От Белиза до Гватемалы
Apr. 7th, 2014 09:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phd_ruЖил да был человек, много путешествовал, много повидал. А благодаря хорошо подвешенному языку красиво о своих путешествиях рассказал. Знакомьтесь — Джон Макафи, путешественник, программист, менеджер, драг-дилер:
http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/14/04/06/2344201/interview-john-mcafee-answers-your-questions
Не знаю, есть ли хоть четверть процента правды в том, что он о себе рассказывает, но первая половина интервью читается как приключенческий роман. Всё по-английски.
Вытащу пару цитат.
1. I trust people to be human, meaning all the weaknesses known to humanity exist in all of us… Companies are even worse. They have all of the weaknesses that humans possess (they are made up of humans after all) and absolutely none of the virtues. They are a derivative of profit, and profit is amoral.
2. Investigation as a method of solving crimes is a novel idea that has not yet caught on in Belize, or much of Central America for that matter. Police investigators are engaged primarily in uncovering indiscretions within the general population for which they can demand money for keeping their mouths shut - an intricate and beautiful art that reached its zenith with incarnation of J. Edgar Hoover here in in America.
What does happen, and it seems to work reasonably well, is that when a crime is committed, a random person who everyone believes should belong in jail is arrested. Sometimes more than one. If the person or persons, does not have an airtight alibi, such as being in attendance at some other jail during the time of the crime, or performing at a live concert with hundreds of people watching during the time of the crime, then the person, or persons, is charged and generally goes to jail. Exceptions are relatives and friends of powerful people who are never charged for anything under any circumstances, even if an entire town witnesses them engaging in any illegal act, including murder. Local judges are instructed in how to decide cases by the most powerful person in the town and it all seems to work smoothly and efficiently.
http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/14/04/06/2344201/interview-john-mcafee-answers-your-questions
Не знаю, есть ли хоть четверть процента правды в том, что он о себе рассказывает, но первая половина интервью читается как приключенческий роман. Всё по-английски.
Вытащу пару цитат.
1. I trust people to be human, meaning all the weaknesses known to humanity exist in all of us… Companies are even worse. They have all of the weaknesses that humans possess (they are made up of humans after all) and absolutely none of the virtues. They are a derivative of profit, and profit is amoral.
2. Investigation as a method of solving crimes is a novel idea that has not yet caught on in Belize, or much of Central America for that matter. Police investigators are engaged primarily in uncovering indiscretions within the general population for which they can demand money for keeping their mouths shut - an intricate and beautiful art that reached its zenith with incarnation of J. Edgar Hoover here in in America.
What does happen, and it seems to work reasonably well, is that when a crime is committed, a random person who everyone believes should belong in jail is arrested. Sometimes more than one. If the person or persons, does not have an airtight alibi, such as being in attendance at some other jail during the time of the crime, or performing at a live concert with hundreds of people watching during the time of the crime, then the person, or persons, is charged and generally goes to jail. Exceptions are relatives and friends of powerful people who are never charged for anything under any circumstances, even if an entire town witnesses them engaging in any illegal act, including murder. Local judges are instructed in how to decide cases by the most powerful person in the town and it all seems to work smoothly and efficiently.
