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Monthly Archives: July 2011
P.a.p. on Facebook Now
Better late than never, as they say. It’s here. If you like P.a.p., you may want to “like” it and help it get some exposure. Much appreciated.
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When Human Rights Leave a Bad Taste in Your Mouth
(source) Take for instance capital punishment. Human rights defenders normally reject it. And indeed, if you use your head and look at the data, and if you refine your moral compass, you can’t possibly reach any other conclusion. And yet, … Continue reading
Posted in activism, philosophy
Tagged capital punishment, child labor, exploitation, headscarf, Human Right, islam, sweatshops, veil
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Annals of Heartlessness (4): Legalized Sex Slaves
(source) Men should be allowed sex slaves and female prisoners could do the job – and all this from a WOMAN politician from Kuwait. … A Kuwaiti woman who once ran for parliament has called for sex slavery to be … Continue reading
Posted in annals of heartlessness
Tagged graffiti, haram, heartlessness, human trafficking, islam, Kuwait, muslim, sex, sex slavery, sharia, slavery, sympathy
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Racism (19): Racial Inequality in U.S. Incarceration Rates
The boom in incarceration rates in the U.S., following the War on Drugs and other sentencing reforms inspired by the “tough on crime” ideology, has had devastating effects on the rights of the incarcerated – many of whom are in … Continue reading
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Tagged African American, children's rights, family, human rights, incarceration, Morgan Freeman, prison, racism, United States, war on drugs
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The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (82): Children as Involuntary Suicide Bombers
(source unknown) While targeting civilians in Kabul, the Taliban allegedly tricked an eight-year old girl into carrying a package containing a remote-control detonated bomb. Only the girl was killed in the blast. … [T]he girl was unaware that the bag … Continue reading
Posted in horror, international relations, most absurd human rights violations
Tagged absurd, afghanistan, human rights, Kabul, suicide, suicide bomber, taliban, terrorism
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Poverty and Privacy
The poor suffer certain specific violations of their right to privacy, and it’s fair to say that in general poverty means less privacy. Being poor often means having substandard housing. Without a proper house, or without a house at all, … Continue reading
Posted in economics, housing, poverty, privacy
Tagged abortion, credit scores, fourth amendment, homelessness, human rights, sterilization, taxation, welfare state
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Human Rights Nonsense (27): Applying Sunblock = Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse of children is a serious human rights violations, but some people can take anything that’s serious and make it too serious: Maryland health officials were making revisions … to a new policy that would have severely restricted who … Continue reading
Posted in education, human rights nonsense
Tagged human rights, nonsense, pedophilia, Sexual abuse, summer camp, Sunscreen
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Why Do Countries Become/Remain Democracies? Or Don’t? (20): Education Again
It’s a common assumption that democracy is driven by levels of education: Less educated people are – supposedly – easier to oppress and more willing to accept extreme and simplistic ideologies that authoritarian rulers can exploit. They are also said … Continue reading
The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (81): Arrested for Feeding the Homeless
Members of Orlando Food Not Bombs were arrested … when police said they violated a city ordinance by feeding the homeless in Lake Eola Park. … The penalty for violating Orlando’s ordinance is 60 days in jail, a $500 fine … Continue reading
Posted in activism, housing, law, most absurd human rights violations
Tagged absurd, arbitrary arrest, chaplin, homelessness, human rights, modern times, Paulette Goddard
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I Get Interesting E-Mails
(source) Take this one for instance: The site filipspagnoli.wordpress.com shares webspace with pornographers. Did you know that when you host with wordpress, blogspot, or many other common hosting providers, you are sharing space with satanists, pornographers, drug pushers, and those … Continue reading
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