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The Onion, Clinton deploys vowels

mardi 20 mars 2018 à 01:00

The Onion, from the 1990s: Clinton Deploys Vowels to Bosnia.

Netherlands euthanasia legalization

mardi 20 mars 2018 à 01:00

Legalized euthanasia in the Netherlands is working out well, raising moral issues only for a few edge cases.

I think Ms. Brouwers deserved the right to die. Safeguards are needed for people who aren't sure, who might plausibly in the foreseeable future be glad to be alive, if they were not allowed euthanasia. But that was not at all likely in her case.

Indonesian province researches capital punishment

mardi 20 mars 2018 à 01:00

Aceh, the province of Indonesia dominated by Islamists, wants to start beheading people.

The reason for this, I think, is to stir up Islamist forces in the rest of Indonesia.

Indonesia would be better off if it had expelled Aceh as a separate country 20 years ago. Perhaps it is not too late.

Suu Kyi could be prosecuted

mardi 20 mars 2018 à 01:00

Aung San Suu Kyi could be prosecuted in Australia for crimes against humanity; specifically, against the Rohingya.

Afrin besieged

mardi 20 mars 2018 à 01:00

Turkey is besieging the Afrin enclave.

I don't expect Erdoğan to be any less cruel towards "enemy" civilians than Assad. And for Erdoğan, every Kurd is an enemy by definition.