law & order
The law locks up the man who steals the goose from the common, but leaves the greater criminal loose who steals the common from the goose – Australian convict saying
By tigtog on May 21, 2012
Recommended reading: Ken Parish has a thorough, detailed post over at Club Troppo…
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Posted in ethics & philosophy, law & order, social justice | Tagged detention, refugees |
By tigtog on May 16, 2012
Let’s keep a closer eye on the impact of policy and legislation rather than buying into the moving wallpaper ethos of personality conflicts trumping the actual political process, OK?
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Posted in ethics & philosophy, law & order, media, parties and factions | Tagged journalism standards, media circus, moving wallpaper |
By tigtog on April 18, 2012
Why can’t you do better than all those fist-salute photos, media? Why are you publishing the shot that he wants people to see?
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Posted in culture wars, ethics & philosophy, law & order, media, violence | Tagged authoritarianism, framing the narrative, race and racism |
By Mindy on March 30, 2012
Emmy Noether – the greatest mathematician you have probably never heard of.
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Posted in Culture, culture wars, education, gender & feminism, history, law & order, religion, Science, social justice | Tagged discrimination, double standards, genius, hoydens, mathematics |
By Mindy on March 29, 2012
A Judge in the [Family] Court in Australia rules that the Court does not have the power to compel a woman to continue a pregnancy.
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Posted in gender & feminism, law & order, Life, parenting, relationships | Tagged abortion, trust women, women's health, womens rights |
By tigtog on February 29, 2012
Seriously, I’ve been headdesking this one for a few hours now: the DHS monitors blogs, twitter and facebook for usage of the words “social media”?
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Posted in ethics & philosophy, law & order, media, technology | Tagged authoritarianism, internet, security theatre |
By tigtog on February 19, 2012
Under the new legislation, women who want an abortion will be forcibly penetrated for no medical reason. Where’s the outrage?
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Posted in culture wars, ethics & philosophy, law & order, social justice | Tagged abortion, reproductive freedoms, reproductive rights |
By Mindy on December 5, 2011
Have social attitudes to female criminals changed since Queen Victoria’s time?
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Posted in arts & entertainment, Culture, ethics & philosophy, gender & feminism, history, law & order, Life, social justice, work and family | Tagged crime, gendered expectations, Melbourne Gaol, Queen Victoria, social change, women |
By Mindy on November 25, 2011
It’s Time: new ad from Get Up.
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Posted in arts & entertainment, Culture, culture wars, education, ethics & philosophy, law & order, Life, media, Politics, relationships, social justice | Tagged activism/charity, Get Up, marriage equality, sexuality and health, social change |
By tigtog on November 17, 2011
Joe Paterno knowingly looked the other way when he could have gone to the police to get justice for raped children. Thousands of people are defending him.
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Posted in culture wars, education, ethics & philosophy, gender & feminism, language, law & order, social justice, violence | Tagged child rape, rape culture |
By tigtog on November 16, 2011
…acting on Mayor Bloomberg’s instructions the NYPD waited until the city was asleep to expel the #occupy protestors from Zucotti Park.
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Posted in culture wars, law & order, media, social justice | Tagged #occupywallstreet, activism/charity, authoritarianism, police
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