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Airlines cater to irrational passengers

mercredi 9 mars 2016 à 01:00

"My friend was texting prayers. If this is suspicious, the terrorists have won."

The basic injustice here is kicking a passenger off a flight because some other passenger is irrationally upset. If airlines made it clear that they would not do this, and told the irrational passengers "You can leave the plane if you like, but we see no reason to punish that person," they would learn to control themselves and there would be no problem.

I think it is also an injustice to set a standard that passengers should show all their secrets in the vain hope of being allowed to travel, or that a much-used bible can prove they are good people. In the US, at least, Christian terrorists are right up there in violence with the Muslim terrorists.

Reproductive justice and economic justice

mercredi 9 mars 2016 à 01:00

Reproductive justice and economic justice go together: for many women, pregnancy implies poverty, as they can't afford the cost of an abortion, and can even less afford the cost of having a baby.

Republican abortion sabotage measures are often designed to make abortions prohibitively expensive.

Canada's no-fly list

mercredi 9 mars 2016 à 01:00

Syed Adam Ahmed is still on Canada's no-fly list, despite reaching the advanced age of 6, and the Canadian government refuses even to say why.

Orangutan populations

mercredi 9 mars 2016 à 01:00

Orangutans populations have been found in additional parts of Sumatra, but that won't save them from extinction. Some orangutan cultures may be extinct even sooner.

Future of Liberalism and Socialism

mercredi 9 mars 2016 à 01:00

Bernie Sanders and the Future of Liberalism and Socialism.