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Child Porn and Freedom Of the Press

“Rick Falkvinge of the Swedish Pirate Party blogs on the subject of freedom of the press and foresees how users of Google glasses could be charged for possession and distribution of illegal porn. ‘Child pornography is a toxic subject, but a very important one that cannot and should not be ignored. This is an attempt to bring the topic to a serious discussion, and explain why possession of child pornography need to be re-legalized in the next ten years.’”

Hatta: We can’t even get Cannabis legalized here, and the arguments for that are much more overwhelming. When children are involved, people shut off their brains.

Christian: Nobody says the way how unwanted possession of child porn is handled in some cases is the right way. But legalizing the possession of child porn in general as an answer is like allowing theft to reduce numbers on crime statistics.

[Source].

Child pornography is such a highly debated topic. When I come across this topic (incl. animated child pornography, etc), a whole ray of people shine out from different sides.

I think most can agree that child porn should not be legal, as the circumstances in order to create such footage or imagery are illegal, in any case.

It also includes youths taking pictures of themselves naked and putting them on the Internet, however. So that poses another issue within this bracket. Such an act would still be illegal, as the possession of child porn is what is in question here.

The questions surround whether banning the possession of it does any help to the victims, as well as the people who are charged (as - in Sweden - for example, you can be charged of the possession of your own nude pictures if you’re under the age of 18).

The article is very interesting. Please read it, if you ever have the time.

Hate crime in England and Wales.

Nearly 44,000 hate crimes took place in England and Wales in 2011-12.

• 35,816 (82%) were race hate crimes
• 1,621 (4%) were religion hate crimes
• 4,252 (10%) were sexual orientation hate crimes
• 1,744 (4%) were disability hate crimes
• 315 (1%) were transgender hate crimes

The data shows that the majority of all hate crimes (83%) involved violence - and the worst proportion for that was race hate crimes - 85% were violent offences. The next most common was criminal damage - but theft, burglary and sexual offences were involved too.

Take a look at the breakdown of the data:
• Interactive map
• Download the data
• Data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian 

[Source via chrismcmahon].

shapeandcolour: This weekend, activists in Uganda - a country where homosexuality is punishable by death - held their first Pride.  This is the epitome of courage. I have no other words.  It’s not punishable by death… yet. Or else I presume the police would hit the scene and do something immediately, as that kind of activity would certainly be illegal. [Read more here]. But yeah, the Bill is in a later stage of Parliament, meaning it’s looking likely. It’s very sad.
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shapeandcolour:

This weekend, activists in Uganda - a country where homosexuality is punishable by death - held their first Pride. 

This is the epitome of courage. I have no other words. 

It’s not punishable by death… yet. Or else I presume the police would hit the scene and do something immediately, as that kind of activity would certainly be illegal. [Read more here].

But yeah, the Bill is in a later stage of Parliament, meaning it’s looking likely. It’s very sad.

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Source: advocate.com

Teenager Jarrell Brooks saves a mother and her two other kids from the Dark Knight Shooter

gunmetalskies:

dionthesocialist:

peoplenvyouu:

cynique:

fuckyeahcracker:

Honoring this hero today

hm i wonder why the media’s ignoring him…:/ 

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WHOA WHOA WHOA HANG ON JUST A GODDAMN MINUTE. YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THIS STORY HAS A YOUNG, BLACK HERO, BUT THE MEDIA WOULD STILL RATHER GLORIFY A WHITE MURDERER THAN ACKNOWLEDGE A BLACK MAN WHO SAVED LIVES? WTF? WTF? WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO?

Jarrell Brooks. Remember the name. Honor the badass.

Source: sonofbaldwin

A 911 operator who worked for Vancouver Police when sex workers were disappearing from the Downtown Eastside says, her superiors repeatedly told her they weren’t going to spend valuable time and money looking for hookers.

Missing aboriginal women were ‘just hookers’ to police, says 911 operator.

Wow. Sex workers’s lives =/= valuable police time. Got it.

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Source: huffingtonpost.ca

Black on Black Crime

racismschool:

On a regular basis I am attacked with false comments about the idea of “Black on Black Crime.” It’s here on Tumblr, the “NEWS,” the comment section of…well, everything. Two days ago I saw a comment that read “The greatest enemy of the Black man is the Black man.” The best part? This was written in the comment section of a story about some racist guy posting racist anti-Obama signs. 

None the less, I decided to end this mirage once and for all. As usual, I will provide the readily available links for those that are to lazy to do their own homework. Yes, I am talking to you Mr & Mrs. Racist who speaks without knowledge. Let’s get started, shall we?

Are Black people killing off other Black people? Yep, we sure are. Only problem is, so are white people. 1980-2008 Homicide Stats (Pg 13).

Who’s Killing Who:

  • 84% of white homicide victims were killed by white people
  • 93% of Black homicide victims were killed by Black people

Those numbers are pretty darned close, don’t ya think? Now before you do something silly like try to point out that Black people are doing it more, let me point out that these are the percentages of total crimes committed by race on race homicide. What does this have to do with anything? Well, white homicide accounts for over 50% of all homicides over this survey period. Still confused? Okay, there are far more white people being killed. Although the white on white homicide percentage is slightly lower, the actual number of murders is much, much higher. This makes sense of course since white people make up a larger percentage of America, right? Wrong. You have to take two things into account, one- the number of white people being murdered is almost three times that of Black people. When you look at 84% of that number, you’ll see that although the percentage of Black on Black homicide is slightly higher, white on white homicide numerically is more than double that of all Black homicides, not just Black on Black but all of it put together. Two- The fact that there are more white people shouldn’t really be taken into account here. At least not for those that love to point to “Black on Black” crime as proof that Black people are animals. The fact is, even if America were 99% white, if there was a race that were truly superior, the crime rate would be low no matter how many there were, right?

Let’s keep it moving. Now, we look at crimes of violence (Table 42).

Total Number of Victims:

  • White- 2,788,600
  • Black- 570,550

There are those pesky numbers again. Those who may still be confused about my above statements might be able to see more clearly in this section.

Crimes of violence:

  • White on white- 67.4%
  • Black on Black- 64.7%

Interesting huh? I’ll take this opportunity to fully explain what I was saying above. We see here that once again, the percentages are fairly close. However, let’s look at how this percentage breaks down numerically. 

The Breakdown-White People:

  • Total number of white victims = 2,788,600. 
  • Total percentage of white on white violent crime = 67.4%
  • Total number of white on white violent crime victims = 1,879,516.4 

The Breakdown-Black People:

  • Total number of Black victims = 570,550
  • Total percentage of Black on Black crime = 64.7%
  • Total number of Black on Black crime victims = 369,145.85

Let’s break this down a little further:

  • There are approximately 225,720,713 white people in America
  • There are approximately 40,755,128 Black people in America
  • That breaks down to 1 in every 120.095 white people has committed a violent crime against another white person. While 1 in every 110.403 Black people has committed a violent crime against another Black person. 

The really interesting thing is that in the same table that provided this information, you can also see the full breakdown of other crimes. Interesting fact- white on white violent crime heavily outweighs Black on Black violent crime. While Black on Black robbery and petty thievery far outweighs white on white robbery and petty thievery. 

So tell me, why are Black people continuously being portrayed as violent animals? 

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Source: racismschool

David Cameron wants to...

thekingofthedarkandforgot:

David Cameron wants to censor porn and make it so that ISPs have to have an opt-in service to provide censored web pages to UK customers. This says a lot to me:

    • David Cameron thinks too much about porn
    • David Cameron wants a list of everyone who watches porn
    • David Cameron thinks too much about kids in relation to porn

Make of that what you will..

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Source: under-northern-skies

thedailywhat: Self-Defense Claim of the Day: “I acknowledge the acts, but not criminal guilt.” So Anders Behring Breivik told a Norwegian court this morning, asserting that he had acted in self-defense in killing 77 in July 2011 and that his actions were “cruel but necessary.” He added: “I do not recognize the Norwegian courts. You have received your mandate from political parties which support multiculturalism.” Breivik has said he acted against those he considered to be “state traitors” for opening Norway up to multiculturalism and allowing a “Muslim invasion” of Europe. The key issue to be resolved — clearly — during his 10-week trial for terrorism is that of Breivik’s mental health, which will determine whether he is sent to prison or into psychiatric care. [aljazeera]
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thedailywhat:

Self-Defense Claim of the Day: “I acknowledge the acts, but not criminal guilt.”

So Anders Behring Breivik told a Norwegian court this morning, asserting that he had acted in self-defense in killing 77 in July 2011 and that his actions were “cruel but necessary.” He added: “I do not recognize the Norwegian courts. You have received your mandate from political parties which support multiculturalism.” Breivik has said he acted against those he considered to be “state traitors” for opening Norway up to multiculturalism and allowing a “Muslim invasion” of Europe.

The key issue to be resolved — clearly — during his 10-week trial for terrorism is that of Breivik’s mental health, which will determine whether he is sent to prison or into psychiatric care.

[aljazeera]

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