by Carl Howard | Jul 7, 2014 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Race
On October 11th 2010, France banned wearing clothing intended to conceal the face in public, with a 150 Euro fine. While the law did not specifically name Islamic dress, the target was the niqab (full covering minus an opening for the eyes), burqa (full covering with...
by Carl Howard | Jun 30, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, History, Race, Resources, Food and Environment
Brazilian police on horses clash with indigenous protesters, dressed in traditional costumes You know what I find annoying about the World Cup? Loud self-congratulations by some people about how much they don’t care about the World Cup. Yes, if you’re someone who...
by Carl Howard | Jun 24, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, Charity and Philanthropy, Ethics, History, Resources, Food and Environment, Society
Most people have probably heard of Oskar Schindler through Spielberg’s movie Schindler’s List. Schindler is the most famous member of 25,271 people called Righteous of the Nations. These are non-Jews identified by the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum to have committed...
by Carl Howard | Jun 16, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Ethics, History, Race
Last week, the Sydney Morning Herald published a turd of an article titled How racist are you? by Mark Sawyer. It was so screwed up and misguided that I thought it’s a perfect thing to pick apart. It inadvertently does a great job of highlighting some of Australian...
by Carl Howard | May 28, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Feminism and LGBT, History, Medicine, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Philosophy
You’ve probably seen stuff about the Isla Vista shooting everywhere (I’ll have links to good resources at the bottom of the post). Still, I thought it was worth addressing whether or not Elliot Rodger had a mental illness or not. Here’s a Facebook post by Maddox that...
by Carl Howard | May 20, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, Interesting Stuff, Race, Resources, Food and Environment
The image has been spreading for a few weeks and has found its way to Reddit, Imgur and Viralnova. The background is that the farmer’s wife died and he sold his possessions and worked really hard to put his son through university. And now he has, with the son wearing...
