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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Cool, Neat, Awesome and all the Rest
Google has apparently decided that P.a.p.-Blog is now the most interesting human rights blog. A search for “human rights blogs” makes us come out on top: Let’s see how long it lasts… (Interestingly, we only make it to second place … Continue reading
Human Rights Maps (141): The American Indian Wars
In remembrance of Custer’s Last Stand, which earlier this week was 135 years ago to the day, a few words and maps about the Indian wars. This is the name for the series of violent conflicts between the native peoples … Continue reading
Posted in culture, data, globalization, human rights maps, intervention, war
Tagged American Indian Wars, American Revolutionary War, genocide, history, imperialism, indian wars, indigenous people, Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Manifest Destiny, map, maps, Mississippi River, native americans, Native Americans in the United States, United States
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Moral Dilemma (20): Knowing the Date You’ll Die
Assume your doctor finds out that you, a 12 year old child, have a genetic defect which will inexorably lead to your dead by the age of 30. There’s no cure. He has the choice of telling you this or … Continue reading
Political Graffiti (145): Revolution in Tunesia
(source) More on democratization in the Middle East here; and on the power of people uniting here. More political graffiti here.
Posted in political graffiti
Tagged arab democracy, democracy, democratization, middle east, power, revolution, tunesia
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The Ethics of Human Rights (48): Human Rights and Honor
(source) Many human rights violations are perpetrated by people in power for selfish reasons, because they are corrupt or evil, or because they believe they are doing good. In such cases, it often helps to remove those people from their … Continue reading
Human Rights Poem (81): O What Is That Sound
O what is that sound, by W.H. Auden O what is that sound which so thrills the ear Down in the valley drumming, drumming? Only the scarlet soldiers, dear, The soldiers coming. O what is that light I see flashing … Continue reading
Statistical Jokes (30): No Way to Bias a Coin Flip
(source) This excerpt from a scientific paper is not a joke, but it’s funny nonetheless, at least to me: Dice can be loaded — that is, one can easily alter a die so that the probabilities of landing on the … Continue reading
Posted in statistical jokes, statistics
Tagged bias, coin, Coin flipping, coin toss, Dice, humor, joke, probability
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Capital Punishment (34): Mere Signaling
It’s often assumed that capital punishment is about fighting crime, just retribution or desert, or perhaps about anger and revenge, but in reality it’s much more about signaling. And by signaling I don’t mean the signaling of threats to potential … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, culture, justice, law, philosophy
Tagged crime, Crime and Justice, death penalty, democracy, deterrence, Emotion, executions, human rights, instrumentalization, morality, politics, punishment, retribution, signaling, signalling
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Crime and Human Rights (12): Prison Rape in the U.S.
(source) The U.S. Department of Justice recently released its first-ever estimate of the number of inmates who are sexually abused in America each year. According to the department’s data, which are based on nationwide surveys of prison and jail inmates … Continue reading
Posted in data, human rights and crime, human rights violations, law
Tagged incarceration, prison, prison conditions, prison rape, rape, Sexual abuse, sexual violence, United States
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Human Rights Maps (140): Poverty in the U.S.
Here’s a map of the number of people in the U.S. below the poverty line (year 2009): (source, where you can view an interactive version of this map) (source) In total, around 14% of the population was considered poor in … Continue reading
Posted in data, economics, human rights maps, poverty
Tagged human rights, map, maps, poverty line, u.s., United States
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