Tag: torture
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Death penalty because you are gay. LGBTQ+ as one of the world’s most pressing issues
One would think that Hitler’s systemic incarceration, torture and eventual killings of LGBTQ+ people (which actually happened on an unimaginable scale) is a relic of the past and that things are over now when the majority of developed countries legalized sexual minorities or even provided lawful means of partnerships or marriages. No, especially in developing…
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The Christian morals. Why do prisoners torture child abusers?
You can steal, rob, or murder an elderly person, but when you touch a child, it is a huge problem for prisoners in Christian cultures. One can object it may be natural as a huge percentage of prisoners were abused by someone at some point in their childhood (some estimates go from 30 to 70…
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What is worse in absolute terms? Holocaust or meat industry?
As we have the financial industry, entertainment industry, technology industry, energy industry, music industry, and construction industry, we have the meat industry and mass genocide industry. Of course, the people who perished in the Holocaust were Jews, Romani people, or culturally Slavic people (and I am not trying to lessen their suffering). Yes, people. However,…
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Halal, kosher. When animals feel unimaginable pain
I visited a Kebab Shop once. I politely asked what kind of meat it was, whether it was Halal or not. “We have beef, chicken and pork. All except pork is Halal.” I replied: “All right. I will have the pork then.” No problems so far. After eating, I found the vendor and said: “Well,…
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Israel as the democracy in the Middle East? I don’t think so
Some people present the Israeli political system as a democracy. And the only one in the Middle East. Given the fact no other country in the world maintains the biggest open-air prison in the world (the Israeli-occupied territories) believing in Israel’s democratic principles suddenly disappears. Torture in Israeli prisons is systemic, there is limited freedom…
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How Mao had screwed up and China could have been a modern country had the US invaded it back in the days
Every developing country has its own political turmoil (yes, the politicians and those behind are just animals) that doesn’t really brighten the country’s prospects. Just like Stalin had absolute power, Mao could have done the same with his power to build the country down from the Middle Ages into an industrial empire. But no, senseless…
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From ideals to the lethal reality: How the US soldiers are dying for nothing but interest of the few super-rich
A husband is departing to fight another war the United States of America has waged. A saddened wife is crying on the doorsteps. He is expecting his baby. But it has a purpose. We are the United States. The military service is deeply ingrained in his family. His grandfather served in WW2 (while having been…
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The Czech Guantanamo where Havel was imprisoned: The murderers and torturers live among us
Be sure that people who tortured and killed people (soldiers, correction officers, mobsters, and freed criminals) are walking down the street. The small town of Jičín is no exception. Walking along the basswood alley built by then the most powerful man in Europe Albrecht von Wallenstein, you will get into Valdice which is a small…
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Palestinians would nuke Israel if they could. Only a few media maintain objectivity in the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Don’t get me wrong. If the Palestinians had the chance, they would nuke Israel. And while Israel defers from such a behavior, its crimes are absolutely despicable. Now put your emotions away, get rid of cognitive biases, fallacies, and formal logical mistakes. First, they seized their territory, then started conflict (and, of course, we cannot…
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Was Kissinger worse than Hitler? Was he given the power…
The worst people are not your common criminals but people with suits and ties. And those with the sole intent of grabbing power. And Henry Kissinger knew how to grab power. His only idea was realpolitik (a system of politics or principles based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations). No ideals, no morals,…