The UK government talks about "protecting children" through censorship to cover up for cuts in real help for vulnerable children.

If you don't like prostitution, it seems to me you ought to help people avoid being prostitutes who wish to avoid it, rather than stigmatizing or attacking prostitutes. Stigmatizing prostitutes causes them suffering and danger.

Russia's persecution of gays is reaching extreme levels of cruelty.

Is Stolichnaya vodka Russian?

It seems to me that the company is not Russian, and if it claims on the bottle to be Russian, that is false advertising. The company cannot complain about being targeted as Russian if it has brought that on itself by a false claim. And maybe it should be prosecuted for that claim. However, this is not going to achieve the aim of punishing Putin.

Boycotting brands that are actually made in Russia could start.

In regard to the Olympics, if male athletes publicly kiss each other and female athletes publicly kiss each other, that would embarrass Putin. They don't need to actually be gay.

'Do the Right Thing': World Rallies Behind Bradley Manning.

Abdulelah Haider Shaye is no longer in prison, but will be blocked from committing further embarrassing acts of investigative journalism in Yemen by two years of house arrest.

One step forward, two steps back for media freedom (in the US).