January 2011
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Too obvious
Within prison walls by Olenka Frenkiel, BBC 2004
The Hidden Gulag by The U.S. Committee on human rights in North Korea
My question is, what made the concentration camps of World War 2 unacceptable that these camps do not have? The whole world has known about these camps in NK for years and yet… there seems to be no urgency in ending their existence.
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“Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to...”
– Lemony Snicket (via soul-surfer)
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I allow the achievements, skills, and interests of strangers who don’t know I exist make me feel like life is not worth living. Why?
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Mass rape in Congo on Jan. 1 →
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personalities
I think a lot of people who are very wise, insightful, and progressive are also very, very annoying. Sometimes it’s hard for me to see past that.
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WatchIs it that important to fight religion? It’s tough - most people would argue that if a thing comforts, encourages, and strengthens people who are broken, it’s a good thing. But then there are so, so many terrible things that happen because of religion, maybe we should be fighting against it more vehemently.
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it don't take a weatherman to look around and see... →
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Why "Huckleberry Finn" should not be adjusted.
It changes the story.
“That word meant something. That word means something,” says Morehouse College’s David Wall Rice. He says Twain’s slurs actually help Americans face the issue of racism. [ source ]
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“I exist as I am, that is enough,
If no other in the world be aware I sit...”
– Walt Whitman (Song of Myself)
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Epiphany
I don’t have to sink to her level. I can allow her to be who she is, and still be who I am. I’m compassionate and flexible; I can ebb with her angry, bullying tide without letting it drown me.
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