January 2012
Night vision goggles being used in dog fouling crackdown →
telegraph.co.uk
Undercover wardens are using night vision goggles to identify and fine pet owners who allow their dogs to foul in public places.Can you say money and resources well spent…
In Texas, a woman seeking an abortion is forced to have a ultrasound and forced to LISTEN to the exam →
reuters.com
“Small government conservative” Gov. Rick Perry and libertarian Dr. Ron Paul both support this state law that forces a medically UNNECESSARY procedure on a pregnant woman, and also says that she must LISTEN to the test results.
Who pays for the test? How can a libertarian support a law that forces someone to LISTEN to something they may not wish to hear?
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“I’ve often thought there ought to be a manual to hand to little kids, telling them what kind of planet they’re on, why they don’t fall off it, how much time they’ve probably got here, how to avoid poison ivy, and so on. I tried to write one once. It was called Welcome to Earth. But I got stuck on explaining why we don’t fall off the planet. Gravity is just a word. It doesn’t explain anything. If I could get past gravity, I’d tell them how we reproduce, how long we’ve been here, apparently, and a little bit about evolution. I didn’t learn until I was in college about all the other cultures, and I should have learned that in the first grade. A first grader should understand that his or her culture isn’t a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and they all work pretty well; that all cultures function on faith rather than truth; that there are lots of alternatives to our own society. Cultural relativity is defensible and attractive. It’s also a source of hope. It means we don’t have to continue this way if we don’t like it.”
—Kurt Vonnegut (Interview with Playboy, 1973)
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