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New scanners break child porn laws

"The rapid introduction of full body scanners at British airports threatens to breach child protection laws which ban the creation of indecent images of children, the Guardian has learned." This is a privacy dimension that I had not considered before in terms of body...

Mexico approves gay marriage

New delhi: Maxico become the first american country, who gives allows same sex marriage. The legislation goes further than a 2006 city law allowing civil unions by giving gay couples access to the same family social security benefits and joint loans as straight couples. In a...

IED's Pose DangerousThreat to America!

     As we near the Christmas Holiday, it has become apparent that a new threat has arisen as a scourge to our Holiday celebrations and our national security: IED's.  Yes, IED's, or...

In rape cases, 'no' means 'no' to everyone except the British...

This follows on from a piece I posted yesterday around the issue of evidence on alcohol use in rape cases. In short, Lady Stern is calling for an abolition of an argument often invoked in rape cases that drunk men who rape can be excused because they know no better. This...

Drunk men who demand sex should be 'treated as rapists

"Drunken men who demand sex from their wives or girlfriends should be treated as rapists and no longer allowed to claim their judgment was blurred by alcohol, according to the head of the government's review of the rape laws."Well now. This is what seems to be a progressive...

Paradise under attack, Or the Human Cancer.

 by, Uwe Paschen. Japan is a Paradise of sorts, yet one that is under attack due in part to natural phenomenon’s such as Earthquakes and Typhoons, as well as Tides and Tsunamis yet the greatest damage is due...

Is America a Civilized Nation?

     According to an NPR news article, communist China has recently refused to give a written promise regarding it's supposed  endeavor to curb the output of pollution, citing the USA's...

Does that driver next to you have a license?

Over 375,000 drivers are currently plying Ontario highways while unlicensed or under suspension according to the province's Ministry of Transportation. A report by Synectics Transportation Consultants Inc. for MADD Canada says unlicensed and suspended drivers are involved...

Philippines lifts martial law in 'massacre' province - good news

Well it was stated that the martial law was only going to last for short period it seems to me the purpose was fully achieved nothing untoward's has happened whilst martial law was imposed. It allowed a shake up...

Fear dictates Ireland's abortion policy

"Pro-life hatred so dominates the debate it's hard to imagine any real change following this bid to overturn the Irish abortion ban."This piece resonates so greatly with me. As a pro-abortion women who has spent most of her life so far living in Ireland, I know that there is...

Kick the state out of our [gay and straight] bedrooms

In many respects, this has long been the issue for me with regard to gay marriage/ civil unions. It is the interference of the state, again, in the decisions that we (any of us) make about our private lives. The UK government interferes with every single aspect of our private...

Greek police caught framing innocent bystander during demo

The police chase and apprehand a mask wearing man who is in possession of a bag full of petrol bombs ready to used against shops or fellow officers.Quickly he is subdued, detained and arrested, Mission accomplished....

Source of Iraq 45-minute WMD 'intelligience' was a taxi driver

"Introducing the first of the British government's "dodgy dossiers" on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction in 2002, the then prime minister, Tony Blair, announced that Saddam Hussein's military planning "allows for some of the WMD to be ready within 45 minutes of an order to...

Does Honesty Matter?

     In a NowPublic news article I wrote awhile back, about an impoverished man apparently sueing a huge nonprofit organization (Blacks, Men: Are Racial & Gender...

Failed Execution in Ohio - Condemned receives new stay

An execution in Ohio was halted, when authorities searching for a vein for two hours, were unsuccessful.  Rommel Broom is the first man that walked away from an execution alive since 1946. Lawyers had...

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