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international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday April 22, 2010 - 11:14 by People Before Prophets
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Looks as if the South Park crew could have some problems angry islamic fundamentalists. Mocking buddha and christ is one thing but mocking the "prophet" of islam is a tad more dangerous. Islamists have warned the creators of TV show South Park they could face violent retribution for depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit. A posting on the website of the US-based group, Revolution Muslim, told Matt Stone and Trey Parker they would "probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh". The Dutch film-maker was shot and stabbed to death in 2004 by an Islamist angered by his film about Muslim women. ... read full story / add a comment
international / health / disability issues Thursday April 22, 2010 - 02:09 by Robbie Sinnott
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Among other things, Richar Patterson says that Black liberation is more advanced than the liberation of Visually impaired [hear here]; that he was never ashamed of being black, but was ashamed of his visual impaierment. [interaction with the 'normal' people' is a strange nexus] He also describes some of the practical difficulties in processing information with a visual impairement. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Tuesday April 20, 2010 - 13:23 by TalliBean
2 comments (last - thursday april 29, 2010 - 18:09)
Just when you thought thinks couldn't get any worse: now women are blamed for earthquakes! A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes. Iran is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries, and the cleric's unusual explanation for why the earth shakes follows a prediction by the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that a quake is certain to hit Tehran and that many of its 12 million inhabitants should relocate. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Saturday April 17, 2010 - 14:55 by Mubara
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The Shell manager who accepted the latest load of letters from objectors to the Shell project just last week turns out to be the son of a (former) Labour politician. A politician who always campaigned hard on Corrib, but on behalf of the multi-national, not his constituents. So it was a bit of a surprise to see Jerry Cowley, wealthy Barrister and GP, and once supposedly a supporter of the Shell to Sea campaign, sign up for Labour yesterday. ... read full story / add a comment
international / education Friday April 16, 2010 - 21:44 by D. Grant Haynes
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A culture and educational system that permits a student like Irish teen Phoebe Prince to be bullied and harassed until driven to suicide needs to undergo vast systemic changes immediately. ____________________________________ ... read full story / add a comment |
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