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Video blackmail

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Adolescents and adults fall victim to manipulative strangers that pressure them to make nude videos, and then threaten to post those videos on the net unless the victims pay.
The blackmailers are doing something very nasty, and I'm glad if they are imprisoned for their crime. However, what enables them to get money this way is the prudish prejudice of the victims' friends, family and actual or potential colleagues. If not for this, the victims would only laugh at the demand for money.

FARC peace deal

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Colombia has signed a revised peace deal with the FARC.
This time, without a referendum. I hope the people accept the peace.

Trump's army of bullies

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Gamergate, in 2014, was the training campaign for Trump's army of bullies.
The other Trump supporters provide a sea of people in which the bullies can swim. They disapprove of the bullying, but they never go so far as to make the bullies go away.

Why recounts are essential

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Greg Palast explains why the recounts are essential: so many ways that ballots can be counted wrong, or rejected entirely.

Zero tolerance in schools

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Sexual harassment and even assault are widespread in schools in the UK. Teachers want action to protect students.
I support that demand, but adopting a policy of "zero tolerance" in a school is asking for trouble no matter what issue it's about. We don't want children to bring weapons to school, but "zero tolerance" for weapons leads to things like kicking children out for pictures of guns.

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