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A new U.N. report paints a terrifying picture of life under the Islamic State. Colum Lynch Foreign Policy 10/2/2014 …”The array of violations and abuses perpetrated by ISIL and associated armed groups is staggering, and many of their acts may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity,” the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, […] October 3rd, 2014 | Tags: children, ethnic cleansing, human chattel, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), rape, sexual assault, Syria, women | Category: child abuse, Human Rights, Iraq | Comments are closed
Daniel Greenfield Sultan Knish 8/25/2014 Media conveys immediacy, but it doesn’t convey culture. Its famous flattening effect makes shoppers at a Staples in D.C. or a Whole Foods in Berkeley feel like they’re right among the toppled buildings of Aleppo or Gaza, without actually giving them any insight into the motivations of the players. They’re […] August 26th, 2014 | Tags: culture, human chattel, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), morality, values, violence | Category: Islam, Media, Middle East, terrorism | Comments are closed
Politicians must stop acting like the ends justify the means. Sheldon Richman Reason Magazine 2/24/2012 I—and most other people, I assume—grew up being taught that the end doesn’t justify the means. Basically, this is an injunction not to rationalize one’s behavior while using other people as mere means to one’s ends. Most people apply that […] February 25th, 2012 | Tags: "greater good", freedom, human chattel | Category: corruption, Ethics, Government, Politics, Progressives, Socialism | Comments are closed
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