Posted in Liberty, Society on January 17th, 2008 No Comments »
With two high-profile kidnapping cases along with perception of high crime rate, the Malaysian authority is advocating mass installation of closed circuit TV to fight crime. Advocates of CCTVs are convinced that the device will help in bringing crime rate down. While that may be so — there are debates on whether presence of CCTVs [...]
Posted in Liberty, Politics & government on January 2nd, 2008 11 Comments »
The 42nd President of the United States of America faced impeachment because he lied about his sexual relationship with an acquaintance while 43rd President escapes any chance of impeachment in office despite misleading the public into going to war. Absurd? If that is so, then the episode surrounding Chua Soi Lek that led to his [...]
Posted in Liberty, Science & technology on February 25th, 2007 3 Comments »
Technology has no inherent value by itself. Just like any tool, it sits neutrally in the middle of value spectrum. Such neutrality however does not prevent any technology from being utilized towards specific value, be it for better or worse. Nuclear technology for instance could be harnessed to provide humanity with electricity or as weapon, [...]
The name is Hafiz Noor Shams. I am a libertarian, a fellow at the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs and a columnist at The Malaysian Insider. For more about me, go here.