Urgent: Election official's resignation
mercredi 30 mars 2016 à 02:00US citizens: call on Arizona election official Helen Purcell to resign.
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US citizens: call on Arizona election official Helen Purcell to resign.
In Belgium, each month, around 60 people are killed by traffic accidents [1], around 15 by murderers [2], and around 150 by tobacco [3]. Heart attacks kill around 400 a month [4].
By comparison, a terrorist attack once in a while is simply not a big danger. Sure, it's worth some effort to investigate so as to prevent terrorism, because there's a good chance of having some success at it. But it's not something to freak out about, and not worth surrendering freedom for.
[1] WHO, Global Health Observatory data repository. Website. Table: Estimated number of road traffic deaths & Estimated road traffic death rate (per 100 000 population), 2013
URL for table: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A997
[2] United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Accessed through the 'UNdata' database. Source for figures: UNODC Homicide Statistics 2012 Table: Intentional homicide,number and rate per 100,000 population
URL for table: http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=UNODC&f=tableCode%3a1
[3] WHO, "Global Report - Mortality Attributable to Tobacco", page 60. Report, published in 2012.
URL for Website: http://www.who.int/tobacco/publications/surveillance/rep_mortality_attributable/en/
URL for PDF (4.6 MiB) http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2012/9789241564434_eng.pdf
[4] WHO, "European Detailed Mortality Database". Database, last updated in Dec. 2015.
URL for website: http://data.euro.who.int/dmdb/
The UK spits on freedom of expression: a Briton actually faces criminal charges for tweeting that he asked Muslim to "explain Brussels".
That tweet expresses hostility towards Muslims in general, which I don't think is justified. But that's of no relevance — freedom of expression includes the right to express hostility, whether justified or not.
After months of bombardment by Salafi Arabia (with US support), 80% of the people in Yemen need aid.
The bombardment and the blockade have caused shortages of food and medicine.
News reporting should present the thousands of dead and mutilated victims of US-supported bombing the way it presents the dozens of dead and mutilated victims of PISSI's bombings.