Tag: torture
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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,…
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State atheism, Xi Jinping, torture chambers, and concentrations camps for Uyghurs
The enormously cruel and bad decision the Chinese politicians made – the concentration camps for Uyghurs. As a proponent of state atheism, I should be kind of sympathetic to China. The ban on religions is senseless but the government should make enormous pressure to eradicate religions which are nothing but disgusting phenomena. But in this…
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Who brought more people alive? Capitalists or communists?
It isn’t actually a joke. In fact, I am neither a communist nor a socialist. But the Czechoslovakian regime had higher natality than nowadays Czech Republic regime. My favorable regime is definitely non-communistic. There are some kinds of academic, press, and civic freedoms. You can read Karl Popper, Bertrand Rusell, and so on, the thing…