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Debris from California fire

mercredi 6 mars 2019 à 01:00

Residents of Paradise, California, are being banned from living on their own land (in RVs, for instance) until it gets cleared of debris from the fire, which could take a year.

Fighting gangs in the UK

mercredi 6 mars 2019 à 01:00

The UK is repressing music as well as preteens in the name of fighting gangs.

Liam Neeson's past

mercredi 6 mars 2019 à 01:00

Modern day racism still leads white men to think of murdering black men to "protect" white women. The victims need not have personally done anything wrong; just being black is enough to qualify, in the racist mind.

Neeson didn't actually kill anyone, and he seems to have started to recognize that his reaction was wrong. He has learned part of the lesson, but not all of it.

What is the best way to react to this? We could revile him and punish him for thinking that way. Perhaps some of that is necessary. But it might be more effective to offer him future forgiveness if he sets himself to learn the rest of the lesson.

Imprisonment and education

mercredi 6 mars 2019 à 01:00

The American Federation of Teachers warns that imprisoning so many people in the US is bad for the education of many children.

Wiping out large animals

mercredi 6 mars 2019 à 01:00

Humans are wiping out large animals, pushing their species towards extinction.

To avoid destroying the wild, we need to leave half the Earth's land for wildlife, and that will get harder and harder if we keep increasing the human population. For this reason, and so many others, it is important not to have children.