A Recompiled Essay: April 24th, 2009

Particle III

THE INTER-DISCIPLINARIAN

THE POLICY OF WASTE

By Gbujama J. M.

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Questions have been put forth in the automated examination of waste, its definitions and costs; whether to be deemed a by product of abundance, squander or worse; part of a psychosis of misuse. It is amazing that considered attempts to stream line the work place with practical tools such as the Internet and mobile phone (comporting heavy and more fixed office structures) are functionally defined in mode, as some manner of lacking of waste disposal. This is to emphasize, that rational streamlining does not occur in reason because of a general failure to dispose of waste, but rather an attempt in design and purpose to reduce it. Similar claims have also been made of the Internet, that though the Internet may be considered a compressor of an existent vastness of knowledge, nonetheless, given the unsettled nature of technological, social and political problems, its technology has joined company of definitions of waste; both in time and content; definitions compounded by an increasing medical approach and debate. These observations are evident in professional language that leans towards issues of sanity and mental health, despite any existent evidence of serious organizational purpose. However, the obvious must not be overlooked, that regardless of any objections and observation, prudent or unfortunate; waste has always been a component part of organizational development. In actual fact, it is organization more-so than reduction that is the key in the policy management of both extremes; the cerebral Internet heights on the one hand - the physiological lavatory depths on the other.

In this regard, there has been in recent studies, the categorization of a new mental disorder identified as IAD, Internet Addiction Disorder. While not listed in the Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV); however, associational research publications on psychology like the Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders, as well as the American Psychological Association (APA), recognize it as a process addiction in the same category as gaming, shopping, television viewing and sexual behavior, with particular note distinguishing such addiction from substance abuse. Diagnosis is made, that patients afflicted with IAD are drawn to such addictions by reasons of mood alteration towards a rush, the re-enforcement of pleasurable thoughts, genetic causes, modeling (imitation of a mentor), escape from family conflict and an attempt to self medicate. Symptoms include fatigue, apathy and racing thoughts, while treatment is suggested in the form of abstinence, support groups, re-enforcement reduction and social skills training. However in criticism, despite the attempt to invent terms in explanation of the use of innovative mediums, the term substance varies, from matter and density to constitutional, essential and most controversial - material. Even though definitively separated, there is a contradiction in the idea of being addicted to essential factors. Therefore, it is doubtful whether internet users are addicted if so defined, to nothing - and moreover difficult to conclude that the term process, which is defined as a systematic operation in the production of something is an addiction in the medical sense. Philosophically, while in due process, most people consider nothing, to be something. These observations are particular to professionalism and its recent reliance on the internet as a simulated alternative platform, unfortunately transforming the internet to more than just an isolated laboratory. Consequently, in the examination of listed effects of IAD, it is irrational to suggest that pleasure, genetic ability, mentoring - in brief, an attempt to engage in productive activity is conflictive when professionalism and business use such mediums as resource. In view of the need to diagnose the mind in relation to private and social activities, it must be stated that such conclusions are made too early. From the ingestion of the written word, sound and images, in the form of e-mail, Internet messenger and web, it is the response acceleration that must be examined – the global high speed magic so to speak and its productive substance. These factors often place science in its least desired zones of anomalism and chaos, in the process of balancing rapidity - since data is telemetric record, not teleological activity. And this includes the study of political science as well. In the revolutionary observation of internet user evolution, it is important to distinguish psyche - the mind as a functioning center of thought, from psychosis - and in that respect, the capacity of cyberspace.

It has been historically speculated that in addition to 100 public latrines, the ancient Romans used sauna like facilities where dignitaries would sit face to face with each other discussing critical matters during such pressing moments. Today, removed from such social comforts, most modern facilities are private in design, even in scope of their public function. While contentions are maintained, that the complexity of interior lavatories may have ended formally, with the invention of the U-tube pipe and the variances of exterior lavatories with the automation of public self-cleaning fixtures; however, the allocation of these technologies is alternatively in the development of urban locals, whereby making lavatories the most desired and attractive accommodation relating to polities. Yet, this underscores that a distinction in civilizations amongst numerous factors, is the separation from excrement and corpses in daily living. Often the argument of health concerns due to contamination and infection, pale in comparison to the psychological and definitive physiological damage such exposure has on the mind and body. In terms of the associational, in the psychological sense it can be argued, that of innumerable symptoms and afflictions associated with poorly maintained lavatories; are weight loss, communal discord, religious violations, atmospheric putrefaction and cultural distortion; in conservative estimation. In spite of that, it must be included that there are schools of thought that purport, that as a means of aversion therapy, nations that splurge the necessary refinements of cuisine to obese levels may be in better need of occasional exposure to such methodology; even though most modern polities do not encourage the use of emetics as a therapeutic means.

However, the relationship between waste management and water though frequently an issue of pollutants and shortage, exposes two basic inconsistencies; the first is that while sewage problems exist in city polities such as Freetown for instance, yet urban pipe water is remarkably among the purest in the world. Second, is that despite this argument, economic factors of packaged water introduce a conflicting demand, since as in the West; such businesses are in nascent demand. Precisely how this revolution affects the need to channel, not simply waste matter but nondrinking water in a whole is still a matter of implementation. Though there are guidelines in strict definition, they do not take into consideration constructive variances in urban planning as models of treatment. While urban models rely heavily on treatment and conversion through pipe systems, rural models use tanks and internment storage facilities for periodic disposal; without disregard, that rural models are also used in urban locales. Nonetheless, conventional applications are of sanitized discussion given sciences treatments of waste disposal technology and its similarity to methods used in rural agricultural communities, especially those methods proven successful in manure containment and use. The human factor therefore is presented not as response to intelligent needs, but to that of the more instinctive and base routines of habitation. Indeed, in call for the formulation of a National Sewage Plan, it must be emphasized that as parcel to any degree of propaganda and influence towards nationalism, sanitation must therefore be directly reflected as a radical means towards the mobilization of the citizenry and polity. Though of a rudimentary nature, it is unlikely that better successes may be found in any form of communal attempt in which individuals in the community themselves undergo the discords of such facilitative lacking. In this regard arguments have been posed in the dispute towards placing blame for such lacking, whether in the presiding politicians and their bureaucrats or designated engineers. Certainly, it is safe to assert that perhaps a merge of these two interests may be necessary in the form of the political scientist, whose duty it is to see that that there is both a systemic and scientific responsiveness. This again, is no comment on traditional alternatives of waste disposal that may exist in conversion effort, yet it must be added that there are less signs indicating any reduction of desire towards modern development.

This is despite the argument that modern waste disposal is not an academy science per se but an industrial matter if anything. The University of Australia’s India study for instance recommending reed irrigational efforts to channel and convert waste matter has been an internationally applauded study taking into consideration the particularly urban problem. In Sierra Leone, government increased awareness by raising fines in the revival of the 1960 Public Health Act. Still, post rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts often exploit the trend of a packaged water revolution with a corporate image similar to the global corporate bottled water revolution, which still emphasizes the need to either seek more channeling of non-drinking water resources towards waste disposal in the form of as mentioned, a National Sewage Plan (NSP). The issue itself is as uncomfortable as its need, frequently prompting examples of well maintained yet out of date facilities on the one hand, and deplorable conditions on the other; with considerations of outdoor lavatory, notwithstanding, that bring to focus pertinent aeration methods such as those common in the use of the traditional Baffa lavatory. Most affordable and consuming little water, the strategic placement of the Baffa lavatory may assist in providing as in case of the automated outdoor lavatory, a manner by which there develops an expectancy that the demand for lavatories will in no manner be a source of privacy restrictions or specific capitalist withholdings. Though frequently in wide need, it is ironic that lavatories are for the most part the most disputed protected and privatized commodities in most polities; particularly in the urban areas of Westernized countries. Perhaps more detailed assignments towards designating clean Interval Zones should be underway, since urban congestion may not allow for such methods.

Any attempt by the state to further these types of objectives of waste, Internet control, and specific policy, it must be noted that concerning the formation of commissions aligned with these functions, there is the implication that there must be a limited time period allotted to the purpose of such bodies. While commissions in short provide a conduit of mediation and inquiry regarding national and other issues, particularly those of crisis management; however extensively, commissions tend to proceed as the government’s government. As cautious record, the Catholic Encyclopedia remarks about commission authority, these decisions are not the opinions of a private assembly, but an official directive norm; to question them publicly would be lacking in respect and obedience to legitimate authority. We are not hindered from private study of the reasons on which they are based, and if some scholar should find solid arguments against a decision, they should be set before the Commission. Therefore, it must be emphasized that this opinion is not a critique implicitly opposed to the formation of commissions, since almost every form of governing authority has found need to delegate authority in one manner or other. It is an allusion to the fact that often there results a block process mechanism in such formations, which impinges on party principles, issues, as well as may discourage individual participation. More directly, that there must be a reduction of cynicism towards any process in which opposition members are admitted. Scholars have submitted that post independence leaders of most common wealth governments served to ratify British interests of those who participated in their administrations, than were overt opposition members. And this is not to question national patronages of national and trans-national development associations towards such ambitions that arose in the aftermath; yet particularly, given as example, the suggestiveness of such formations cannot be overlooked, such that in Sierra Leone for instance, the question looms whether it was better to decide on one party formations with internal elections, a general multi-party, or more broad selections as in German politics, in which winning and loosing parties merge interests, rather than focus on selectiveness as a primary concern. It was the success of such concessions in the form of the Great Sorbeh merge of Sierra Leone that led to whatever stability exists in current dominant party politics. It must also be reflected, that over again in many polities, the religious association rule was compromised in many respects and remains most open to future breaches. Traditionally and historically in the formation of western parties, philosophy and conceptual differences were the basis of party formation, given to, but not subject to registration limitations. The argument that is, that commissions are lower in rank to congregations and individual means.