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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Capital Punishment (27): In 2009
(source) More statistics on the death penalty here. There’s also more about capital punishment specifically in China, Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Posted in capital punishment, data, law, statistics
Tagged china, death penalty, iran, saudi arabia
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Human Rights Poem (77): Once in Awhile a Protest Poem (Famine)
Once in Awhile a Protest Poem, by David Axelrod Over and over again the papers print the dried out tit of an African woman holding her starving child. Over and over, cropping it each time to one prominent, withered tit, … Continue reading
Posted in health, horror, human rights poem, poverty
Tagged children's rights, disaster pornography, famine, human rights, human rights poem, malnutrition, poem, poetry, starvation
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Moral Dilemma (13): The Responsibility of Small Contributions
(source) In the movie Untraceable, a serial killer rigs contraptions that kill his victims based on the number of hits received by a website (“www.killwithme.com“) that features a live streaming video of the victim dying. Millions of people log on, … Continue reading
Posted in horror, moral dilemmas, philosophy
Tagged crime, culpability, ethics, individual responsibility, morality, murder, responsibility, violence
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Human Rights Facts (52): More People Than Ever Live in Slums
The proportion of the world’s urban population living in slums has fallen from nearly 40% a decade ago to less than a third today. China and India have together lifted 125m people out of slum conditions in recent years. North Africa’s … Continue reading
Posted in data, economics, housing, human rights facts, poverty, statistics, trade
Tagged facts, human rights, overpopulation, shelter, slum, urbanization
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Human Rights Ads (47): Too Many People Eat on the Streets
(source) More on homelessness. More human rights ads.
Posted in housing, human rights ads, poverty
Tagged ad, advert, advertising, homelessness, human rights ad, politics, poverty
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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (84): The Difference Between Prison and School
(source unknown) And another version: More on the prison system. More on education. More political jokes & funny quotes.
Posted in comedy, education, law, political jokes and funny quotes
Tagged humor, joke, prison, school
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Political Graffiti (97): Save Water, Shower Together
(source) More on the world’s water crisis here and here. More political graffiti here.
Posted in comedy, health, political graffiti
Tagged political graffiti, politics, water, water crisis
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My Latest Tweets
Is it fair to say that the US welfare system is the equivalent of throwing money in the street and hoping that the homeless will pick it up? I think I prefer to be wrong for the right reasons than right … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, economics, law, poverty
Tagged deterrence, future generations, homelessness, second amendment, twitter, welfare
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The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (43): The Sanctity of Life
In May 2007, the state of Ohio executed Christopher Newton, who “volunteered” to be put to death by giving up his appeals. He even refused to cooperate with those investigating the crime he committed unless they promised to seek the … Continue reading
