by Carl Howard | Dec 16, 2011 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, Blogging the Bible, Feminism and LGBT
A story has made it to the news cycle about a week ago about an Afghan woman who is marrying the man who raped her. Via MSNBC: Gulnaz, who uses one name, has been in an Afghan prison cell for about two years. She says she only has one choice if she wants to bring...
by Carl Howard | Dec 8, 2011 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Race, Resources, Food and Environment, Society
t’s recently come up in a Facebook discussion that I don’t think the idea of a “Third World” has much merit. I’ve posted on this briefly a few years ago but I hope I’ve learnt a thing or two since then! Just to get things clear, there are definitions of First/Third...
by Carl Howard | Aug 15, 2011 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Charity and Philanthropy, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Resources, Food and Environment, Science and Skepticism
In 2009 I set up a recurring (monthly) donation to the World Food Program. In mid 2010, I decided that I’d be quitting my job in early 2011 and taking a year off. As part of that I began to wind down some expenses to save up a bit more. One of the things to go was...
by Carl Howard | Jul 18, 2011 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Evolution and Biology, Science and Skepticism
I reckon most people aren’t too comfortable with the idea of punishing children for the actions of their forefathers. At least when the idea is stated explicitly. Consider Exodus 20:5-6. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God...
by Carl Howard | Jul 5, 2011 | Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, History, Society
This post is the last in a series of 3 posts (first here, second here) about the monstrosities of the Russian prison system. As mentioned, I didn’t find the worst thing to be the terrible living conditions or even the tortures invented by the administration. The worst...
by Carl Howard | Jul 4, 2011 | Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, History, Society
This post continues from last week’s post on a Russian prison system documentary. As I said, the poor living conditions may be the least of your worries. The second issue is kinds of abuses the guards dish out. I’m sure you’ve seen plenty of exposes of stunning abuse...
