Tag: politics
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Weaponizing legal activities
This isn’t the post I was planning on writing this week, but it’s the one you’re getting. In light of the many, many news cycles this past week which have been taken up by the videos of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin dancing at a party, I’ve decided to comment on the scandal – or…
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Ethics: Intention versus consequence
When getting caught with their hands in the cookie jar, public officials tend to offer their good intentions as a defense. I don’t understand why we keep accepting such defenses. Who cares that your intention was to ensure proper tax planning? You still lied about whether or not you were domiciled somewhere else. I don’t…
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On (my) politics
For the most part, I have stayed away from politics in this blog. That is not because I don’t hold views on politics – I do, and some of them are listed below – but rather because I generally find that 1) politics are out of the scope of what this blog covers, and 2)…