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Crime of insulting the king

mercredi 3 mars 2021 à 01:00

Spain makes it a crime to insult the king. This system of censorship is an injustice.

I strongly dislike Tarantino's movies, those I have seen any of. I don't intend to see any more. I would probably dislike those rappers' performances, too — except that they probably speak too fast for me, and with Spanish colloquialisms I don't know, so I would not understand them. But my tastes are irrelevant to the issue. Their works don't need to appeal to my taste to be covered by freedom of expression.

Fired for calling for safety measures

mercredi 3 mars 2021 à 01:00

* Ben Bonnema says he was [fired by Trader Joe's] after writing a letter to company’s CEO calling for a series of safety measures for workers.*

Refusing to believe

mercredi 3 mars 2021 à 01:00

Since people can refuse to believe the bullshitter when he says he won the last election, they can also refuse to believe Ex-pope Benedict when he sais he resigned.

Fossil fuel emissions

mercredi 3 mars 2021 à 01:00

*Fossil fuel emissions in danger of surpassing pre-Covid levels.*

This is no surprise. What it shows was that people should not let the Covid-19 recession relax their demand for policies that cut emissions.

Negotiating under sanctions

mercredi 3 mars 2021 à 01:00

Explaining Iran's refusal to negotiate while the US keeps all the sanctions going. The article shows the diplomatic harm this would do to Iran.

For me, a much simpler explanation was sufficient.