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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Human Rights Maps (115): Legalization of Euthanasia
This is the status dd. 2009: (source, click image to enlarge) I guess “passive euthanasia” here means stopping life support and possibly other ways of letting people die without active intervention that makes them die. If you have more up-to-date … Continue reading
Posted in data, health, human rights maps, law
Tagged Anti-Euthanasia, assisted suicide, autonomy, corporal self-determination, death, End-of-Life, euthanasia, human rights, map, mapping, maps, self-determination, self-ownership, suicide
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The Causes of Human Rights Violations (24): Political Rhetoric, Violence and Free Speech
(source) My two cents about the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords: The attack was obviously politically inspired, even though the shooter may have been insane. An insane act isn’t necessarily apolitical. There may or may not be a direct causal link … Continue reading
Check Out My Other Blog
As I want to keep p.a.p.-blog as focused as possible, I always resisted blogging about stuff that’s unrelated to human rights. Hence the need for a separate blog to vent about my other interests (yes, I do have them). It’s … Continue reading
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Racism (16): Race and Crime
It’s well-known that African-Americans make up a disproportionate part of the U.S. prison population. Racists of course have an easy explanation for this, but what is the real explanation? Part of it is probably racial profiling and bias among jury … Continue reading
Posted in data, discrimination and hate, economics, education, equality, poverty, racism
Tagged banksy, crime, incarceration, prison, Property crime, pulp fiction, race, racial bias, racial profiling, racism, Samuel L Jackson
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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (102): TV Censorship Priorities
More on violence on television here and here; something on violence and gaming is here; something on pornography and violence here; something on “naughty words” here and here; and on censorship in general here. More jokes here.
Posted in comedy, freedom, political jokes and funny quotes
Tagged censorship, free speech, humor, joke, Jokes, media, obscenity, pornography, television, TV, violence
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The Causes of Wealth Inequality (13): Deliberate Policy?
(source) Some say that the increase in income inequality in countries such as the U.S. has been the result of deliberate government policy. That’s quite an accusation. It’s not controversial to assume that tax policy under right wing governments tends … Continue reading
Posted in causes of income inequality, data, economics, equality, governance, work
Tagged democrats, disincentives, Economic inequality, George W. Bush, incentives, income, income inequality, left wing, minimum wage, politics, republicans, right-wing, Tax, taxation, trickle down economics, unionization, United States
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The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (71): Arrested for Having a Suspicious Bagel on a Plane
A Florida professor was arrested and removed from a plane Monday after his fellow passengers alerted crew members they thought he had a suspicious package in the overhead compartment. That “suspicious package” turned out to be keys, a bagel with … Continue reading
Human Rights Maps (114): US Remittances to Mexico
(source, based on information from Raúl Hernández-Coss for the World Bank; click image to enlarge) Remittances to Mexico exceed $20 billion a year. Worldwide, remittances have surpassed direct aid in volume. The United States is the largest source of remittances … Continue reading
Posted in aid, citizenship, data, economics, globalization, human rights maps, international relations, poverty
Tagged development aid, maps, mexico, remittances, saudi arabia, u.s., United States, world bank
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Political Graffiti (126): The Great Recession
(source unknown) More about the recession. More graffiti. Related Articles Afghan graffiti art hits Kabul (bbc.co.uk) Graffiti vandal faces jail time (dispatch.com)
