Many of my friends are vegetarian. To clear up the terminology, I am talking about people who do not eat meat of any kind (not fish or chicken either, folks), but may use other animal products, e.g., eggs or honey ( Read more... )

One of the worst things you can call someone now is "well-meaning ( Read more... )

Via srl: An officer of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army describes violations of the Geneva convention.

o I guess what I’m getting at is the Army officers have overarching responsibility for this. Not privates, not the Sergeant Jones, not Sergeant Smith. The Army officer corps has responsibility for this. And it boggles my mind ( Read more... )

A very good thought from the Slacktivist: there's always room.

"Never again" is a normative statement, not a descriptive one. It is a commitment, a pledge -- not a statement about how things are, but a statement about how things can be if we work to make sure that it is so.