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"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR
Submitted by Ender on Thu, 2008-05-08 21:56
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Wooohooo!
Riff, the Jets, Bernardo and the Sharks, Tony and Maria, along with Lt. Schrank, Ofcr Krupke, Doc and Gladhand, will be in town on Sunday, January 24, 2010, at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA...and I'll be there come hell or high water! There'll be four shows--I've already snagged tickets for myself and some friends and can't wait! I'm excited!
Parents v Seattle
Discussion of SCOTUS ruling that prohibited race-based assignment of students within districts is here
. Background from Wikipedia here 
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Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world -- Tennyson
Sean Bell shooting
Long discussion of acquittal here
. Some general points about when police are justified in using deadly force.
Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world -- Tennyson
One doesn't have to approve of the excessive force
One doesn't have to approve of and/or justify the excessive force used by NYC Police that resulted in the shooting death of Sean Bell to realize that Sean Bell himself wasn't exactly a candidate for sainthood; he had a rather long criminal record.
Same-sex marriage
Fairly lengthy discussion here.
Edit: And more here.
We are the environment. There is no distinction. What we do to the earth we do to ourselves. —David Suzuki