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Monthly Archives: January 2010
The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (27): Immigration Control and Cultural Purity
From the Wall Street Journal: When Jordan Peimer booked an Argentine band that fuses Jewish Klezmer music with tango, he thought he had the perfect act to headline his “Fiesta Hanukkah” concert. “It is hard to imagine any band more … Continue reading
Political Artist (37): Randy Newman
In defense of the U.S. – half tongue-in-cheek, I’m afraid. I would offer a full-blown defense of that beautiful country I criticize so often, and I’ll do so when I find one. In the meantime, there’s this: More Randy Newman … Continue reading
Measuring Poverty (3): The Problem of Cluster Sampling
Poverty is usually measured by way of surveys. Households are asked how much they consume or how much income they have. Below a certain level of consumption or income people are considered to be poor (this is the so-called poverty line). I … Continue reading
Posted in data, economics, measuring poverty, poverty, statistics
Tagged cluster sampling, consumption, household surveys, income, measurement, poverty line, random sample, sample, survey
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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (72): Islamophobia
A man is out walking in New York when he sees a girl being savaged by a fierce dog. He fights off the dog by beating about the head with a stick and saves the girl’s life. The girl’s mother … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, culture, political jokes and funny quotes
Tagged humor, iran, islam, islamophobia, joke, muslim, quote
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Limiting Free Speech (39): From Hate Speech to Hate Crime, the Case of Rwanda
(source) I’ve argued before in favor of possible and limited restrictions on hate speech (see here, here, here and here). Although I take human rights, and especially freedom of expression, very seriously (I wouldn’t be writing this blog otherwise), I … Continue reading
Posted in discrimination and hate, horror, intervention, law, limiting free speech, philosophy
Tagged balancing rights, cartoon, first amendment, free speech, freedom of expression, genocide, hate, hate crime, hate radio, hate speech, incitement to violence, isaiah berlin, limited rights, morality, radio mille collines, rwanda, value pluralism
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Human Rights Nonsense (11): Male Prostitute Feels Like Rosa Parks
Another case in which the language of human rights is shockingly abused: Markus [is] America’s first legal male prostitute. [He] is the newest hire at the Shady Lady Ranch brothel in Tonopah Nevada, a business that recently got the go-ahead to hire a … Continue reading
Political Graffiti (83): We Govern Ourselves Now
More on the meaning of democratic self-government. More political graffiti.
Posted in democracy, political graffiti
Tagged democracy, political graffiti, politics, self-government
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Measuring Poverty (2): Some Problems With Poverty Measurement
The struggle against poverty is a worthy social goal, and the absence of poverty is a human right. But poverty is also an obstacle to other social goals, particularly the full realization of other human rights. A necessary instrument in … Continue reading
Posted in aid, data, economics, equality, measuring poverty, poverty, statistics
Tagged distributions, human rights, income inequality, measurement, poverty rate, relative poverty, sample, survey, what is poverty
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Human Rights Ads (38): Hate Crime
(source) More on hate crime: on the question whether hate crime laws constitute thought crime the reasons for having hate crime laws the difference between hate crime and hate speech some statistics on hate crime is hate crime caused by … Continue reading
Posted in discrimination and hate, human rights ads, law
Tagged crime, hate, hate crime, human rights, law, politics, violence
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