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Category Archives: annals of heartlessness
Annals of Heartlessness (21): Poverty is OK
A survey result that is – to me at least – shocking: half of Americans believe that it’s perfectly OK for some people to be poor. And by political affiliation: (source) More in the annals of heartlessness here.
Posted in annals of heartlessness, economics, poverty
Tagged heartlessness, politics, public opinion, United States
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Annals of Heartlessness (20): Reporting a Crime is Worse Than the Crime
(source) The first shock came when Mordechai Jungreis [a member of an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community in NY, not in the image] learned that his mentally disabled teenage son [not in the image either] was being molested in a Jewish ritual bathhouse in Brooklyn. … Continue reading
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Tagged Child sexual abuse, Haredi Judaism, Hasidic Judaism, heartlessness, jews, ostracism, pedophilia
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Annals of Heartlessness (19): “I Ain’t Got No Body”
A public decapitation in China on a postcard, with a heartless comment: (source unknown) The precise historical context of the scene is unclear to me, but it appears to be during or before WWII, and the executioners are probably Japanese soldiers. … Continue reading
Posted in annals of heartlessness
Tagged china, capital punishment, execution, death penalty, beheadings, decapitation, heartlessness
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Annals of Heartlessness (18): Gays in Texas Like Prison Rape
(source) Texas justice has rarely been kind to homosexuals. Take, for example, the case of Calvin Burdine, who was sentenced to death in 1984 for the murder of his male companion. Burdine’s court-appointed lawyer, when not dozing, referred to his … Continue reading
Annals of Heartlessness (17): Instrumentalization of the Homeless
(source) A marketing company is using some of Austin’s homeless population as roving pay-as-you-go wireless hotspots during SXSW. The project is called Homeless Hotspots. Homeless people have been enlisted to roam the streets wearing T-shirts that say “I am a … Continue reading
Posted in annals of heartlessness, housing, poverty
Tagged dehumanization, heartlessness, homelessness, instrumentalization, SXSW, Wi-Fi
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