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China demands return of "cultural relics"

lundi 25 septembre 2023 à 11:32

China has launched a campaign demanding the British Museum return all "cultural relics acquired through improper channels" to China. Its supposed star example is a recent pot that the museum bought from the potter who made it.

There are plenty of examples of stolen art that museums should return. But often these conclusions are reached by anachronisticly applying standards for recent times to a world that that didn't have these standards and which these standards did not fit. To decide which standards to judge an old event by calls for careful thought.

Program to work on climate defense and fire prevention

lundi 25 septembre 2023 à 11:32

Biden has launched a program to employ 20,000 young adult Americans to work on climate defense and fire prevention.

Sierra Club gives more information.

However, Biden is simultaneously failing to do the most important things for climate defense. *Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, leaders of two biggest carbon emitters, among those not attending the [UN climate] summit in New York.*

Shrinking railways in favour of road-building

lundi 25 septembre 2023 à 11:32

*European governments shrinking railways in favour of road-building, report finds.*

A license for a dog

lundi 25 septembre 2023 à 11:32

Keeping a dog should require a license, and to get the license you should have to pass a test in how to teach a tog to be friendly rather than aggressive.

There could be alternate tests for training guard dogs, where the trainer would have to demonstrate ability to train a guard dog so that it will keep its actions within the bounds of what is acceptable for such dogs.

Extremist Republican Senator threatened to fire workers for striking

lundi 25 septembre 2023 à 11:32

When extremist Republican Senator Tim Scott threatened to fire workers for striking, he violated US labor law. He was urging for auto workers to be treated this way, but he is an employer himself, and he can't treat workers that way.

So the UAW has filed a complaint against him.