Wednesday, February 27, 2008

QKL - please check your email!

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I sent you an email today... hope you see it soon! Alessandra
Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Moving!!

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To WordPress, that is: http://alessandrareflections.wordpress.com/ . Most of the posts transferred correctly; I will patch up the recent pos...
Saturday, May 05, 2007

How does a pro-homo review the movie "Zoo" about bestiality?

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This article on Slate is so disgusting, that I don't really feel like expounding on the topic. Except to say that William Saletan reach...

How does a pro-homo review the movie "Zoo" about bestiality?

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In what way? When critics argue that homosexuality is a dysfunction and therefore not genetic, pro-homos argue that it's not a choice an...

How does a pro-homo review the movie "Zoo" about bestiality?

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In case you didn't immediately see the light to his argument, he "clarifies" it with a few examples to build his case. But Zo...

How does a pro-homo review the movie "Zoo" about bestiality?

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"It's just like if you love your wife." Another, who calls himself the Happy Horseman, ventures, "You're connecting w...

How does a pro-homo review the movie "Zoo" about bestiality?

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The guys aren't there to have sex with one another. They're there to have conversation with one another, followed by sex with beast...

How does a pro-homo review the movie "Zoo" about bestiality?

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To Limbaugh, women are just like animals. Don't take my word for it. Take his. Five months ago, he compared his cat to a girlfriend: ...
Friday, May 04, 2007

The faulty logic of "hate crimes"

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inkling_revival writes : Thursday, May, 03, 2007 6:09 PM Proponents of "hate crimes" legislation justify the special status of...
Tuesday, May 01, 2007

It looks like we will be moving!!! To Vox, that is!

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Just did a test on Vox , and I don't get any of the terrible size limitation problems for posting that I'm having here! And I also f...

The corrupt fox guarding the corrupt chicken house

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From Huff robert-naiman : In his struggle to retain his position as President of the World Bank, Wolfowitz has retained the services of Robe...
Monday, April 30, 2007

Hate Crime Philosophy - A Praxis of Injustice and Inequality - Part 1 - addendum

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Addendum to this post : As Jacobs and Potter point out, the statutory definitions of "hate crime" in fact make no mention of hatre...

Hate Crime Philosophy - A Praxis of Injustice and Inequality - Part 1

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(I am going to try to get a hold of Jacobs and Potter's book and write about it. For now, a few musings on "hate crime" ideol...

Hate Crime Philosophy - A Praxis of Injustice and Inequality - Part 1

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The sheer irrelevance of this objection is staggering. Jacobs and Potter are objecting to the claim that crimes motivated by prejudice are m...

Hate Crime Philosophy - A Praxis of Injustice and Inequality - Part 1

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Wedgwood argues that one must apply the notion of “the same conduct” to judge if two crimes are equal from a moral perspective. This is alre...

Hate Crime Philosophy - A Praxis of Injustice and Inequality - Part 1

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In such a situation we would find a series of other psycho-social dysfunctions that together could lead some people to commit a crime. The p...

Hate Crime Philosophy - A Praxis of Injustice and Inequality - Part 1

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Thirdly, and even more poignantly, the number of homosexuals who are pro-homosexuality zealots and who batter other homosexuals is thousands...

Hate Crime Philosophy - A Praxis of Injustice and Inequality - Part 1

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Why is only the beating related to the homosexual victim enormously more morally wrong than every one of the above examples and so many more...

Hate Crime Philosophy - A Praxis of Injustice and Inequality - Part 1

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To note: depending on the “hate crime” legislation and what it defines as victim categories, some of the examples above could also be categ...

Where is the epidemic of hate crimes again? 2004 statistics

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There were a total of 1,367,009 violent crimes against persons in 2004, of which 774 were allegedly motivated by “hate.” The FBI reported 16...

Book: Hate Crimes - Criminal Law and Identity Politics - James B. Jacobs and Kimberly Potter

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Hate Crimes - Criminal Law and Identity Politics by James B. Jacobs and Kimberly Potter This book places in socio-legal perspective both th...

Book: Hate Crimes - Criminal Law and Identity Politics - James B. Jacobs and Kimberly Potter

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Also, they argue that the effort to single out hate crime for greater punishment, in effect, is an effort to punish some offenders more seri...

Hate Crime Law - an X-Ray of Power Hierarchies

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Below is a textual excerpt that delineates part of the problem that I was referring to here : (All violent crimes are not "hate crimes,...

My Days

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In reading JJ's sister's blog , which has various passages just pulsating with life, I found this: My days are mine Even though the ...
Friday, April 27, 2007

What the discussion on same-sex marriage serves to cover up

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This excerpt from comments generated at a discussion of same-sex marriage at Justin Katz's . (I can't find the link to Justin's ...

What the discussion on same-sex marriage serves to cover up

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The day same-sex marriage activists spend even 10% of the same-sex marriage propaganda energy on disseminating info on how violent homosexua...

What the discussion on same-sex marriage serves to cover up

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p.s.: This book came out more than 15 years ago. From which we conclude: a society that is intent on homosexual propaganda has a profound cl...

What the discussion on same-sex marriage serves to cover up

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alessandra: I don't know what book you got those numbers from, if from a bigot's, or from some liberal activist who (being a liberal...

What the discussion on same-sex marriage serves to cover up

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Alessandra, domestic violence is a serious problem in both heterosexual and homosexual communities. So? I know straight folks who have been ...

What the discussion on same-sex marriage serves to cover up

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oh look, a troll! ====================== alessandra: I don't know what book you got those numbers from, [you can click on the link and f...

What the discussion on same-sex marriage serves to cover up

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========================= As much as you hate reading books, Arturo, you would be better off reading them, instead of relying on gossip for...

The fake hate stake

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This excerpt from an old drawn-out discussion . I'm posting because I gave a nice example that contradicts the claim that the only poss...

Violent Crime in 2004 in the U.S. - hate crime issue

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In context, the violent crimes against persons allegedly because of “hate” pales in comparison to the over-all figures .10 There were a tota...

Violent Crime in 2004 in the U.S. - hate crime issue

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It is noteworthy that the numbers reported 9 represent alleged hate crimes, not proven hate crimes. That means the statistics include crimes...

The very fascinating hate law criteria

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by prejudice based on race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of the victim, or is a violat...

The very fascinating hate law criteria

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'Austria and Belgium both have laws criminalizing holocaust denial, as does France whose law extends to criminalization of the denial o...

The very fascinating hate law criteria

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This clarification and example from the Alliance Defense Fund's Report on the H.R. 1592 Bill. Despite the limitation of the new federal...

The very fascinating hate law criteria

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For example, New Jersey law makes it a “hate crime” to communicate in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm. N.J.S.A. §§ 2C:16-1(a), ...

The very fascinating hate law criteria

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If the faculty at OSU Mansfield are reasonable people, Mr. Savage’s mere suggestion that freshmen read conservative books would qualify as a...
Thursday, April 26, 2007

Hate crime bill - Unequal valuation, protection, assistance, and access to justice under the law

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CWA: 'Hate Crimes' -- Unequal Protection Under the Law WASHINGTON, April 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- "Hate crimes" bill H.R...

Hate crime bill - Unequal valuation, protection, assistance, and access to justice under the law

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Concerned Women for America (CWA) asks Congress to grant equal government resources, concern and respect to the victims at Virginia Tech and...

Hate crime bill - Unequal valuation, protection, assistance, and access to justice under the law

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"If Seung-Hui Cho's horrific actions were not an act of 'hate,' then what where they?" "All violent crimes are ...

Hate crime bill - Unequal valuation, protection, assistance, and access to justice under the law

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All violent crimes are not "hate crimes," because I would argue the definition of "hate crime" is selectively myopic and...

Hate crime bill - Unequal valuation, protection, assistance, and access to justice under the law

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But this is where the bill gets horrid: Under the bill, the United States Attorney General could provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial,...

Hate crime bill - Unequal valuation, protection, assistance, and access to justice under the law

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Remember this? The Associated Press story showing that of 1,115 people convicted of sexually abusing children in New York City between 1993 ...

Hate crime bill - Unequal valuation, protection, assistance, and access to justice under the law

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or is motivated by prejudice based on race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of the victim...

Hate crime bill - Unequal valuation, protection, assistance, and access to justice under the law

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Take this other example : All things being equal, it means that if a 5-foot-2-inch grandmother is violently attacked on the street (such as ...

What happens to homosexual ephebophile predators in the Republican party?

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They go into alcohol rehab at 5-star luxury resorts disguised as treatment facilities, they wait awhile until the media radar for scandal an...

What happens to homosexual ephebophile predators in the Republican party?

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ABC's The Blotter says Foley has begun to "re-emerge publicly" in Palm Beach : "He was seen last week bicycling along So...

What happens to homosexual ephebophile predators in the Republican party?

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Disgraced congressman using campaign cash to pay bills Former congressman Mark Foley is using leftover campaign cash to pay for the huge leg...

Come clap at the "lesbian with a chain saw" pride parade

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In South Dakota , lesbian Daphne Wright, who killed Darlene VanderGiesen and chopped up her body with a chain saw, has been sentenced to li...
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Shell Corporation and porn: If you are guilty of wrong-doing, just give it a nice, PR label to hide the fact.

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From WND : Shell Oil Co. has determined "Playboy" and "Penthouse" no longer are pornography, but instead are "adult...

Shell Corporation and porn: If you are guilty of wrong-doing, just give it a nice, PR label to hide the fact.

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The request, Caton told WND, has been made to more than a dozen major oil companies supplying fuel to nearly 150,000 outlets in the United S...

Shell Corporation and porn: If you are guilty of wrong-doing, just give it a nice, PR label to hide the fact.

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Following Scott Ott's style- this just released to the media :-) Following Shell Corporation's pronouncement last week that it no l...

Shell Corporation and porn: If you are guilty of wrong-doing, just give it a nice, PR label to hide the fact.

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"To say that crack is a destructive and vicious illegal drug is a retrograde definition of crack, largely held by the general 'unin...
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Sexual Harassment and Abuse on Campus and in Schools

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The AAUW Educational Foundation released its research report, "Drawing the Line: Sexual Harassment on Campus," on Jan. 24, 2006. ...

Sexual Harassment and Abuse on Campus and in Schools

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March 10, 2004 - Sexual Abuse by Educators Is Scrutinized By Caroline Hendrie A draft report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Educatio...

Sexual Harassment and Abuse on Campus and in Schools

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Law Required Study The Education Department contracted with Ms. Shakeshaft to examine what is known about the prevalence of sexual misconduc...

Sexual Harassment and Abuse on Campus and in Schools

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She said that after she turned in a draft of the report last May, she received feedback from the department that led her to believe that the...

People don't stop killers, people with guns do. - the Instapundit (read Instaretard).

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Glenn Reynolds' editorial advocating the above. On some guy's blog: The idea is that if one of the Virginia Tech students had had a ...

People don't stop killers, people with guns do.

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Gad. In the olden days, when i was at University, the most threatening thing that happened was some prematurely balding fool yelling disjoin...

Free, Online, Comprehensive Guide for Deciphering Highbrow, Erudite Phrases in Academic Papers and Theses

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The following list of phrases and their definitions will aid you in understanding the meaning of mysterious, erudite terms used in hallowed...

Free, Online, Comprehensive Guide for Deciphering Highbrow, Erudite Phrases in Academic Papers and Theses

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“IN MY EXPERIENCE”… Once “IN CASE AFTER CASE”… Twice “IN A SERIES OF CASES”… Thrice “IT IS BELIEVED THAT”… I think. “IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVE...

Free, Online, Comprehensive Guide for Deciphering Highbrow, Erudite Phrases in Academic Papers and Theses

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“CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE”… Wrong. “ACCORDING TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS”… Rumor has it. “A STATISTICALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTION OF TH...

Film: The Killer Within - Parallels, parallels with Cho and so many other cases

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Craig D. Lindsey, Staff Writer: When Macky Alston screened his latest film, "The Killer Within" at the Full Frame Documentary Film...

Film: The Killer Within - Parallels, parallels with Cho and so many other cases

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At the suggestion of Bechtel's young daughter Carrah, Alston made a movie about Bechtel's confession as well as the aftermath. In th...

Film: The Killer Within - Parallels, parallels with Cho and so many other cases

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"I think that the school shooter is a specific category of criminal," he says. "And I think we can do a lot to reduce the num...

Film: The Killer Within - Parallels, parallels with Cho and so many other cases

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Dr. Steven Sharfstein, past president of the American Psychiatric Association, said the problems are both financial and legal . "What w...

Film: The Killer Within - Parallels, parallels with Cho and so many other cases

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"Unfortunately, we live in a society that says as long as you are not a danger to yourself or someone else you can be as psychotic as y...

My Comments/Replies at La Shawn's Blog Regarding Cho - Mental Illness and Child Abuse Issues

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Excerpts of some of my most important comments/replies at La Shawn Barber's Blog regarding Cho and mental illness and child abuse issue...

My Comments/Replies at La Shawn's Blog Regarding Cho - Mental Illness and Child Abuse Issues

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This is what certain mental illnesses do to a person’s mind, they impair healthy functioning. Why do you think it takes 6, 8, 10 years of pr...

My Comments/Replies at La Shawn's Blog Regarding Cho - Mental Illness and Child Abuse Issues

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Your ignorance is evil, because you cannot understand this. You will only misunderstand disturbed people, blame them for things they cannot ...

My Comments/Replies at La Shawn's Blog Regarding Cho - Mental Illness and Child Abuse Issues

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=============================== I called them ultra-privileged because, I agree with you, with the exception of the Holocaust survivor, how ...

My Comments/Replies at La Shawn's Blog Regarding Cho - Mental Illness and Child Abuse Issues

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Then people like you come out with the psychotic killer monster framing. Are you happy, are you proud of yourself? Do you know how many case...

My Comments/Replies at La Shawn's Blog Regarding Cho - Mental Illness and Child Abuse Issues

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Alessandra, re: “I know a few cases of children who were severely abused and all grew up to either be condemned to a life of mental illness ...

My Comments/Replies at La Shawn's Blog Regarding Cho - Mental Illness and Child Abuse Issues

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In your disgustingly privileged framing, children are to be abandoned to torture because “society” has nothing to do with protecting childre...

My Comments/Replies at La Shawn's Blog Regarding Cho - Mental Illness and Child Abuse Issues

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I do agree that Cho is responsible for the murders, though, even if we take into account his mental illness. However, this means that the lo...
Monday, April 23, 2007

He couldn't resist

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Amusing entry to some guy's new blog: I swore I would not do this. Ok, I caved. I'm going to add my small voice to the millions who ...

Ah... aren't those teachers and school administrators wonderful?

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Great statement/question : What I can't understand is why "bullying" is an accepted form of behavior. Ain't it one of the ...

Horrid examples of bullying and what you can do in your little corner of the world - good article - proactive!

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Margot Russell : Bullying is an important contributor to youth violence, including homicide and suicide. Case studies of the shooting at C...

Horrid examples of bullying and what you can do in your little corner of the world - good article - proactive!

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Here's one of the many ways I taught my own children to be tolerant: When they'd come home from play or school and tell me that so...

Horrid examples of bullying and what you can do in your little corner of the world - good article - proactive!

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The sort of bullying I endured was peanuts compared to what other kids go through. Consider this: In April 1998, Brian Franklish died whil...

Horrid examples of bullying and what you can do in your little corner of the world - good article - proactive!

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Cho Seung-Hui, the Virginia Tech shooter was picked on. He was tormented and bullied throughout his life. There's no excuse for his ret...
Saturday, April 21, 2007

And another can of worms

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In a era of information overload, it is the media's judgment of just how important an issue is that makes the critical difference to...

VaTech tragedy: A wake up call for America’s mental health

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Each year, less than half of the 26 percent of all American adults with mental health problems receive the treatment they require to live he...

VaTech tragedy: A wake up call for America’s mental health

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Goshen -- The unfortunate events of the Virginia Tech tragedy, are an important reminder that our nation has a long way to go in ensuring th...

Fleetwood - Bullying

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Too often, American schools foster a culture of cliques and teasing isolation that torments millions of bullied children who have no place ...

Fleetwood - Bullying

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American educators operate on the premise of "benign neglect" - that students have to work out their social problems by themselves...

Fleetwood - Bullying

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In Santee, Ca., when his threats were ignored, an angry 15 year old boy brought a gun to school and killed two classmates. The troubled yout...