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Urgent: Election official's resignation

mercredi 30 mars 2016 à 02:00

US citizens: call on Arizona election official Helen Purcell to resign.

Big dangers and small dangers

mardi 29 mars 2016 à 02:00

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/

Briton faces criminal charges for tweet

mardi 29 mars 2016 à 02:00

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.

People in Yemen need aid

mardi 29 mars 2016 à 02:00

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

mardi 29 mars 2016 à 02:00

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.

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