http://www.metafilter.com/34317/metafilter-MetaFilter-metaFilter/ Comments on MetaFilter post metafilter MetaFilter metaFilter Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:36:54 -0800 Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:36:54 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/34317/metafilter-MetaFilter-metaFilter <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3577944&thesection=news&thesubsection=world">Like </a><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3891189.stm">magic</a>, the vibrating broomstick of progress sweeps the Czech Republic. (Czech government <a href="http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/videography/Vaclav_Havel.html">likes</a> celebrities). post:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.34317 Wed, 14 Jul 2004 02:43:45 -0800 Pretty_Generic HarryPotter CzechRepublic JKRowling http://www.metafilter.com/34317/metafilter-MetaFilter-metaFilter#701399 I don't see how these caged beds would have been compatible with the Czech Republic's committments under the European Convention on Human Rights. I like JK Rowling (and her books) but this issue affects "around 20 caged beds and 100 net-covered beds in use in psychiatric wards around the country" While what she has achieved is laudable I can't help but feel that that her enormous influence would be better used with regards to the West's continuing indifference in the face of the <a href="http://web.amnesty.org/library/eng-sdn/reports">1.2m who're at risk of dying in Western Sudan. </a> There's also <a href="http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/csc/AGC96/kilburn.html">a bit more</a> to Havel's taste for Zappa's music than simple fan-boy hero worship; that was the sound of freedom. comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.34317-701399 Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:36:54 -0800 dmt