Theresa May. Source: The hypocrisy of the British elite. |
Was that dumb, criminal, insane, or what?
Theresa May. Source: The hypocrisy of the British elite. |
When a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. The US Declaration of IndependenceThese days it’s difficult to remember what values the American people share. That’s because the U.S. government does so many things that seem to contradict basic human values. Wars of aggression, torture, kidnapping and indefinite detention, warrantless wiretapping, and other oppressions have become standard operational procedure for the U.S. government. Those who recognize and seek to correct this system of abuse soon realize that the key to doing so is to reveal the truth behind the primary driver for all of them—the crimes of 9/11.
We live in an interconnected world. Globalization and the internet have created new networks of belonging and new forms of social trust, by which borders are erased and old attachments vaporized. Yes, we have seen the growth of nationalism in Europe, the Brexit vote in the U.K. and the election of the populist Donald Trump, but these are signs of reactionary sentiments that we should all have outgrown.The argument is a powerful one and was highly influential among those who voted in the U.K. referendum to remain in the European Union. But it overlooks the most important fact, which is that democratic politics requires a demos. Democracy means rule by the people and requires us to know who the people are, what unites them and how they can form a government.
The nation-state was useful while it lasted and gave us a handle on our social and political obligations. But it was dangerous too, when inflamed against real or imaginary enemies. In any case, the nation-state belongs in the past, to a society in which family, job, religion and way of life stay put in a single place and are insulated against global developments. Our world is no longer like that, and we must change in step with it if we wish to belong.
"Enough is enough"And, hey, that'll surely stop the bastards, what!
Sadiq Kahn, Muslim Mayor of Londonistan, Britain's largest foreign-majority city. Kahn received a 150,000 pound donation from Farouq Sheikh, who wants every Muslim to be a terrorist. He should give the money back and apologize for accepting it. But don't hold your breath. |
a coordinated plan for the destruction of the essential foundations of the life of [the] national group so that [it]wither[s] and die[s] like [a] plant that has suffered a blight. The end may be accomplished by the forced disintegration of political and social institutions, of the culture of the people, of their language, their national feelings and their religion. It may be accomplished by wiping out all basis of personal security, liberty, health and dignity. ...Genocide is directed against a national group as an entity and the attack on individuals is only secondary to the annihilation of the national group to which they belong...That was the definition given by the Polish Jew and legal scholar, Raphael Lemkin, when he coined the term "genocide."
(1) I am gloomy about the prospect of Africa [because] our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours — whereas all the testing says not really.
(2) people who have to deal with black employees find this not true.
apologized but has made other tasteless, sexist comments that call into question his character and judgment.So the reason for barring Watson from the U of I is that "he has made other tasteless, sexist comments that "call in question his character and judgment". However, neither of the above-quoted statements by Watson are either tasteless, or sexist, so how dumb are the PC police at U. of I.? Can they not understand a category difference? Apparently not, so how can we place any reliance on their allegations about Watson's public statements?