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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Political Graffiti (110): Donate Your Old Clothes, Shoes and BMW’s
(by Rene Gagnon, source) More political graffiti. More on charity. More on the recession.
Posted in art, economics, political graffiti, poverty
Tagged charity, guerilla art, political graffiti, recession, street art, urban art
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Human Rights Maps (93): One Man, One Vote
Democracy – or the right to take part in the government, directly or through representatives who have been freely chosen in regular and honest elections that guarantee the equal right to choose - is a human right. In fact, these words have … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, equality, human rights maps, law
Tagged citizens united, disenfranchisement, election system, elections, equal influence, equal rights, human rights, mapping, maps, one man one vote, proportional representation, right to democracy, scotus, senate, supreme court, u.s., voting rights
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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (93): Small Government Conservatism
I am an American conservative shitheel. This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, governance, law, political jokes and funny quotes
Tagged big state, conservatism, conservative, government, humor, ideology, joke, overlegislation, socialism, tea-party
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Why Do We Need Human Rights? (17): Freedom From Nature
From the beginning of human history, man has always tried to escape from natural necessity. Christianity views our earthly existence as a valley of tears and is generally hostile to nature, especially the nature within us. Genesis 1:26-27 states that … Continue reading
Posted in art, culture, economics, education, freedom, health, philosophy, poverty, why do we need human rights, work
Tagged basic needs, biology, division of labor, hannah arendt, hierarchy of needs, history, human rights, instrumentum vocale, labor, maslow, memory, natural necessity, nature, progress, science, slavery, specialization
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Human Rights Poem (79): I am a Negro
(source) I am a Negro, by Langston Hughes I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa. I’ve been a slave: Caesar told me to keep his door-steps clean. I brushed the … Continue reading
Posted in discrimination and hate, freedom, human rights poem
Tagged african americans, black, discrimination, Langston Hughes, lynching, negro, racism, slavery
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Political Graffiti (109): Poverty and Public Transport
(source) More on poverty. More political graffiti.
Posted in political graffiti, poverty
Tagged graffiti, politics, public transport, transport
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Discrimination (5): Statistical Discrimination
Definition Here’s the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics definition of statistical discrimination: Statistical discrimination is a theory of inequality between demographic groups based on stereotypes that do not arise from prejudice or racial and gender bias. When rational, information-seeking decision … Continue reading
Posted in discrimination, discrimination and hate, economics, education, equality, health, justice, law, philosophy, statistics, trade, work
Tagged human rights and risk, insurance, morality, racial profiling, rationality, risk, self-fulfilling, statistical discrimination, stereotype threat, stereotypes, unconscious discrimination, wage gap, weight of history
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Political Graffiti (108): This Institution Suppresses Freedom of Expression
(source) More on freedom of expression. More political graffiti.
Posted in freedom, political graffiti
Tagged free expression, freedom of expression, graffiti, politics
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The Ethics of Human Rights (34): Human Rights, Moral Universals, and Cultural Relativism
The universality of human rights is arguably their most important attribute. I won’t repeat my arguments in favor of this claim (if you’re interested, go here, here, here and here). “Universality” here obviously means something like “universal value”, “universal importance”, … Continue reading
