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Thursday January 8thRajiv Menon KC on behalf of defendant Charlotte Head Great changes come about because of the extraordinary courage and personal sacrifice of ordinary people. The anthropologist Margaret Mead put it well when she said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful community citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing …
During a robbery, the thief shouted to everyone in the bank: “Don’t move! The money belongs to the State — your lives belong to you.” Everyone in the bank lay down quietly.This is called “Changing the way of thinking” — shifting the traditional mindset. When a woman lay provocatively on a table, the thief shouted:“Please …
Belgium’s flag Africa was colonised by empires with delusions of grandeur. Britain had its civilising mission, France its assimilationist fantasy. Belgium, by contrast, arrived with neither ideology nor competence—only appetite. And yet, for a country barely able to agree on its own language policy, Belgium managed to leave behind some of the most enduring wreckage …
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What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like? Time certain, barracks routine and the day starts.
There is a peculiar danger in believing the flattering stories written about you. Public figures often fall victim to this affliction, but institutions are equally susceptible. When praise becomes echo, and echo becomes doctrine, the result is policy built not on reality but on self-congratulatory mythology. Nowhere is this more visible than in the Western …
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