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There is absolutely no difference in the principle of stepping in to stop a genocide and stepping in to stop the execution of a dictator. The only reason we allow ...

My apologies, I'd forgotten how effective the cycle of killing and revenge has been in promoting world peace and harmony.

So we let people die because that's what the law in their country says? Goodbye objection to torture states, ethnic cleansing, little things like the Holocaust...

"All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." I wonder when we will understand that forgiveness is not only for when it is ...

It's not necassarily an issue bound in 'intolerance'. Muslims, as group, tend to avoid assimilation into other countries and cultures--on principle. Islam is a curious religion in that it holds ...

Ah yes, how wonderful, yet another triumph for democracy and the advanced ethics of the "civilized" world! Obviously the correct way to deal with the horrific and despicable fact of ...

I picked up Power Rangers: The Movie on VHS in a charity shop yesterday. Now I know... now I know.

Yeah, I'm not green. Just blue.

The fact is that we're going to have to do something sooner or later, or there will be consequences - that much is pretty well certain. So the 'right' thing ...

It's certainly an interesting mindset - part of it, I think, is pride: since they still see themselves as wielding quite a lot of power in the world, there's a ...

From talking to a lot of Russians (a large number come over to study at the university my dad teaches at), I would say that there isn't a 'war' mentality, ...

The UK is still considered to have one of the best education systems in the world, and here there's no possibility of keeping your child back - they just go ...

ELISSA GOOTMAN Published: October 19, 2006 Jack Haims, who turned 6 in late September, started kindergarten this year with an enviable skill set under his tiny belt: He could already ...

He's got roughly the same level of logic as "Comical Ali" the propaganda man from the Saddam's government - as long as I keep saying pointless statements like "oh, we're ...

W00t, nanny state. Kill fun and circumvent natural selection while you're at it. Real helpful for everyone.