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Court orders imprisonment of wife

mardi 22 août 2017 à 02:00

India's Supreme Court annulled a marriage, and ordered the wife to be held incommunicado as a prisoner of her parents.

Her father claimed the husband had forced her into marriage, but she says no.

The court also ordered an investigation of the facts. An investigation may be called for, but how can that justify imprisoning her now?

Thug charged with murder

mardi 22 août 2017 à 02:00

The thug that killed Laquan McDonald has been charged with murder.

Municipal bicycle-rental systems

mardi 22 août 2017 à 02:00

Non-wealthy inhabitants of San Francisco and Oakland sabotage the municipal bicycle-rental systems, using it as a proxy for the gentrifiers.

Bicycle rentals are not "sharing", so "bicycle sharing" is a misleading PR term. Please let's avoid it.

Bicycle rental systems as such are not bad, but these systems are unjust and intolerable because they track their users. I would not propose to eliminate them, though; better to fix them not to surveil (see https://gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html).

The non-wealthy residents have discovered that sabotaging bicycle-rental is a way to fight gentrification. Urging them to think instead of it as merely a transportation service is valid in a shallow sense, but totally misses the point. First, those people surely know whether it will serve them or not. Second, if you want them to stop defending their housing this way, what other way do you suggest?

Sanctuary schools

mardi 22 août 2017 à 02:00

"Sanctuary Schools" Across America Defy Trump's Immigration Crackdown.

Persecution of homosexuality

mardi 22 août 2017 à 02:00

The imported European custom of persecution of homosexuality has taken deep root in Uganda. The state uses thugs for violent attacks on homosexuals.