This entry could be an addition to my previous one. When it comes to art, libertarianism is no longer a taboo word, something to fear. I just opened the free newspaper "εφ" from yesterday and in the 6th and 7th page there are two intersting articles. 
The first is by Pasxos Mandravelis about the incident at the Art Athina exhibition and how it was ( Read more... )

This story sounds like a medieval one. But no. It's from today's BBC webpage. No comments.

Thirty-one dirty and disorientated workers have been rescued from a brickwork factory in China, where they were being held as virtual slaves. Eight workers were so traumatised by their experiences that they were only able to remember their names. The labourers ( Read more... )

It is a fact that men have more sexual partners than women and they are more open to the idea of polygamy - for males that is, naturally.
One way to explain this phenomenon is that men were biologically programmed to have as many children as possible, so they had to have as many partners as possible. A woman could only have a limited amount of kids ( Read more... )

I just discovered a new word of the english language. I have no idea how many of you use it, but I wish I saw it more in discussions, and I hope the following text I found makes clear why:

(this is only one of the meanings - from urban dictionary)
Squick

1. Noun. The physical sense of repulsion upon encountering a concept or situation one finds ( Read more... )

Yesterday we had a heated discussion in the gender psychology class about sexuality. The main subject that was discussed was monogamy vs. polygamy, but when the practice of mutilation of the female sexual organ was mentioned, there was also a fight between the representative of human rights (that is me) and cultural relativism (another GIRL of the ( Read more... )

There is an article in pathfinder.gr, taken from Reuters. It doesn't surprise me. Iran will introduce new technology that will censor MMS messages from cellular phones. How far will they go? How much energy and effort will be waisted for that purpose?
Freedom of expression is not about satisfying whims. It is about pleasure, it is about enjoying ( Read more... )

More things for today. I was just sent some photos from the Free Kareem Athens Rally. It took place this Friday and although we weren't a lot we informed many people about the situation and we were norticed by the Egyptian embassy. 
Kareem is an egyptian blogger who was sentenced in 5 years in jail for things he wrote against the government and ( Read more... )

This was brought into my attention by
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Time magazine has an article about the chinese diver who had won a gold medal in the Athens Olympics, Tian Liang. After accepting an offer by the Hong Kong entertainment agency, Emperor Entertainment Group, to join the firm as an athlete-entertainer, he was denied the right to participate in other athletic events, including the next Olympic games ( Read more... )

Yey!!! Another article by John Corvino! If you don't know who he is, follow the link to the right of my LJ and find out! I like his style and I like his reasoning. I used many of his articles when I was doing a project for my ethics class about homosexuality ( link). Well, when he speaks, whatever I have to say is redundant!
Gay Parenting and Double ( Read more... )