by Carl Howard | Jun 28, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Feminism and LGBT, History
People have been posting and liking and rainbowifying profiles like there’s no tomorrow. It’s great to feel good when something good happens. And hopefully this will have a positive effect on Australia. But this is also a great time to read more things by LGBT people...
by Carl Howard | Apr 23, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, History, Race
This Saturday, April 25th, Australia will commemorate the ANZAC Centenary. On April 25th 1915, the ANZAC troops landed in Gallipoli, and there will be plenty of information about that in the media and in official channels –– before, during and after. This makes it...
by Carl Howard | Mar 12, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Ethics, History, Race
here was a post shared by a Facebook [ex-]friend a few months ago. I found it super-racist, to the extent that I chose to block him rather than try to engage. I will however address it here because it contains a lot of important+useful details about the Australian...
by Carl Howard | Jan 9, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, History, Race, Resources, Food and Environment
In 2008, there were over 1 million feral camels spread out over much of Australia’s desert interior, apparently with a population set to double every 8-9 years. Camels are obviously not native to Australia but are thriving in the deserts. Due to the camels using up...
by Carl Howard | Dec 17, 2014 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, History, Race
With such a tragedy hitting Sydney never has the expression opinions are like assholes –- everyone has one been more apt. Some of that talk has been racism and xenophobia (but not in my social media feeds, yay living in a bubble!) which should of course be condemned....
by Carl Howard | Dec 15, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, History, Resources, Food and Environment
[Spoiler for Django Unchained] The climax of the movie is when Django comes back to the house for a final showdown. One sequence is just classic love-him-or-loathe-him Tarantino: Django is at the top of the stairs explaining how he will take revenge on the white...
