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[sabotabby]

The Pride Weekend festivities shall begin fairly soon (which means I won't be at my computer very much), but in the meantime, here's some reading material.

Many of you have heard of the latest outrage in Australia. As if the aboriginal communities there don't have enough problems, the Howard government has decided that Father Knows Best and it looks like they're gearing to revive the good ol' tradition of stealing indigenous kids from their families and such.

ironed_orchid has a link round-up. It's some very disturbing stuff.

First, the good news: They might close down Gitmo. The bad news? You know they'll come up with something worse. (Hat tip: jhfurnish.)

The CIA is finally going to tell you about the nasty shit it did a few decades ago. The nasty shit it's doing now is still classified, sorry. (Hat tip: jamie_miller.)

Call-out for the Second Carnival of Radical Action.

zingerella wants your opinion on ideological purity in the feminist movement.

Comments

[sabotabby]

I don't know; all but one of the Australians I know don't fit the stereotype at all. But that goes for most of the Americans I know too.

[terry-terrible.livejournal.com]

I would posit that is because you have good taste in the friends you make. Or that disparity in experience might exist because I live in Nevada where rednecks and cretins abound.

[elgordochico.livejournal.com]

That's because the rule of scales apply to human beings. The rule of scales in physics, for instance, says that Newton's first rule of motion break down at subatomic distances. Similarly, I'd suggest the same can be said about individuals and their social groups. The generalization we have of people in groups does not necessarily apply to people when they are in isolation. There is always that chance that they do, though, which is what makes life so difficult.