe a few theoretical results that can spring from radical ideas.
- Religions and God were invented by humans. How can a person call something an absolute truth if he himself invented it?
- Who are those who benefit most from war? The weapons industry. Consequently, the weapons industry needs war. And whenever there is no war, it will see to it that there will soon again be war.
- First and foremost, I must be considerate of myself. Because only if I love myself, I can also love other people. Consequently, martyrdom is socially detrimental and should not happen – nor should it be glorified.
- Humans are not evil. If anything, then their actions are evil. Consequently, you should not condemn humans but instead their actions.
(Rupert Lay once said that Hitler was probably not an evil person, because maybe he mostly followed his conscience. Perhaps his conscience was rather alien, if not pathological. To be sure, Rupert said it during a festive presentation for famous guests of a big German Bank. And legend has it that he was then interrupted by the managing director and escorted from the premises. Because he had broken a taboo – there are things you cannot think, let alone say).
Well, I guess I had better stop writing before someone comes and escorts me from the writing stage.
Roland DürreSaturday December 22nd, 2018
TOLERANCE and CONFORMISM.
Hans Bonfigt wrote a comment about my article on "Old White Men" (Alte weiße Männer). To be sure, you can disagree about what he writes. However, for me, his article was an important impulse.
When he said that "we tolerate everything except intolerance", he really hit home. As I understood Hans, the important question in his article was: who exactly is allowed to define tolerance (or fascism, racism, colonialism)?
I believe there is an answer to this question. Let us first take a closer look at the terms:
Intolerance is the opposite of tolerance (Toleranz). Tolerance (forbearance) is a virtue, consequently, intolerance (the opposite of tolerance) is an anti-virtue, the opposite of a virtue.
"Fascism", "Racism", "Colonialism" (Faschismus, Rassismus, Kolonialismus) are not virtues. They are systemic concepts of the world that describe ideologies and governments.
Ethically, "tolerance" is easy to define. If you want to judge if a statement or an attitude is tolerant or intolerant, you have to do a personal and independent weighing, following "ethically responsible values". "Ethically responsible" means that the values you autonomously found must be in accord with the global community, for instance with the UNO Convention or the "Golden Rule" (Goldenen Regel).
Social systems depend on CLARITY. That is true both for enterprises (social systems with an economic goal) and parties (social systems with a political task). The problem is: what happens if the clarity becomes the collectively shared concept?
That is exactly what we want. We find it nice if the enterprise where we work or the party we give our vote emanates a "collective clarity". "Collective clarity" is conformity. It is the small (subversive) sister of clarity. And conformity is a nice basis for "fascism", "racism", "colonialism" – just as it is also a good basis for "slavery" and "fiefdom". That makes everything a little complicated.
I think we want to be careful. We need to see to it that the VALUES of our CLARITY are in accord with the world-wide consensus of values. That is also true for tolerance. And if and when the time comes that the world's conformity will bring forth a world-wide fascism (no matter what kind of fascism), then the only thing that will probably help is resignation or resistance. Which will then trigger the interesting (ethical) question if such a resistance must be non-violent or if violence is the only way to make such a resistance a success.
Once in a while, I get the impression that this world-wide conformity is what we already have in the economic dimension.
Consumptionism and capitalism have spread throughout the world like a religion. Some also call it a predator capitalism that, by using its weapons marketing, lobbyism and corruption, has already conquered the world. And here, too, we again have the tricky situation that we must decide if non-violent resistance is enough.
I am convinced that the only way to counteract the upcoming world-wide conformity is diversity and variety.
Many thanks to Hans Bonfigt, who inspired me by sending his ideas.
(Translated by EG)
Roland DürreThursday November 22nd, 2018
At the DOAG
For many years (that felt more like decades), my friend Dietmar (Neugebauer) was president of the DOAG. DOAG is an acronym for Deutsche Oracle Anwender Gruppe. Every year in November, the DOAG has its big and legendary yearly conference and exhibition in Nuremberg.
Thanks to Dietmar, I was there many times and gave presentations. Last year, I wanted to create something different and, together with Christian and Knud, showed everybody how modern communication could work (there is also a video recording: Video).
With the 2017 success, I was going to terminate my DOAG career (after all, you should end when you feel at the top). But then, Dietmar kept pestering me. Consequently, we did something together in 2018 (on November, 21st) – this time it was about "functional communication". And we invited people to join "our fishbowl". And, again, it was really nice.
A fishbowl is organized as follows:
Choice of Topic
If you communicate "functionally", it might help if you have a topic. But how to find a topic? Our first idea was to establish a topic finding commission for coming up with something. But that is nonsense.
The rules and the intention of our fishbowl were described shortly before the event in my communication article. We simply checked the newspapers and listened to the radio in the morning to see and hear what were the most important events of the day. After all, the paywall – sorry, the media – are assigned the task of providing the news that concern us every day. Which means they should be a good source. Then Dietmar and yours truly, along with Dr. Marius Poersch and Wolfgang Taschner, took a close look at those topics and selected four of them.
Selection of Topics
Here are the four topics we found in the radio and press of November 21st:
- How does #newwork fit into our lives
(work-life-balance, motivation, experiences, how does it actually work)
- #diesel ban control
(protection of the environment, data protection, total control, human dignity)
- The youth is #scared of the internet
(mobbing, addiction, data and the ownership of your own data getting out of control)
- Copyright
(upload filter due to new EU legislation, access to youtube as commonly experienced reality, reaction of the youtube management because they feel threatened.)
Selection of a Topic by Vote
We had prepared four flipcharts and added an important idea to the four topics before announcing the vote. Dietmar gave a short explanation on what the topics were about – and then everybody voted.
Everyone in the room had a round red sticker that he/she could attach to one of the posters. Since my topic was "copyright protection", that is where I put my red sticker. In the end, unfortunately, (for me), there were only a few red stickers on my topic, while the #newwork poster was overflowing with round red stickers.
Consequently, now we had a topic – a topic which the absolute majority of the people gathered at this place was in favour of on this day. That is a good start for a fishbowl. It was done in no time and totally self-organized.
The Fishbowl
To begin with, the four "experts" (Dietmar, Marius – who actually was the only real expert – Roland und Wolfgang) took their seats on one of the six chairs (we had spontaneously decided to add a chair because so many people had come). Everybody made his/her statement and then we left things to flow.
And there was a nice flow. In 45 minutes, including preparation time, many wise things were said. We had great results, the participants stuck to the rules (be concise, let everyone else also finish with what they want to say and take up the idea of the person who spoke before you).
The exchange went very well in both directions and the coordination was excellent. My personal conclusion as a "normal participant" was that I rarely had been at the receiving end of so many ideas, impulses and food for thought as during this fishbowl.
Feedback Round
The feedback round confirmed that most of the other participants felt like I felt. Dietmar wrote to me saying that he had received plenty of praise throughout the entire evening (when I had already left).
At an Aside
Directly after us, there is always the central keynote. Yesterday, Lars Vollmer was scheduled as the next DOAG conference speaker. I had never met Lars before and only knew him from his publications. In his presentation, he described the business theatre that you often get today. And I mentally filtered quite a few ideas of his that actually blended quite well with the ideas we had generated during our fishbowl.
And that made me wonder: Why don't enterprises more frequently organize a fishbowl with their employees in order to get an awareness of what stupid nonsense they sometimes talk?
Translated by EG
Roland DürreMonday June 5th, 2017
Entrepreneur's Diary #122 – Instruction for Constructing a Vexillum
My first introduction to building vexilla was through my teacher and friend Rupert Lay. He closely accompanied my learning and my development for far more than ten years.
Through him, I made the acquaintance of quite a number of the important managers and entrepreneurs who were active in the German economy in the 1970s and 1980s. I also learned to appreciate them and they taught me a lot.
It was also where I learned how many fundamentally important things were achieved in his seminars. In these seminars, you practice the ancient Greek dialectics based on the construction and analysis of syllogisms (Syllogismen) and on the dialectic technology of building vexilla (Fahnenbildung).
In the Projektmagazin – which, incidentally, I find quite a stroke of genius – there is also an article (one of them by Elisabeth Wagner) that is very much worth reading. It describes how, through building vexilla, you can develop ideas and solve problems in a very baffling way and very efficiently.
Basically, building vexilla is just a dialectic philosophical method and has been used in this discipline for thousands of years. As we know, philosophy tries to analyse, understand and give meaning to the world and the human existence . In a nutshell, I would say it tries to answer the questions: why, for what reason, to what end, how? And that will also help you when you are looking for new ideas and solutions.
The combination of "agile" and "classic dialectics" is a stroke of genius – in almost all cases, it will render excellent results. This is how you can actually achieve "empowering of the people".
Again and again, that was my experience when moderating start-ups. Especially for an agile team where the individuals work at eye-level, building vexilla is a fantastic tool for gaining new insights in a creative way. Once on a while, you will even mange to get rid of wrong (and often deeply rooted) prejudices.
Here is how you want to proceed in eight steps if you build a vexillum. I like applying them.
- Formulate the desired theory and define the central terms of the theory.
- Collect requirements that need to be met at first sight if you want agreement with a certain and exactly defined event or project. You want a list that is as finite as possible.
- Definition of the terms you used and common agreement.
- Evaluation of the requirements following the criteria: useful, necessary, sufficient.
- In case of different opinions with respect to the quality or applicability of requirements, you need to look for alternatives until all the requirements get a consensus. It is permitted to delete requirements that turn out to be unnecessary.
- Test if all requirements belong to one language game and determine the end function. Example for an enterprise: regulative – keep the common good out of danger; ethically – realize biophily, economical – improve the results
- Test if all the requirements are met or if they can be met with acceptable cost. You want to keep in mind that only the actual realization of a project will show if your assumptions have been correct. Consequently, the vexillum can also contain requirements that make a later correction or omission of an earlier decision necessary.
- In the ideal case, you will find a sufficient requirement as the result of building a vexillum. You will not always manage that. But the sum of necessary requirements that, taken together, will qualify as "sufficient" is also a satisfactory result.
If you wish to try the technology of building vexilla and need assistance, I will gladly help you.
(Translated by EG)
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Saturday, November 3, 2007
the day of the dead
I didn't react well to the Day of the Dead procession this year. Getting there was a chore on the crowded, cross-town bus that moved slowly due to road closures and I was startled by the crowd size. I got off early and walked several block through a jostling mob to meet up with Marina, recently back from a year teaching in Japan, at the Bryant and 24th St. intersection where a crowd seethed with drummers, skeleton face paint, white candles, bicycles and spinning pinwheels. The event had grown larger than ever and, despite it's Latin roots and Mission District location, was very much a Caucasian affair. The Burning Man community was out in force and the crowd movement as we began the parade through the Mission, was characterized by bumps, elbows and flat tires as well as stilt walkers, streamer-waving dancers and small hand-towed floats laden with gongs. Mural painted Balmy Alley, scene of many memorable Dias de Los Muertes past was closed off. The smell of beer, incense and pot filled the air. I'd brought a hand shaker, joining into different drum patterns as we went, while catching up a bit with Marina. I even ran into a few other people I knew amid the throng. Nonetheless, I failed to fall into an easy step with the stop and go pace of the procession, perhaps due to the long day of early morning yoga, work, meetings, appointments and public transportation traveling. It wasn't until we reached Garfield Park where altars, ribbon festooned trees, stone spirals and offerings were laid out in memory of lost loved ones, and the crowd quieted a bit, that I felt the intent of the day....
So my readers like the artwork, which makes me laugh because my mom, an avid reader who sang off key and probably would have written if she were alive today, always said "I wish you'd just be a visual artist." It felt a bit like a back-handed compliment when she said it, but I am at my calmest when drawing--writing helps me figure stuff out, singing is emotive, while the drawing tends to be celebratory and reserved for those I know and love. A couple of months a go I painted a slew of dahlias for birthday cards. This is one of the remainders:
1 comment:
- Sally said...
Oooh Lovely, too. Does this mean we are going to get artwork everyday this month?
- November 3, 2007 at 7:31 PM
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Sam Lebovic
Free Speech and Unfree News
The Paradox of Press Freedom in America
Harvard University Press 2016
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Appeals to "press freedom" can be heard from across the political spectrum. But what those appeals mean varies dramatically. Sam Lebovic, in his excellent new book, Free Speech and Unfree News: The Paradox of Press Freedom in America (Harvard University Press, 2016), traces the fraught history of that contested concept throughout the twentieth century. Beginning his analysis in the 1920s, Lebovic shows how conservative politicians, lawyers, and publishers began to define press freedom as freedom from state censorship, wrapped it in the first amendment, and fought New Deal attempts at regulation. Meanwhile, liberal politicians and journalists feared corporate control of the press as a threat to the democratic need for information, and advocated a freer and more trustworthy press. Not interested solely in the debates over press freedom, Lebovic also focuses on, what he calls, "the everyday politics of information." He reveals how state classification practices and the political economy of the news fundamentally shaped how information flowed. It is an ambitious book that succeeds in telling a crucial story and it should inform contemporary approaches to press monopolization and the ever-growing "classified universe." The book will interest intellectual historians, communications scholars, legal historians, political historians, and historians of U.S. foreign relations.
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Wonderland: Virtual Adultery and Cyberspace Love
Just in case you've missed it, as this has been posted on several Second Life blogs, the BBC has aired a documentary on virtual adultery and cyberspace love, called Wonderland: Virtual Adultery and Cyberspace Love, and it covers both love and adultery with real life examples, one couple who met because of Second Life and another that is coming apart because they are not happy together and Second Life has helped her find something she says she needed.
If you are in Britain, you can watch the whole video here, for everyone else, I have posted the first 10 minute video below, part two is here, part three is here and part four is here.
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Linden Labs Clarifies their "Ageplay" Policy
In a post on the Second Life blog, Kend Linden clarifies the ageplay policy from Linden Labs, in which they disallowed depictions of and or engagement of sexualized conduct with avatars that resemble children. Specifically, real-life images, avatar portrayals, and other depictions of sexual or lewd acts involving or appearing to involve children or minors are not allowed within Second Life. In this post, they outline the three key elements that are specifically disallowed.
(1) participation by Residents in lewd or sexual acts in which one or more of the avatars appears to represent minors (or the depiction of such acts in images, video, textures, or text) is a violation of the Community Standards;
(2) promoting or catering to such behavior or representations violates our Community Standards. For instance, the placement of avatars appearing to represent minors in proximity to "sex beds" or other sexualized graphics, objects, or scripts, would violate our Community Standards, as would the placement of sexualized "pose balls" or other content in areas depicting playgrounds or children's spaces;
(3) the graphic depiction of children in a sexual or lewd manner violates our Community Standards. Source: Clarification of Policy Disallowing "Ageplay"
My favorite part, and I quote
Of course, any images, chat or other conduct which leads us to believe actual minor children are involved will lead to swift action, including reporting to the appropriate authorities.
Now if only Linden Labs could actually find this stuff when it is pointed out to them, maybe they can actually give this policy some teeth. Here is the video from Sky News that shined a light on some of the seedier things going on in Second Life concerning child avatars.
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Pedophilia in Virtual Worlds
Updated october 31, 2007
I have to ask this question, even though it creeps me out to even think about it, but is pedophilia really possible in Second Life? One would have to say yes, because it is entirely possible that a youngster playing an avatar could have sex with an adult playing another avatar, but, if you stick to avatars that have payment info on file, that should prevent it from happening accidentally.
But, what about people who are looking to have sex, even if it's virtually, with children? Since the US Supreme Court removed the virtual children clause, Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, the federal definition requires that an actual child exist, so, for right now, I don't think by the letter of the law that it is illegal if two adults engage in the activity, it's certainly sick, but I'm not going to get into all that.
Linden Labs has made it known how they feel about child pornography, which is certainly more applicable, I'm just not sure how animations or cartoons would fit into that category.
Linden Lab's stance on child pornography
Linden Lab has absolutely zero tolerance for depictions of child pornography within Second Life. We were outraged to see the images that ARD showed us, and will cooperate fully with any legal authorities that choose to investigate the individuals involved in such activities. Child pornography is, of course, illegal and as such is a breach of our Terms of Service. It goes without saying that anyone engaged in this activity will be permanently banned from Second Life, and subject to legal consequences.
What are the consequences?
We simply will not tolerate the depiction of sexual or lewd acts involving minors in Second Life.
If Linden Lab learns that someone is engaging in, advertising or promoting locations or activities involving the depiction of sexual or lewd acts involving minors, their account will be terminated, and we will fully cooperate with all appropriate authorities.
If a Resident possesses or distributes real-world pornographic images in Second Life that appear to involve minors, their account will be terminated and their details provided to real-world authorities, as has always been our policy. Source: Accusations Regarding Child Pornography in Second Life
Lowell Cremorne did some looking around when this first came about from Linden Labs, and in his post here, you can see the kinds of child like avatars that came up when he searched for child, I'm glad he blacked out that first one, brrr.
Which brings me to the whole point of this post, a blog post from the Second Life section of Reuters says that the UK is going to investigate pedophilia in virtual worlds, they will be looking for depictions of adult-child sex and trying to track down the pedophiles.
But the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) said Second Life isn't being specifically targeted. "Our interest is wherever on the Internet children are," a spokeswoman told Reuters. "We place officers into a number of virtual worlds."
The CEOP takes a dim view of age play, even when both avatars have confirmed their identity as consenting adults. "Why would a 56-year-old man masquerade as a 13-year-old child? That's something that would concern us," the spokeswoman said. Source: UK to investigate pedophilia in virtual worlds
That concerns me as well and I hope they can find and eliminate them all from virtual worlds and real life for that matter. So, maybe the US doesn't consider it illegal, the UK seems to think it is, and if I can help in anyway I certainly will.
This is kind of interesting as well because while I was checking out the sim, The Legend of Autumn Hollow, this child avatar came in and was looking around, eventually she came up to me and we started talking, which was weird to start with, but when she asked if I had a girlfriend, I bet my jaw hit my desk, I didn't know what to say, but she kept on talking and eventually said he sister needs a good looking guy like me. I felt a little better after that and we actually ended up working together some and finding some of the items in the treasure hunt, she was kind of cute, she did not go out of character, talking like a child the whole time, skipping around and asking silly questions, but it was certainly a moment I will never forget when it comes to Second Life and another reason I would rather no child avatars be allowed inworld at all. Thanks God she didn't hit on me!
A post at Techcrunch, Virtual Pedophilia Report Bad News For Second Life discusses Virtual Pedophilia in Second Life, and I am amazed at the commentators who say it's okay as it's two consenting adults, sure, that may be true if this happened in their own homes, but this is a virtual world where anyone can see it, sure there are some restricted areas, but if you can get into the area, you can pretty much watch anything happening with the camera. It would be very easy for a child to register and end up seeing this type of stuff, depending on what they search for, kids, children, etc.
I wrote this before I read and watched the Sky News report, but now that I have seen it, I am even more disgusted, the areas they have setup are swing sets with child avatars swinging on them, talk about trying to make it look like real life. I just added the video below.
"Wonderland is a virtual children's playground where pedophiles cruise and kids are solicited," said Farrell.
"At first site it looks like a real-life playground.
"Here child-like avatars are not just playing on swings - they're offering sex. These are virtual children of all ages - even toddlers.
"After talking to one child I was offered a range of sordid and sick sexual acts.
"My avatar had entered a virtual pedophile ring. Obviously, I declined the offers and reported my disturbing findings." Source: Perverts Use Virtual World For Fantasies
Wonderland needs shut down, it's no wonder that almost every newbie I saw and talked to coming into Second Life in the CSI area the other night mentioned, hookers, sex or having fun, that's all they think we do inworld.
Warning: The might not be considered safe for work, although I don't think anyone is naked.
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Debate: Is it appropriate to be a child avatar on SL?
By Stone Culdesac
There is going to be a debate at 8:00pm SL time and the topic is Is it appropriate to be a child avatar on SL? I don't think it's appropriate at all to play a child avatar in Second Life, even in role playing situations; this is just one of those taboo things I think Linden Labs should just outright outlaw. I have seen some freaky stuff in Second Life, some things you just want to take your brain out and scrub it down real good, so I know there are probably some situations where child avatars are being used in ways that are illegal in real life, so, if there is a chance that someone could see something bad going on with a kid, why even take the chance that it could happen?
I think I have read more bad stuff about people being worried about animal avatars than I have child avatars, and there has been talk about banning bestiality in Second Life because it is illegal in many states, while others think it's okay since there is no real animal involved. Check out these images of stuff that has been going on in Second Life with animal avatars and human avatars, Animal Love in Second Life Warning: NSFW! But, I guess it all comes down to what you believe, and I don't believe I want to even have the chance of seeing some adult avatar doing anything to a child avatar. Nuff said.
I will probably check this out, at least there will be someone thrown to the pit at the end.
What: Debate (Moderated) - Is it appropriate to be a child avatar on SL?
When: Oct 18, 2007 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm (Thursday)
Where: sLiterary Second Life
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Description: Moderated by Sodovan Torok, the new host for our weekly Thursday AVATAR vs. AVATAR debates, our moderated debate series put two strong debaters head to head in battle over words and words only until the end. AVATAR will meet AVATAR on debate night, and… we'd start off from there.
TOPIC: Is it appropriate to be a child avatar on Second Life?
The LOSER will be kicked off the floor, to freefall onto the ground roughly 30m below at sole discretion and mercy of the WINNER after audience and moderator announces verdict. Or, the audience might decide to put both AVATARS on the pit and slow-roast 'em alive.
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Escorts for your Avatar in Second Life
Been reading some interesting articles today about escorts in Second Life, how it's legal since it's mostly like phone sex, how much money they make, what types there are, etc. The first stop here is the Second Life Herald where Jessica Holyoke asked Robin Linden straight up if it was illegal and whether they planned to do anything about it.
I went to Robin Linden's office hours today to find out if Escorts or Strippers are on their way out of SL. Many residents feel that with gambling gone, escorting is next to being hit with the banstick. When asked about the reasons for the gambling ban, Robin Linden stated that simulated prostitution and stripping were legal acts and that the gambling ban was placed into effect for legal compliance reasons. The gambling ban was not instituted as a means for There-ing up SL.
But once again today, I was told by a commentator that SL Escorts and Strippers are engaging in illegal acts. That somehow, somewhere there might be a law making escorting in SL illegal according to at least one commentator. There is no evidence to back up his assertion. There is no law against SL Escorting and Stripping. But in talking about whether there could be a legal ban against escorting, I decided to see how I would legislate against it. And looking for the answer raised the bigger issue, what are we doing? Source: Op/Ed: Escorts OK - If SL Is Like Phone Sex
Then I ran into this post from VintFalken.com, SLescorting services: the RL value which talks about escorts having to pay taxes in Belgium, the average wage being about minimum wage for these SL escorts and the fact that if the economy was really in trouble, their wages would be affected.
Everybody is that worried about the Second Life economy, but somehow they look only at the whole Ginko affair and the USD/L$ exchange rates. If an economy is really staggering, wages get influenced too, right? That's why Lillie Yifu's report on SL's Escort market is an interesting one to read. Besides a description of all the different 'branches' of the industry, she also gives an overview of the money the girls make in the executive summary. I hope she keeps this up and gives us a monthly or bi-monthly report of how the escort salaries are evolving. Just to get a better idea of the actual value of the services rendered, I did some recounting to USD (assuming L$250/US$1.00) and Euro (assuming EUR1/US$1.38079) Source: SLescorting services: the RL value
Well, this post from an actual escort gives great incite into the types of avatars that use escorts, the different things you should expect in the varying price ranges from the different types of escorts available in Second Life, she talks about gay escorts and how they are actually better than their female counterparts, but, they are much harder to find as they don't advertise as much, just promote themselves in clubs. She also brings up the fact that women pamper themselves with visits to a salon, so why not spend six bucks in Second Life and be treated like a goddess for a little bit too.
Executive Summary
Whore/Slut play: 200L :10, 350L :30, 500L 1:00 (plus room cost)
Escort 350L-500L :15, 600L-800L :30 1500L 1:00 (plus room cost)
Top quality SL 600L-800L :15 1500L :30 2500L-3000L 1:00 (will have her own place)
Vox 1500L :15 (will have her own place)
Cam 3000L :15 average 10K :15 HD (will have her own place)
Contract 10K/wk non exclusive, 20K/wk premium, 30K/wk exclusive.
Corp: 25 USD-40 USD/hr for corporate work, with sl sex as a fringe benefit
Clubs: varies widely depending on selection and service.
Ways to find:
Dance clubs: 150L to get topless, 400L nude. 350L personal lap dance/bj for :10 or :15 on site.
Ads: Most places that show up in a search for escorts have ads, checking ads are free.
Freelancing: Orgy rooms no, since they ban escorting, but free lance clubs, such as Escorts Alliance allow freelancing. Many BDSM sex dungeons allow, or wink at, freelancing. There are several boutique clubs that cater to specific needs, such as BDSM. There is one very good trans-sexual place right now: She-male sanctuary.
SL escorting runs from desperate girls starting out, to experienced citizens of the sl universe who go far beyond sexual services. It includes girls having fun, married women taking a break from the tedium of their lives, men creating pornography, and up and comers of both genders using escorting as a way to distinction in sl. There is a wide range of tastes and services. At the lower end, you are really just paying to keep the playdopes away, weeding out the "wanna fuck now!?!?!?!!" crowd, but really it is for mutual amusement. At the middle are girls paying for their pixel shopping addictions and using escorting to get set up. At the top are people who have rl qualifications, either because they do rl pornography for a living, or because they have rl skills that are useful in sl. Source: The Escort Market in SL
This has been some interesting reading, but the one thing I have noticed in Second Life, if you have a good looking avatar, the girls will be on you every time you enter a club anyway, I have been in a club once with two girls while I was being IM'ed by several other girls including 2 girls who wanted me to join them. So, guys, if you are going to spend money on virtual sex, you may as well put it into making your avatar look better and then you will only have time invested by talking to the females, and that is certainly better, as ones who really want to do it are certainly better than ones who just get paid for it. Think about it, and if you need some pointing in the right direction concerning your avatar, email me at eubeenhadd at gmail.com and I can put you in touch with someone who will help you for a fee.
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