Does Cultural Relativism Excuse Inhumane Treatment to Human Beings?

Socio Political Rants Richard From Peking Duck Raised a really interesting question. Does Cultural Relativism Excuse Inhuman Treatment of Human Beings? The answer is “No”. It’s actually the worse kind of thought processes for the west to take, as human rights activists already have to face that sort of issue at home, and part ofContinue reading “Does Cultural Relativism Excuse Inhumane Treatment to Human Beings?”

HK: If I Ran a Club? They Probably Wouldn’t Let Me in.

Glutter’s Hong Kong and Glutter’s Random Rants Talking about Dragon i, and how I wished my daddy could give me enough money to run a club. A friend pointed out something about my character that I would never think of myself but had to admit was true. The club I would create most probably willContinue reading “HK: If I Ran a Club? They Probably Wouldn’t Let Me in.”

Arnie and Bush. Why do people Vote For Shadow Governments?

Socio Politico Rants I don’t usually go into too much politics on this blog, because I prefer to explore more personal aspects. I generally I leave that to ranting away on other people’s blogs, or at my friends on a Sunday afternoon or during Lunch. (Today’s topic: If Bush gets reelected. America could have theirContinue reading “Arnie and Bush. Why do people Vote For Shadow Governments?”

52% Brit? That’s The Colonized Mimicry in Me

Hong Kong I am 52.5% British, just likeHugh GrantThought you drive a British sports car you are most likely to have a blowout in LA. Take the Brit Quiz atdarrenlondon.tripod.com/britquiz1.htm What the fuck? Over half of me is a Brit? I spent one summer there as a kid and one summer (so they called it)Continue reading “52% Brit? That’s The Colonized Mimicry in Me”

The Political Compass in the Blogsphere

I redid the political compass so I can add my scores in the Deltoid Political Compass Blog Survey. (Good Place to Check out New Blogs) I came of less Economically Left this time and pretty the same on the Anarchist/Libertarian Scale. This is where I was earlier today. Economic Left/Right: -5.88 Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.23 Nice toContinue reading “The Political Compass in the Blogsphere”

Where Do You Sit Politically?

Glutter’s Socio-Political Rants Filchyboy http://chronotope.com introduced a link called “The Political Compass” which set your political views on a four point chart. It was fun, the questions don’t allow for complexity and also American based so take it with a grain of salt. For me, there was no surprise here. I scored 62% of theContinue reading “Where Do You Sit Politically?”

Some REAL things to get Outrage About.

http://www.indymedia.org http://www.democracynow.org/http://www.iacenter.org/ http://www.moveon.org/ http://www.nomorevictims.org/ http://www.justicevision.org/ http://www.peacefultomorrows.org/mission.html http://www.dissidentvoice.org/ http://www.workingassets.com http://www.pacifica.org http://www.brianwillson.com http://www.nomorevictims.org http://www.freelori.org http://www.soaw.org http://www.iacenter.org http://www.truemajority.org http://www.vitw.org http://www.globalexchange.org http://www.veteransforpeace.org http://www.objector.org http://www.flybynews.com http://www.indymedia.org http://www.flashpoints.net http://www.peace-action.org http://www.witnessforpeace.org http://www.peacefultomorrows.org http://www.warresisters.org http://www.wilpf.org http://www.afsc.org http://www.alternativeradio.org http://www.empowermentproject.org http://www.michaelparenti.org http://www.fromthewilderness.com http://www.hiddenwars.org http://www.commondreams.org http://www.lifeboatnews.com http://www.fair.org http://www.ericblumrich.com http://www.voice4change.org http://www.endthesanctions.org http://www.adc.org http://www.etan.org http://www.nuclearpolicy.org http://www.globalresearch.ca http://www.hopedance.org http://www.teachingforchange.org http://www.coalitionforworldpeace.org http://www.justicevision.org http://www.internationalanswer.org http://www.notinourname.net http://www.why-us.org http://www.kpfk.org http://www.dissidentvoice.org http://www.amnesty.org http://www.hrw.org http://www.thousandreasons.org

An Old Article I found on the dotcom boom and crash

Random Rants There used to be a site called Net Slave that talked about those of us who worked in the tech world, and in 2001 they wanted to shut it down. I wrote to this to ask them not to. Eventually in 2002 it did. It made me sad. But I am going throughContinue reading “An Old Article I found on the dotcom boom and crash”