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Companies repeat wrongdoing

samedi 10 octobre 2015 à 02:00

Why do companies repeat the same wrongdoing after being caught?

I'd say it's because the punishments are insufficient to dissuade them.

Campaign finance laws

samedi 10 octobre 2015 à 02:00

Wisconsin Republicans are embarrassed that Scott Walker apparently violated campaign finance laws, so they are going to repeal the laws.

Student unions' "no platform" practice

samedi 10 octobre 2015 à 02:00

Julie Bindel condemns the student unions' "no platform" practice that hasbanned her from debates at UK universities.

I disagree with Bindel about sex work and some other issues. As for whether posing nude is a way to liberate women, that's complicated because patricarchy is complicated. It includes pressure for women to be ashamed of their bodies, and a tendency to judge women solely in terms of sex and attractiveness. Posing nude resists the former but may promote the latter.

Regardless of whether I agree with her, I think it is wrong to exclude her from speaking at UK universities.

Bias against blacks

samedi 10 octobre 2015 à 02:00

The American Bar Association's president explains many ways that the US legal system is biased against blacks.

Book fair rebukes Saudi Arabia

samedi 10 octobre 2015 à 02:00

It falls to a book fair to rebuke Saudi Arabia for its plan to execute a protester.