Slaves work according to their ability (or else face punishment or even death from their master). They receive just what they need - minimum food and clothes and a place to sleep.
Posted on April 24th, 2005 by pwyll
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A bearded man with a sign that says “Repent, the end is near” is a stock figure in cartoons. I ran into that guy the other day; his name is Mike. Mike told me that the world is overheating, and it’s our fault for burning fossil fuels. It’s all going to hell.
OK, end of world [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2005 by pwyll
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Keith Urbahn, writing in the Yale Daily News offers a few choice remarks on the ever-popular Che Geuvara shirts he’s seen around campus:
Che Guevara is the consummate embodiment of Marxism and everything it stands for: mass murder, injustice and failure. Che’s noble vision of serving the communist revolution was killing hundreds — likely thousands [...]
Posted on April 20th, 2005 by pwyll
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The internet buzzed with outrage and disappointment following yesterday’s surprise announcement that the new pope, Benedict XVI, is in fact a practicing Roman Catholic. Current and former US presidents John Kerry and Al Gore issued a call for an investigation into allegations of voter intimidation within the College of Cardinals.
Equally disturbing are widespread reports [...]
Posted on April 20th, 2005 by pwyll
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The medical profession has long accepted that the risks faced by research participants must be very carefully restricted, and balanced against the potential benefits. The Declaration of Helsinki, which has underpinned the ethical grounds of research since 1964, clearly states that “in medical research on human subjects, considerations related to the well-being of the human [...]
Posted on April 19th, 2005 by pwyll
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Are you tired of watching countless hours of television for a few too-brief moments of titillation? Well, you don’t have to any more. The Parents Television Council has done the porn-surfing for you, and they offer clips to prove it.
Posted on April 18th, 2005 by pwyll
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