The Charlie Hebdo debate

 

       Here is a clip from an article I have read on the Charlie Hebdo story

CANADALAND sided with bigotry, not freedom.

http://canadalandshow.com/article/i-am-not-charlie-hebdo

 

On yesterday’s SHORT CUTS Jesse Brown and Jen Gerson argue that, in the wake of Wednesday’s attack on the magazine’s office in Paris, news outlets ought to share Charlie Hebdo’s racist caricatures of Mohammed.

 

Alongside many publications at home and abroad, CANADALAND has reproduced a selection of Charlie Hebdo’s most racist cartoons.

 

Love and respect to Jesse, Jen and CANADALAND, but they’re full of shit.

Jesse’s justification for running the racist cartoons aligns with two common arguments we’ve heard over and over this week.

 

First, there’s the belief that reproducing the cartoons is vital to news consumers’ understanding of the Paris attack. Second, there’s the belief that running the racist cartoons shouldn’t be a question because it is a simple matter of freedom of speech.

 

Neither of these beliefs holds up.

Seeing Charlie Hebdo’s racist cartoons is not vital to understanding Wednesday’s attack.

 

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#CharlieHebdo #Paris

 

Of course one will never support violence being used as a form of protest and everyone mourns the death of the twelve people who were killed on Wednesday.

 

 

  

Comments

I would like to get readers views on recent events happening in Paris?

What are your views on the Charlie Hebdo cartoons?

Delaying Sex Makes Better Relationships

 

Delaying sex makes for a more satisfying and stable relationship later on, new research finds.

 

Couples who had sex the earliest — such as after the first date or within the first month of dating — had the worst relationship outcomes.

 

"What seems to happen is that if couples become sexual too early, this very rewarding area of the relationship overwhelms good decision-making and keeps couples in a relationship that might not be the best for them in the long-run," study researcher Dean Busby, of Brigham Young University's School of Family Life, told LiveScience.

  

The intricate nature of sex

 

Past research on sex and its link to relationship quality has revealed two different paradigms. In one, sex is considered essential to a developing relationship since it allows partners to assess their sexual compatibility. Following this line of thinking, couples who marry before testing out their sexual chemistry are at risk of marital distress and failure later on.

 

The opposing view posits couples who delay or abstain from sexual intimacy during the early part of their relationships allow communication and other social processes to become the foundation of their attraction to each other. Essentially, early sex could be detrimental to a relationship, skewing it away from communication, commitment and the ability to handle adversity, this thinking suggests.

 

And past studies have shown the sex-relationship link is a complex one. For instance, a 2004 study of nearly 300 college students in dating relationships showed that when couples were highly committed, sex was more likely to be seen as a positive turning point in the relationship, increasing understanding, commitment, trust and a sense of security. However, when commitment and emotional expressions were low, the initiation of sex was significantly more likely seen as a negative event, evoking regret, uncertainty, discomfort, and prompting apologies.

 

Article

http://www.livescience.com/10935-delaying-sex-relationships-study-finds.html

 

 

Can I get your Comments : do you agree or disagree?

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Let there be a Black Annie!

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In the first episode of Boston Legal I watched last week on boxset (it came out in 2004) there was a civil-rights issue hinges on the casting choice for a version of “Annie”;

 

 

 

"Give us a black Spiderman, a black Superman, a black Jesus, not tomorrow but today

not tomorrow , tomorrow, you the problem with equality I that , tomorrow is always a day away"

 

 

 

That piece of  fiction did not result then with a victory so outrageous the thought.

 

 

 

 

 Fast forward to present day

 

 

Annie remake: casting of black lead provokes negative Twitter posts

 

Some tweets

 

There's "Not to be racist, but since when is Annie black?!". And "I'm not racist but first the karate kid then Johnny Storm and now Annie!" And, obviously "I'm not racist or anything ... But this new Annie movie is all mixed up!!! Annie is WHITE!!!!!!"

 

 

Some details

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxc8rS2W2E

 

Annie is an American musical comedy-drama film directed by Will Gluck and produced by Jay-Z and Will Smith. It stars Quvenzhané Wallis in the title role and Jamie Foxx in the role of Will Stacks, an update of Daddy Warbucks. It is a contemporary adaptation of the musical of the same name, which was in turn based upon the 1924 comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray.

 

 

Has anyone seen this film?

Has anyone any objections to the leading role's ethnicity?

Tell me a little more about your  reviews.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Racial Profiling

Stereotyping/Racial Profiling Debate

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There are several definitions of racial profiling, including those established by different offices like the Office of the Arizona Attorney General. This office defines it as "Use by law enforcement personnel of an individual's race or ethnicity as a factor in articulating reasonable suspicion to stop, question or arrest an individual, unless race or ethnicity is part of an identifying description of a specific suspect for a specific crime."

Racial profiling is a phrase often used in law enforcement or the court system to refer to the use of a person's ethnicity or race to decide on whether to engage in some type of legal proceeding. The act itself is very controversial and considered by many as illegal and inappropriate.

Stereotyping

Stereotyping is a major issue that young people confront. The evidence indicates that because of stereotyping, assumptions and expectations are made of individuals sometimes resulting in false charges, differential treatment, and conflicts. Stereotyping influences the ways in which young people are dealt with by authority figures and adults in general. In a context of racism, stereotyping/racial profiling and discrimination thrive and limit the opportunities and possibilities of young racial minority people. It is incumbent on our institutions to pay attention to the conditions – the policies, practices, programs and individuals carrying out these policies – which perpetuate stereotyping, and in so doing build conditions that facilitate respect and appreciation for the human rights of our young minority people. 

article

http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/race-policy-dialogue-papers/stereotyping-and-its-consequence-racial-minority-youth

Some comments I have found

Its not so much racial profiling as a statistical game. Most Muslim Terrorists are from the Middle East, so if you are looking for a Muslim Terrorist you look for someone with those particular features. If you are looking for a Klan member you look for the white man. Statistics are not a bad thing.

I am for using race as a part of criminal profiling, just as height, weight, tattoos, and other characteristics are used to find criminals. I do not support police treating people differently based upon race alone.

Racial profiling only supports inequality, and racism in the United States. Its wrong and horrendously inhumane... how would you like it if you went to Africa, and the police immediately arrested you because they thought you were part of the KKK?? Even IF in some magical way it works, its still completely ridiculous and the total opposite of what many people in society want, and isn't that one giant step towards xenophobia? You cannot base the actions of an entire race off the actions of it's few troublemakers.

http://www.debate.org/police-profiling/


As long as racial fear can be used to justify disproportionate force, killings like that of Mike Brown in Ferguson will continue.
New Statesmen
Ferguson has reinforced racial fear and lethal stereotypes
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/11/ferguson-has-reinforced-racial-fear-and-lethal-stereotypes


“As Attorney General, I have repeatedly made clear that racial profiling by law enforcement is not only wrong, it is misguided and ineffective – because it can mistakenly focus investigative efforts, waste precious resources and, ultimately, undermine the public trust. Particularly in light of recent incidents we’ve seen at the local level – and the concerns about trust in the criminal justice process which so many have raised throughout the nation – it’s imperative that we take every possible action to institute sound, fair and strong policing practices.”

Attorney General Eric Holder Announces Federal Restrictions And Bans On Racial Profiling

What are our views

The porn debate

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Let's debate

Hooray for porn! What would we be without it? Bored, repressed, frustrated. Porn nails the lie that sex is something we should be ashamed of. Porn tells us that that sex doesn’t just come in vanilla flavour. Porn lights up the lives of the depressed, the lonely, the sexually unadventurous.  It spices dull marriages; it brings excitement to relationships; it tells us where to look and where to touch. Porn allows the timid to indulge fantasies they’d never live out in real life and the adventurous to experiment with new forms of pleasure. Now that it has stepped down from the top shelf and waltzed across the internet we can all enjoy it without the stigma of being cast as dirty old men… and women. Secretly we all know it’s one of the great pleasures out there: all that remains is that we stop pretending it’s something dirty and come straight out and salute it.

Flip side

Salute it? Why? When all intimacy is reduced to heave and thrust what scope is left for sensitivity and tolerance and love? And what kind of a warped, desensitised view of the world of human intimacy does this offer up to our children? Men finding it harder to be satisfied with their real world partners; women feeling inadequate and pressured to live up to the cyber-competition – this is the reality of pornland. So which is it – the great liberator of the libido or a blight on human intimacy?

Quote from

Pornography is Good for Us: Without it We Would be a Far More Repressed Society
http://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/pornography-is-good-for-us/

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I think porn when used sensibly and between consenting partners can be beneficial however as with anything open to abuse and over use leading to overbearingness in the relationship. Also when used outside of a relationship it becomes the poor substitute.

Is there an connection between porn and emotions?

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