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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Migration and Human Rights (25): Immigration Restrictions
Showing that increased immigration tends to benefit natives reduces resistance on the margin, which is worth doing. But, in my experience, laying out clearly the immense benefits to the immigrants is extremely powerful. It highlights the needless misery caused by … Continue reading
Human Rights Poem (74): Go Slow
(source) Go slow, by Langston Hughes Go slow, they say- while the bite Of the dog is fast. Go slow, I hear- While they tell me You can’t eat here! You can’t live here! You can’t work here! Don’t Demonstrate! … Continue reading
Posted in art, freedom, human rights poem
Tagged go slow, human rights poem, Langston Hughes, poem, poetry, revolt
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Political Graffiti (79): Dump Fascism
More on fascism and nazism. More political graffiti.
Posted in political graffiti
Tagged fascism, nazi, nazism, political graffiti, politics
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The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (21): The North Korean Famine
(source) From 1995 to 1997, famine raged in North Korea. According to a report by North Korea’s Public Security Ministry, up to 3 million lost their lives (source). As this isn’t the most neutral observer, real numbers are probably much higher. (See an older … Continue reading
Posted in horror, most absurd human rights violations
Tagged absurd, famine, human rights, human rights violations, hunger, kim jong il, korea
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What is This Graph About? (5)
The answer is here. More mystery graphs.
Posted in quiz, what is this graph about?
Tagged casualties, facts, graphs, human rights, human rights facts, mystery graph, statistics, violence, war
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Religion and Human Rights (19): Between Equality and Diversity – The Rule of Law, Except When…
One of the principles of liberal democracies is the equality before the law. The law shouldn’t protect or harm some citizens more than others (and to some extent this even applies to non-citizens within the jurisdiction of the democracy). The … Continue reading
Human Rights Nonsense (10): Protecting Children by Banning Parents From Play Areas
It seems some people take the rights of children a bit too seriously. From Henry Porter’s Blog: [The city of] Watford [in the U.K.] has just banned parents from watching their own children at two council play areas. … “Sadly, … Continue reading
Posted in human rights nonsense, law
Tagged absurd, child abuse, children's rights, human rights, nonsense, pedophiles, pedophilia, playgrounds, rape
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What is This Graph About? (4)
The answer is here. More mystery graphs.
Posted in quiz, what is this graph about?
Tagged facts, graphs, human rights, human rights facts, law, legislation, mystery graph, public opinion, religion, sharia, statistics
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Human Rights Maps (75): Military Spending Worldwide, as Percentage of GDP and of World Total
(click on the image to enlarge) More on military spending (or “defense” spending) here. Some statistics here. More maps here.
Posted in human rights maps, war
Tagged data, defense, defense spending, human rights maps, map, maps, military, military spending, politics, statistics
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