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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Political Graffiti (107): Princess Hijab
(source) More on Princess Hijab. More on the Muslim headscarf and on gender discrimination. More political graffiti.
Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (91): The Freedom of Fucking Speech
From The Onion: Supreme Court Upholds Freedom Of Speech In Obscenity-Filled Ruling In a decisive and vulgar 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court once again upheld the constitution’s First Amendment this week, calling the freedom of expression among the most … Continue reading
Freedom of Expression and the Internet
(source) The internet is undoubtedly a huge boost for freedom of expression, and not only a quantitative boost. It has certain qualitative characteristics that older media don’t have, which make it particularly beneficial for free speech. A first reason why … Continue reading
Posted in freedom, globalization, law, privacy
Tagged censorship, china, first amendment, free speech, freedom of expression, google, great firewall, internet, internet filtering, net neutrality
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Human Rights Maps (91): Imperialism in North America, 1750 to 2008
Or, as the author of the map puts it: “non-native American nations territorial claims over NAFTA countries”. It’s animated, so take a few minutes to watch it (if the animation doesn’t start automatically, click on the image): (source) More on … Continue reading
Posted in data, globalization, human rights maps, international relations, intervention
Tagged colonialism, conquest, human rights, imperialism, map, mapping, maps, north america, territory
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Limiting Free Speech (41): Crush Videos
In its irresistible march toward the deification of the First Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court has again decided in favor of free speech absolutism. (And it’s not like I don’t care about free speech). In United States v Stevens the … Continue reading
The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (56): Different Lives in the Middle East
On one side of a barbed-wire fence here in the southern Hebron hills is the Bedouin village of Umm al-Kheir, where Palestinians live in ramshackle tents and huts. They aren’t allowed to connect to the electrical grid, and Israel won’t … Continue reading
Crime and Human Rights (9): A Human Right to Possess and Carry Firearms?
(source) Well, possessing and carrying firearms certainly isn’t a human right since it’s not mentioned in any global human rights treaty or declaration. Neither is it a right that’s demanded by the majority of people in the world. It seems … Continue reading
Human Rights Maps (90): Race and Poverty in the U.S.
Here are two maps, one showing the percentage of white people per county in the U.S., the other one the percentage of poor people per county. And when you compare these two maps, it’s quite striking that the less white a … Continue reading
Posted in discrimination and hate, human rights maps, poverty
Tagged human rights, map, maps, race, race and poverty, racism, u.s.
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Human Rights Ads (51): What Goes Around, Comes Around
(source) Here and here is more on the often counterproductive nature of many government policies. Here is more on Iraq. And here are more human rights ads.
Posted in human rights ads
Tagged ad, advert, advertising, counter-productive, human rights ad, iraq, self-defeating, self-destructive, war
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