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War against India

speakindia — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:27:35 +0000

The terrorist groups have waged a war against India. As if the destruction and the internal problems weren't enough, a group "Indian Mujahidden" pops out of now where, trying to terrorizing the minds of innocent people who are working for the country. There could be a possibility that the Indian Mujahideen attacks be linked to the signing of Nuclear deal and victory of the congress on the trust vote. The surprising fact is that two serial blasts have taken place. One on Bangalore and the other on Ahmedabad and both within a gap of 24 hours. A war against India has begun and such precision attacking of the development centers of modern India could be threatening on the minds of the Indians. They are playing with the psychology this time. Earlier it used to be attack and hide policy by the terrorists but this time they are playing a attack and attack game.
Our intelligence have been outsmarted or to simply say they aren't smart enough to save such tragic incidents from happening. The security in India is far from satisfactory as it very easy to infiltrate and strike. More over there are groups that are openly challenging the government whereas sonia and manmohan singh are busy over other issues and using all their time and energy in criticizing the opposition in every way possible. I am not saying that L K Advani isgood, he is the worse of them all. In times of crisis he is blaming the center for the attacks. It is just that he has lost his sense of right and wrong, after all old age, what to do. Manmohan Singh is also a victim of it. Sonia Gandhi has his remote. In this politics, who looses, the common man, popularly know as Aam Aadmi by Laaloo prasad yadav. Where was he when this happened, Delivering a proverbial speech or searching such speeches. 31 innocent people lost their lives in two days of terror. More than 200 families were in grief because their loved one had die and countless have been terrorized. It is often said in war that a half dead victim can be more useful than killing him. Same has been done in the twin serial blasts. I just hope are dumb headed low thinking politicians get over their bickering ways and do some good for the people and country.

Dead Cat Bounce

John — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:16:45 +0000

My name is Edgar J. Steele.

I've been off having surgery, to answer all the questions. But I'm getting back into it now, thanks for the expressions of concern. That's the great thing about working for free - you get to pick your own hours.

Ever seen a dead cat? Ever seen one bounce off the pavement? Use your imagination, then. That's all that is going on right now, economically. If that.

Fact is, the government lies about everything now. Everything. I've become so jaded that I automatically disbelieve everything I hear from official sources. Everything.

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Ahemdabad Blasts:29 killed

speakindia — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:45:45 +0000

Ahmedabad (PTI): Terror struck Ahmedabad when 16 coordinated serial blasts ripped through the city on Saturday night killing 29 people and injuring nearly 90 sending a wave of panic, a day after multiple explosions rocked Bangalore in another BJP-ruled state.

Fourteen crowded areas in the Gujarat capital including market places were hit in the synchronised "low-intensity" explosions in a space of 60 to 70 minutes after the first blast hit Maninagar at 6.45 pm. The bombs placed in tiffin boxes were strapped on to bicycles. Some of the blast sites were in sensitive areas in the old city but the situation was peaceful as the night wore on.

There were three blasts in Maninagar--the constituency of Chief Minister Narendra Modi--and two in Sarkhej targetting a state transport CNG bus and near the old Sangam theatre.

"As per the latest information 29 persons were killed and 88 injured," Modi told reporters late tonight.

Significantly, two blasts occured in the premises of Civil and LG hospitals where several victims of the explosions in other areas were being rushed exacerbating the already tense situation. A nationwide alert has been sounded.

A shocked Modi said the Ahmedabad blasts was a "war against India" and a handiwork of terror groups. Declaring there should be one voice against terrorism, Modi also said there is a "mastermind group and a mastermind country" behind the blasts. The people behind the attack will be "hounded out," said Modi, who also spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Modi said the modus operandi of terrorists was same.

Banagalore Blasts: Embedded system used

speakindia — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:38:37 +0000

as the Bangalore police are trying to ascertain the people behind the serial blasts which rattled the city on Friday, investigation has revealed that embedded chips were used as a timer to trigger all the explosions.

Police on Saturday defused a live improvised explosive device (IED) at Koramangala in the city’s IT corridor and subsequently found that all the IEDs, which exploded on Friday, were planted at least three days in advance.

Bangalore Police Commissioner Shankar M. Bidari told The Hindu that in the other recent explosions in different parts of the country cell phones were used as trigger.

An embedded chip can be programmed like a digital clock and it produces a fuse pulse that triggers the detonation.

“The IEDs had sufficient explosive material which could have caused high intensity blasts. We are trying to find out scientifically what reduced the impact of the explosion,” he said.

Mr. Bidari said investigations were on the right track but it would take time to confirm who masterminded and executed the blasts, in which a woman was killed and nine were injured. He was tight-lipped to a query on whether any terrorist group was involved.
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Yeah Really: I Love NAS! Check him out on Colbert Report. See What He Says About Racist FOX NEWS...

jamilascrockett — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:07:36 +0000

This is a clip of NAS on Comedy Central's Colbert Report...

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This is why I love NAS! He speaks for our generation. Thank you NAS for being articulate and intelligent, for having a voice and courage to share it with the world. And thank you for telling them that you are NOT a gangster rapper. I hate when they get it wrong.

NAS requested that FOX do something to change the permission of racist comments that air on the station. News is supposed to be unbiased. Instead FOX goes beyond the slight bias and actually offends its viewers. In response, NAS collected over 600,000 signatures from viewers of all ethnicities to create change. FOX would not accept the petitions, but Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Report did.

Thank you Colbert for having NAS on your show.

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description of a bully

uniquesituation — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:22:06 +0000

The serial bully displays behaviour congruent with many of the diagnostic criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Characterised by a pervasive pattern of grandiosity and self-importance, need for admiration, and lack of empathy, people with narcissistic personality disorder overestimate their abilities and inflate their accomplishments, often appearing boastful and pretentious, whilst correspondingly underestimating and devaluing the achievements and accomplishments of others.

Often the narcissist will fraudulently claim to have qualifications or experience or affiliations or associations which they don't have or aren't entitled to. Belief in superiority, inflating their self-esteem to match that of senior or important people with whom they associate or identify, insisting on having the "top" professionals or being affiliated with the "best" institutions, but criticising the same people who disappoint them are also common features of narcissistic personality disorder.

Narcissists react angrily to criticism and when rejected, the narcissist will often denounce the profession which has rejected them (usually for lack of competence or misdeed) but simultaneously and paradoxically represent themselves as belonging to the profession they are vilifying.

Fragile self-esteem, a need for constant attention and admiration, fishing for compliments (often with great charm), an expectation of superior entitlement, expecting others to defer to them, and a lack of sensitivity especially when others do not react in the expected manner, are also hallmarks of the disorder. Greed, expecting to receive before and above the needs of others, overworking those around them, and forming romantic (sic) or sexual relationships for the purpose of advancing their purpose or career, abusing special privileges and squandering extra resources also feature.

People with narcissistic personality disorder also have difficulty recognizing the needs and feelings of others, and are dismissive, contemptuous and impatient when others share or discuss their concerns or problems. They are also oblivious to the hurtfulness of their behaviour or remarks, show an emotional coldness and a lack of reciprocal interest, exhibit envy (especially when others are accorded recognition), have an arrogant, disdainful and patronizing attitude, and are quick to blame and criticise others when their needs and expectations are not met.

The DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder are:

A. A pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy, as indicated by at least five of:

1. a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, ie unreasonable expectations of especially favourable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, ie takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy and is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviours or attitudes

The need for attention

Human beings are social creatures and need social interaction, feedback, and validation of their worth. The emotionally mature person doesn't need to go hunting for these; they gain it naturally from their daily life, especially from their work and from stable relationships. Daniel Goleman calls emotional maturity emotional intelligence, or EQ; he believes, and I agree, that EQ is a much better indicator of a person's character and value than intelligence quotient, or IQ.

The emotionally immature person, however, has low levels of self-esteem and self-confidence and consequently feels insecure; to counter these feelings of insecurity they will spend a large proportion of their lives creating situations in which they become the centre of attention. It may be that the need for attention is inversely proportional to emotional maturity, therefore anyone indulging in attention-seeking behaviours is telling you how emotionally immature they are.

Attention-seeking behaviour is surprisingly common. Being the centre of attention alleviates feelings of insecurity and inadequacy but the relief is temporary as the underlying problem remains unaddressed: low self-confidence and low self-esteem, and consequent low levels of self-worth and self-love.

Insecure and emotionally immature people often exhibit bullying behaviours, especially manipulation and deception. These are necessary in order to obtain attention which would not otherwise be forthcoming. Bullies and harassers have the emotional age of a young child and will exhibit temper tantrums, deceit, lying and manipulation to avoid exposure of their true nature and to evade accountability and sanction. This page lists some of the most common tactics bullies and manipulators employ to gain attention for themselves. An attention-seeker may exhibit several of the methods listed below.

Attention seeking methods

The sufferer: this might include feigning or exaggerating illness, playing on an injury, or perhaps causing or inviting injury, in extreme cases going as far as losing a limb. Severe cases may meet the diagnostic criteria for Munchausen Syndrome (also know as Factitious Disorder). The illness or injury becomes a vehicle for gaining sympathy and thus attention. The attention-seeker excels in manipulating people through their emotions, especially that of guilt. It's very difficult not to feel sorry for someone who relates a plausible tale of suffering in a sob story or "poor me" drama.

The saviour: in attention-seeking personality disorders like Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy (MSBP, also known as Factitious Disorder By Proxy) the person, usually female, creates opportunities to be centre of attention by intentionally causing harm to others and then being their saviour, by saving their life, and by being such a caring, compassionate person. Few people realise the injury was deliberate. The MSBP mother or nurse may kill several babies before suspicions are aroused. When not in saviour mode, the saviour may be resentful, perhaps even contemptuous, of the person or persons she is saving.

The rescuer: particularly common in family situations, she's the one who will dash in and "rescue" people whenever the moment is opportune - to herself, that is. She then gains gratification from basking in the glory of her humanitarian actions. She will prey on any person suffering misfortune, infirmity, illness, injury, or anyone who has a vulnerability. The act of rescue and thus the opportunities for gaining attention can be enhanced if others are excluded from the act of rescue; this helps create a dependency relationship between the rescuer and rescued which can be exploited for further acts of rescue (and attention) later. When not in rescue mode, the rescuer may be resentful, perhaps even contemptuous, of the person she is rescuing.

The organiser: she may present herself as the one in charge, the one organising everything, the one who is reliable and dependable, the one people can always turn to. However, the objective is not to help people (this is only a means to an end) but to always be the centre of attention.

The manipulator: she may exploit family relationships, manipulating others with guilt and distorting perceptions; although she may not harm people physically, she causes everyone to suffer emotional injury. Vulnerable family members are favourite targets. A common attention-seeking ploy is to claim she is being persecuted, victimised, excluded, isolated or ignored by another family member or group, perhaps insisting she is the target of a campaign of exclusion or harassment.

The mind-poisoner: adept at poisoning peoples' minds by manipulating their perceptions of others, especially against the current target.

The drama queen: every incident or opportunity, no matter how insignificant, is exploited, exaggerated and if necessary distorted to become an event of dramatic proportions. Everything is elevated to crisis proportions. Histrionics may be present where the person feels she is not the centre of attention but should be. Inappropriate flirtatious behaviour may also be present.

The busy bee: this individual is the busiest person in the world if her constant retelling of her life is to be believed. Everyday events which are regarded as normal by normal people take on epic proportions as everyone is invited to simultaneously admire and commiserate with this oh-so-busy person who never has a moment to herself, never has time to sit down, etc. She's never too busy, though, to tell you how busy she is.

The feigner: when called to account and outwitted, the person instinctively uses the denial - counterattack - feigning victimhood strategy to manipulate everyone present, especially bystanders and those in authority. The most effective method of feigning victimhood is to burst into tears, for most people's instinct is to feel sorry for them, to put their arm round them or offer them a tissue. There's little more plausible than real tears, although as actresses know, it's possible to turn these on at will. Feigners are adept at using crocodile tears. From years of practice, attention-seekers often give an Oscar-winning performance in this respect. Feigning victimhood is a favourite tactic of bullies and harassers to evade accountability and sanction. When accused of bullying and harassment, the person immediately turns on the water works and claims they are the one being bullied or harassed - even though there's been no prior mention of being bullied or harassed. It's the fact that this claim appears only after and in response to having been called to account that is revealing. Mature adults do not burst into tears when held accountable for their actions.

The false confessor: this person confesses to crimes they haven't committed in order to gain attention from the police and the media. In some cases people have confessed to being serial killers, even though they cannot provide any substantive evidence of their crimes. Often they will confess to crimes which have just been reported in the media. Some individuals are know to the police as serial confessors. The false confessor is different from a person who make a false confession and admits to a crime of which they are accused because of emotional pressure and inappropriate interrogation tactics.

The abused: a person claims they are the victim of abuse, sexual abuse, rape etc as a way of gaining attention for themselves. Crimes like abuse and rape are difficult to prove at the best of times and their incidence is so common that it is easy to make a plausible claim as a way of gaining attention.

The online victim: this person uses Internet chat rooms and forums to allege that they've been the victim of rape, violence, harassment, abuse etc. The alleged crime is never reported to the authorities, for obvious reasons. The facelessness and anonymity of the Internet suits this type of attention seeker. [More]

The victim: she may intentionally create acts of harassment against herself, eg send herself hate mail or damage her own possessions in an attempt to incriminate a fellow employee, a family member, neighbour, etc. Scheming, cunning, devious, deceptive and manipulative, she will identify her "harasser" and produce circumstantial evidence in support of her claim. She will revel in the attention she gains and use her glib charm to plausibly dismiss any suggestion that she herself may be responsible. However, a background check may reveal that this is not the first time she has had this happen to her.

In many cases the attention-seeker is a serial bully whose behaviour contains many of the characteristics listed under the profile of a serial bully, especially the Attention-Seeker. The page on Narcissistic Personality Disorder may also be enlightening, as may be the page on bullies in the family.

Feigning victimhood is common to serial bullies and this aspect comes to the fore in most cases once the bully has been held accountable and he or she cannot escape or rely on their support network. The tactic of denial followed by immediate counterattack followed by feigning victimhood is described on the serial bully page.

Attention seeking and narcissism

Like most personality disorders, narcissism occurs to different degrees in different people and reveals itself in many ways. Many business leaders exhibit narcissism, although when present in excess, the short-term benefits are outweighed by long-term unsustainability which can, and often does, lead to disaster.

Where are people bullied?

at work by their manager or co-workers or subordinates, or by their clients (bullying, workplace bullying, mobbing, work abuse, harassment, discrimination)
at home by their partner or parents or siblings or children (bullying, assault, domestic violence, abuse, verbal abuse)
at school (bullying, harassment, assault)
in the care of others, such as in hospital, convalescent homes, care homes, residential homes (bullying, harassment, assault)
in the armed forces (bullying, harassment, discrimination, assault)
by those in authority (harassment, abuse of power)
by neighbours and landlords (bullying, harassment)
by strangers (harassment, stalking, assault, sexual assault, rape, grievous bodily harm, murder)

How do you know if you're being bullied? Bullying differs from harassment and assault in that the latter can result from a single incident or small number of incidents - which everybody recognises as harassment or assault - whereas bullying tends to be an accumulation of many small incidents over a long period of time. Each incident tends to be trivial, and on its own and out of context does not constitute an offence or grounds for disciplinary or grievance action. So, ...

What is bullying?

constant nit-picking, fault-finding and criticism of a trivial nature - the triviality, regularity and frequency betray bullying; often there is a grain of truth (but only a grain) in the criticism to fool you into believing the criticism has validity, which it does not; often, the criticism is based on distortion, misrepresentation or fabrication
simultaneous with the criticism, a constant refusal to acknowledge you and your contributions and achievements or to recognise your existence and value
constant attempts to undermine you and your position, status, worth, value and potential
where you are in a group (eg at work), being singled out and treated differently; for instance, everyone else can get away with murder but the moment you put a foot wrong - however trivial - action is taken against you
being isolated and separated from colleagues, excluded from what's going on, marginalized, overruled, ignored, sidelined, frozen out, sent to Coventry
being belittled, demeaned and patronised, especially in front of others
being humiliated, shouted at and threatened, often in front of others
being overloaded with work, or having all your work taken away and replaced with either menial tasks (filing, photocopying, minute taking) or with no work at all
finding that your work - and the credit for it - is stolen and plagiarised
having your responsibility increased but your authority taken away
having annual leave, sickness leave, and - especially - compassionate leave refused
being denied training necessary for you to fulfil your duties
having unrealistic goals set, which change as you approach them
ditto deadlines which are changed at short notice - or no notice - and without you being informed until it's too late
finding that everything you say and do is twisted, distorted and misrepresented
being subjected to disciplinary procedures with verbal or written warnings imposed for trivial or fabricated reasons and without proper investigation
being coerced into leaving through no fault of your own, constructive dismissal, early or ill-health retirement, etc

For further information on what bullying is, click here. For an answer to the question Why me?, click here.

How do I recognise a bully?

Most bullying is traceable to one person, male or female - bullying is not a gender issue. Bullies are often clever people (especially female bullies) but you can be clever too.

Who does this describe in your life?

Jekyll & Hyde nature - vicious and vindictive in private, but innocent and charming in front of witnesses; no-one can (or wants to) believe this individual has a vindictive nature - only the current target sees both sides
is a convincing, compulsive liar and when called to account, will make up anything spontaneously to fit their needs at that moment
uses lots of charm and is always plausible and convincing when peers, superiors or others are present; the motive of the charm is deception and its purpose is to compensate for lack of empathy
relies on mimicry to convince others that they are a "normal" human being but their words, writing and deeds are hollow, superficial and glib
displays a great deal of certitude and self-assuredness to mask their insecurity
excels at deception
exhibits unusual inappropriate attitudes to sexual matters or sexual behaviour; underneath the charming exterior there are often suspicions or intimations of sexual harassment, sex discrimination or sexual abuse (sometimes racial prejudice as well)
exhibits much controlling behaviour and is a control freak
displays a compulsive need to criticise whilst simultaneously refusing to acknowledge, value and praise others
when called upon to share or address the needs and concerns of others, responds with impatience, irritability and aggression
often has an overwhelming, unhealthy and narcissistic need to portray themselves as a wonderful, kind, caring and compassionate person, in contrast to their behaviour and treatment of others; the bully is oblivious to the discrepancy between how they like to be seen (and believe they are seen), and how they are actually seen
has an overbearing belief in their qualities of leadership but cannot distinguish between leadership (maturity, decisiveness, assertiveness, trust and integrity) and bullying (immaturity, impulsiveness, aggression, distrust and deceitfulness)
when called to account, immediately and aggressively denies everything, then counter-attacks with distorted or fabricated criticisms and allegations; if this is insufficient, quickly feigns victimhood, often by bursting into tears (the purpose is to avoid answering the question and thus evade accountability by manipulating others through the use of guilt)
is also ... aggressive, devious, manipulative, spiteful, vengeful, doesn't listen, can't sustain mature adult conversation, lacks a conscience, shows no remorse, is drawn to power, emotionally cold and flat, humourless, joyless, ungrateful, dysfunctional, disruptive, divisive, rigid and inflexible, selfish, insincere, insecure, immature and deeply inadequate, especially in interpersonal skills

marcandominique — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:10:50 +0000

Dans 70% à 80% des agressions sexuelles, l'agresseur est une personne connue de la victime(1).

Un exemple d'agression sexuelle
Un garçon et une fille passent une soirée agréable. Après quelques caresses, le garçon devient plus entreprenant. La fille résiste et explique qu'elle préfère en rester là. Le garçon insiste, verbalement ou physiquement, pour aller plus loin. La fille continue de dire «non», mais il s'impose et, finalement, l'agresse.

Les agressions sexuelles dans les fréquentations
Il est étonnant de constater que, dans la majorité des cas, la victime connaît son agresseur. En effet, on aurait plutôt tendance à se représenter un inconnu attaquant une femme ou une jeune fille dans la rue, tard le soir ou en pleine nuit. Pourtant, les statistiques démontrent que celle-ci risque davantage d'être agressée sexuellement par un homme ou un garçon dont elle n'a aucune raison de se méfier.

Personne au rendez-vous ou au «flirt » qui finit mal
C'est une situation courante: une jeune fille ou une femme est agressée sexuellement par un petit ami ou par une connaissance à l'occasion d'une sortie, d'une rencontre, d'un rendez-vous amoureux, d'une fête, ou encore au travail. Il arrive souvent même que les jeunes filles et les femmes se sentent coupables ou responsables d'avoir provoqué le comportement violent du garçon ou de l'homme.

Dans l'étude québécoise de Poitras et Lavoie (1994), effectuée auprès d'adolescentes de 14 à 19 ans, 54 % d'entre elles rapportent avoir été agressées sexuellement dans le cadre d'une relation amoureuse(2).

La violence, ça commence parfois à l'adolescence
- Dix pour cent des jeunes filles du secondaire connaissent la violence dans leurs relations amoureuses.
- Vingt-cinq pour cent des adolescentes victimes de ce genre de violence refusent généralement d'en parler à qui que ce soit(3).

Des exemples de violence dans les relations amoureuses des jeunes
- Exercer un contrôle sur l'apparence physique de l'autre: « Si tu penses que je vais sortir avec toi habillée de même!»
- Diriger les relations sociales par la jalousie: «T'es mieux de pas lui parler, sinon...»
- Recourir au chantage émotif: «Si tu m'aimes vraiment, tu devrais dire oui...»

La violence dans les relations amoureuses des jeunes
Pour une adolescente ou un adolescent, avoir un « chum » ou une « blonde » procure une certaine reconnaissance face aux autres. Non seulement la violence dans les fréquentations amoureuses des jeunes existe-t-elle, mais elle ressemble souvent à s'y méprendre à celle des couples adultes : elle peut être physique, verbale, sexuelle ou psychologique.

Comme chez les adultes, il n'existe pas de portrait type des jeunes garçons et des jeunes filles qui vivent des situations de violence dans une relation amoureuse. Les jeunes agresseurs sont très souvent des garçons ordinaires, fort aimables avec les adultes et leur entourage, mais méprisants, autoritaires et «contrôlants» avec leur amie. Quant aux victimes, elles sont de tous les milieux sociaux, vivent des réussites ou des échecs, et peuvent être des filles très populaires ou très solitaires.

La prévention de la violence faite aux jeunes filles et aux femmes vise un changement profond des valeurs, des attitudes et des comportements. C'est un travail de longue haleine. La prévention auprès des jeunes consiste à leur proposer des modèles de rapports égalitaires entre filles et garçons pour favoriser des relations plus harmonieuses.

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(1),(2) Groupe de travail sur les agressions à caractère sexuel. Les agressions sexuelles: STOP, 1995.
(3) Rapport du comité canadien sur la violence faite aux femmes. Un nouvel horizon: Éliminer la violence /atteindre l'égalité, 1993.

http://www.servicevie.com/02sante/sante_Femmes/Femmes11092000/femmes11092000.html

marcandominique — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:02:38 +0000

«Étant donné que nous sommes parfois obligés de procéder contre notre volonté par des personnages de haut rang, voici comment par compression, l'opération est effectuée : des enfants, encore d'âge tendre, sont placés dans un bassin d'eau chaude et ensuite, lorsque les parties sont ramollies dans le bain, les testicules doivent être pressés avec les doigts jusqu'à ce qu'ils disparaissent»
Paulus Aegineta - 1er siècle
Cette citation qui figure au début de l'ouvrage de Sander Breiner Slaughter of the Innocents: Child Abuse Through the Ages and Today [Le Massacre des innocents: enfants maltraités aujourd'hui et au cours des siècles] nous rappelle sans ménagement que la brutalisation des garçons remonte à la plus haute antiquité. Le passage en question est une «instruction» à ceux qui cherchaient à contourner une loi promulguée par l'empereur romain Domitien qui interdisait la castration des garçons destinés à des bordels ou vendus à des maîtres qui les sodomisaient. Au tournant du vingtième siècle, on pratiquait encore régulièrement la circoncision masculine sans anesthésie en guise de «thérapeutique» pour réprimer des comportements comme l'hyperactivité et la masturbation (De Mause, 1988). Quant à ceux qui croiraient que ce type de traitement inexcusable des petits ou des jeunes de sexe masculin est chose du passé, nous attirons leur attention sur les éléments suivants :

un épisode d'une émission de télévision humoristique: contexte - un camp d'été; situation - l'exploitation sexuelle d'un «garçon de cantine» par un adulte (nul autre qu'un conseiller du camp);

un journal canadien annonce un jeu de société : «Les 101 usages possibles d'un pénis amputé»;

une autre émission de télévision illustre une situation d'inceste mère/fils dans le cadre d'un sketch comique portant sur le sexe au téléphone;

un article dans le journal au sujet d'une mère qui a laissé son fils de 11 ans attaché et bâillonné dans un garde-robes cite les propos d'un travailleur social qui aurait déclaré durant le procès que le garçon était très porté «à mentir, voler, manipuler et à être perturbateur à l'école» et qu'il s'agissait en général d'«un enfant très désagréable».

http://www.eurowrc.org/05.education/education_fr/viraj/14.viraj.htm

Anything that is not subscribed to by the masses as 'normal' is anti-social and designated as 'dangerous'

deewickdesigns — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:44:11 +0000

There is an assumption that those who look within to find the power that fuels the magic’s are somehow corrupt.....that anything that is not subscribed to by the masses as 'normal' is anti-social and designated as 'dangerous'. All through my life I have under gone victimisation for what I believe in.... just read this blog for total proof as to the extreme pain and victimisation that I underwent and still go through now...for the sake of justice....for the sake of those abused.....I think that those who govern must themselves be governed...I now as I write to you know that I in all possibility will be murdered, as there is a hit on me....this is not a joke burt reality....the exposure that I started now has taken hold. No one can stop this...so I feel a certain thankful certainty that whatever happens to me has been worth the end result. Stand up for what you believe in....that is the ultimate message. I want to spend the time remaining building an 'interactive' CHURCH so that the public can visit and understand the complexities of the situation. I ask anyone reading this to find pictures, articles, perhaps of your own experiences, so that I can construct a collage or mozake that details the vile oppression and abuse that we all suffer day to day, and then this information I can place in to my 'CHURCH' Just let your imagination open up the power that you feel, and compile for me this ‘snapshot’, I hope this makes sense to you and that you can come back to me soonest- kieronsrequiem@mail.com or post a comment with a contact e-mail address - GARETH

Saturday, 26.7.2008: Domestic Violence Still Increasing

cambodiamirror — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:42:52 +0000

The Mirror, Vol. 12, No. 570

“Phnom Penh: Domestic violence remains a major issue in Khmer society - prevention and solutions are need immediately. Domestic violence becomes more cruel, serious, and alarming, especially during the first six months of 2008 this happened; and this trend has increased continually form year to year.

“Officials of different organizations working on domestic violence reported to Khmer Sthapana on 24 July 2008 that, during the period of the first six months of 2008, domestic violence increased alarmingly, and it is believed to be result of a decline of social morality, of inefficient education, and of the poor implementation of regulations.

“Recently, a son killed his father by using a sickle to cut his throat on 22 July 2008 in Khvet Thom, Prey Chhor, Kompong Cham. In another case, in Koh Roka Village, Koh Roka Commune, Peam Chor, Prey Veng, on 22 July 2008, a husband cut his wife’s throat with a cleaver making her bleeding all over the body because of an argument etc…

“According to a report by the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association – ADHOC- domestic violence increased in 2007. In 2006, the organization received 532 case reports, but in 2007, there were 632 cases which led to 29 deaths. This increase is a signal of inefficient law enforcement, aiming at the prevention and the protection of victims from domestic violence.

“In 2007, there were 603 cases of domestic violence that led to injuries. Such violence causing injuries resulted from drunkenness, jealousy, from asserting power as the head of the family, having extra-marital relations, gambling, poverty, and the lack of education, sexual violence, etc…

“Looking at activities which lead to violence, offenders always find reasons to create arguments - after returning home from going to places of entertainment, or when they cannot get the money they ask for; they may start to destroy everything in their house, or use insults and rude words. After that, they hit the victims with sticks, sickles, cleavers, axes, or hoes, or by kicking. Sometimes, violence leads to disability or to death of their victims.

“This report continued to explain that because of strict traditions, some victims bear to live with offenders for years without any intervention by local authorities which might have led to solutions, until they lose their lives. Obviously, in 2007, deaths by domestic violence still increased, and this was not different from 2006.

“There were deaths because victims had been suffered many injuries. They had informed the local authorities to help to solve problems, but they get no response, because the authorities still consider domestic violence to be a domestic problem of a family, and they think they should not interfere to solve such problems.

“Also, it is often seen that the authorities are slow to intervene in domestic violence, and the keep things unattended unless somebody is injured or a victim is already dead before they go to investigate. This shows that regulations to stop domestic violence and to protect victims are not implemented efficiently.

“The authorities seem not to known the regulations that allow them to intervene and to prevent arguments in time at the initial stage, in order to avoid an escalation to domestic violence.

“It should be stressed that laws to stop domestic violence and to protect victims were approved by the National Assembly, and put into force on 24 October 2005. Though those laws became valid, they seem to be inefficient and not enforced at all, even though these laws allow the authorities, officials of the Ministry of Women's Affairs, and neighbors of a victim to intervene at a site of dispute, to prevent domestic violence without asking for a warrant from the courts, and the authorities closest by have the duty to intervene immediately in cases of domestic violence happening to start, in order to protect the victim. The authorities do not use these laws to solve domestic violence. Generally, institutions involved use the new criminal procedures to deal with domestic violence, which is against Article 8 of the new code of criminal procedures.” Khmer Sthapana, Vol.1, #59, 26.7.2008

Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:
Saturday, 26 July 2008

Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.7, #1703, 26.7.2008

Cambodia Needs Vietnam and Indonesia to Help Solve the Cambodia-Siam Dispute [according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong on 25 July 2008]
After a Protest, the Chhang Leang [garment] Factory Allowed Workers Free Time to Go Voting
The Number of Victims by Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance Declined to 170 Persons in Six Months [40 persons less than in the same period in 2007]
Malaria Declined by 50% Early This Year [compared to 2007, 15,500 people had malaria, and 46 people died]
A Thai Pro-Government Group Attacked an Anti-Government Group, Injuring 20 People [according to Associated Press on 25 July 2008]

Khmer Amatak, Vol.9, #5, 26-27.7.2008

[Prime Minister] Hun Sen Is Showing Nationalism [regarding the Preah Vihear Temple Issue] to Attract Voters

Khmer Sthapana, Vol.1, #59, 26.7.2008

Domestic Violence Still Increasing
Hor Namhong Hopes that Foreign Affairs Ministerial Meeting [with Thailand] Will Come to Solutions

Koh Santepheap, Vol.41, #6407, 26-27.7.2008

Civil Society Organizations that Observe the Election Process Declared that Election Campaigning This Year Was Better than Before [25 July 2008]
China Cracked Down a Terrorist Group [in Shanghai] That Had Planned to Attack the Olympic Events [24 July 2008]

Moneaksekar Khmer, Vol.15, #3522, 26.7.2008

Police Just Drew a Sketch of the Faces of the Criminals Who Shot Dead Mr. Khim Sambo, a Moneaksekar Khmer Journalist and His Son [age 21]
The Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia Criticized the Lack of Neutrality, because the Armed Forces Participated to Support the Ruling Party [said Mr. Hang Puthea, Executive Director of the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia; when observers appeared near locations where there was a distributions of gifts and money to voters, the observers always saw also police, causing concern]

Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.16, #4651, 26.7.2008

Election Campaign Finished without Violence
Police Found 6-Year-Old Swedish Girl Abducted [by her father] to Cambodia [in Pursat]

Click here - and have a look at the last editorial - The Cambodian-Thai border crisis develops while the Khmer public is not aware what the Cambodian government representatives had agreed upon, to get the Preah Vihear Temple listed as a World Heritage Site, on a most narrowly defined piece of land.

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Gun geekin'.

Communion of Dreams — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:28:59 +0000

OK, this post is about guns. In particular the M1911 .45. You've been warned.

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Recently a friend passed along this quote:

"A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves."
- Bertrand de Jouvenal -

I've frequently talked about guns, and several times explicitly mentioned that my basically liberal/libertarian political philosophy is completely comfortable with understanding the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution as being an individual right. Part of this is in realizing that the world is a dangerous place and that you have to make reasonable preparations to take care of yourself. And part of it is understanding that one check on the abuse of governmental power is a population which is armed and prepared to defend its civil liberties.

No, I have no illusions that I, with a few pistols and shotguns (or my flintlock), am any kind of a challenge to a modern police force, let alone an actual army. And that is the way it should be - no individual should be outside the law. But collectively, a populace armed with tens of millions of such weapons presents a real check on tyranny. The calculus of trying to use military-level force against the population of the US would have to take this into account; either overwhelming mass destruction (and I'm not saying it would have to include WMDs) would have to be employed, or such a military force would have to be willing to suffer significant casualties. This is a substantial disincentive to anyone who might be willing to attempt such a thing.

Not that I can't imagine possible scenarios where this may come to pass. In fact, one such is part of the 'history' of Communion of Dreams, following the initial Fire Flu of the backstory. I may get around to writing some of that one of these days, though there is already a fair amount of literature with that setting available.

Anyway, this rumination was prompted by my friend's quote, and on a nice post that I came across on MeFi that linked to a cool animation of assembling an M1911 .45:

If you would like to see an even better animation of how a 1911 functions, which allows you to hide or show various components as it operates, then go check out this site. I had shot a fairly standard 1911 a good deal when I was young, but was never particularly enamored of that style of gun, preferring more 'modern' semi-auto pistols. Until I was gifted with a very nice one from a friend's collection early this year - a modification on the standard design which provides for the additional safety of a double-action trigger. It is perhaps the sweetest-shooting pistol I have, even while being one of the most powerful ones. There is a lot to be said for the venerable design of the 1911, a gun said to be designed by a genius for use by morons, with ballistic performance suitable for service in four wars . Works for me.

Well, as I've said before, I know a lot of people don’t want a gun in their home. Fine, don’t have one. But if you are going to have one, learn to use it and store it safely. And if you're going to have one, you certainly could do a lot worse than have a 1911 model .45 of some variation.

Jim Downey

(Hat tip to Jerry for the quote!)

gyanen pradhan — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:08:08 +0000

Reminiscent of Dafur! Is Darjeeling turning into Dafur?

Photo by Barun Roy

Any takers! Hyundai Santro Skeleton

Skeleton of Deepak Gurung’s Hyundai Santro

Photo by Barun Roy

Pictures of Arson in Darjeeling!

A car burns and then explodes in Darjeeling

All Photos by Barun Roy

Arson in Kalimpong also!

C. K. Kumai’s house ransacked, motorbike set on fire and car damaged in Kalimpong by agitating mob. Photo by Ajay Agarwal

Darjeeling Hills slips into lawlessness as Administration and Police remain silent spectators

BY BARUN ROY

Too many questions remain unanswered and all attempts to seek answers remain thwarted from all sides. The series of incidents that rocked Darjeeling Hills may be the beginning of things to come and a parley into uncertainty and chaos. The questions to the following questions must be found or else!

As Pramila Sharma lay grievously wounded before the entrance to the Director General of Police Official Residence, why didn’t the police guards and officials stationed there not respond? Eyewitness reports suggest that - as a hail of bullets was fired from the window of GNLF Darjeeling Branch President’s house, the compound of the Director General of Police Official Residence was in direct purview of the fire.

Director Inspector General of Police’s Official Residence overlooking Deepak Gurung’s House

According to eye witness report bullets were fired from this window of Deepak Gurung’s house

Wounded Pramila Sharma being taken to the hospital

A Mother and Son watches in Horror as Pramila Sharma is taken to the hospital after being shot. Pramila’s blood is seen splattered on the mother’s body

According to the statement made by Benoy Tamang, the Press and Publicity Secretary of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, Deepak Gurung had been harbouring unsocial elements and storing weapons and ammunition. If this was so why hadn’t the law enforcement authorities not investigated into the matter?

A Police contingent strolls leisurely to quell chaos

A Fire Brigade Vehicle stopped at the road by the people

Eyewitness reports suggest Deepak Gurung and other individuals, possible those who fired from the window of the house was ‘evacuated’ from the house and taken through the compound of the Director General of Police and whisked to unknown locations. If this is so, are Deepak Gurung and the other assailants under arrest? Why hasn’t the District Administration come forward with a statement to the press?
How is it possible for Deepak Gurung and the assailants to escape while the house being virtually under seize by the people?
The District Administration nor the Police have so far not come out with any statement on the death of Pramila Sharma? Why is there such a delay in the same?
After the death of Pramila Sharma and the subsequent public outburst Deepak Gurung’s House was burnt, vehicles burnt at numerous places, lawlessness and chaos reigned over the streets of Darjeeling for more than 12 hours, why did the Police not react. No arrests were made. As mobs moved around setting fire to vehicles, ransacking houses why did the police not react?

Deepak Gurung’s house set on fire

Burnt Motorbike before Deepak Gurung’s House

People burning Deepak Gurung’s Kashmiri Carpets and Rugs

A car parked before the Youth Hostel burns violently. It turns out later that this car belonged to a GJM supporter.

More cars set on fire before Youth Hostel Darjeeling

Arson at Clubside, Darjeeling

GNLF office furniture burnt at Kurseong by GJM supporters

A Poster in Mirik warning the administration of social strife if Deepak Gurung, A. R. Dewan and Hem Gurung and others were not arrested for the Rockville Shot-out.

Law must prevail by allowing lawlessness to spread, go unchecked and ultimately put an end to it – the Government of West Bengal, District Administration and all parties concerned are guilty of thrusting Darjeeling Hills into the path of Political and social strife. Democracy as such may no longer prevail and for all instruments of Democracy may be not able to function. And as such Darjeeling Hills might fall into chaos. GJM must be careful, for this is what the Government of West Bengal might all the while want to happen in Darjeeling Hills. A few years under Para Military Administration with sweeping power to the District Administration might destroy everyone’s life and lead to indefinite postponement of Civil Rights.

Banagalore Blasts : The whole story

speakindia — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:05:27 +0000

Bangalore, July 25(PTI) A string of nine synchronised low intensity bomb blasts today rocked the IT hub during the busy lunch hour, leaving two killed and injuring 12 others spreading terror.

In a grim reminder of the terror attack at the Indian Institute of Sciences here in December 2005, crude bombs concealed near refugee camps, a drain and a bus shelter stuffed with nuts and bolts, exploded between 1.30 pm and 1.45 pm at Adugodi, Madivala, Nayandahalli, Mysore Road, Richmond Circle, Pantharapalya and Vittal Mallya Road. One explosion occured later in the evening.

Home Minister Shivraj Patil said in New Delhi two persons were killed and 12 injured in the blasts which the state police and the government were fighting shy of calling it a terror attack. They called the explosions an attempt by anti-national and anti-social elements to create panic and disrupt peace.

The farthest the Home Minister would go was to say that Bangalore was always a target of terrorist organisations and "this has happened".

A woman waiting at a bus stop in Madivala on the Bangalore-Hosur Road was killed in the blast, while her husband and another person were seriously injured.

Four of the blasts were between Hosur Road and Madiwala, the other three at Nayandahalli, Vittal Mallya Road and Richmond Circle, City Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari told reporters.

Except in two places, low-intensity explosives were used for the blasts, which occurred within a few minutes of each other, he said.

Police have recovered gelatin sticks, mainly used in quarry operations, from one of the blast sites. PTI

Ahmedabad blasts

speakindia — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:03:22 +0000

Ahmedabad (PTI): At least nine serial blasts in crowded market areas in the space of 20 minutes rocked the Gujarat capital on Saturday night leaving two killed and 28 injured.

The low-intensity explosions occured at eight areas of Maninagar, Isanpur, Narol circle, Bapunagar, Hatkeshwar and Sarangpur bridge, Sarkej and Odhav and created a wave of panic.

There were two blasts in Maninagar and the first blast occurred in this area at 6.45 pm. The second blast here occurred near LG hospital. Maninagar is the constituency of Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

The Ahmedabad blasts came a day after the multiple explosions in Bangalore in which two persons were killed.

Police said at least two had died and 25 injured, some of them seriously,in the blasts. The injured have been rushed to civil hospital and LG hospital.

Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal said in New Delhi there were eight blasts. Unconfirmed reports said there were 13 blasts.

The explosion in the sensitive Sarkej area occurred in a CNG bus.

Some of the bombs were believed to have been placed in cycles eerily similar to the Jaipur blasts on May 13 in which 65 persons died. A couple of bombs were reported to have been placed in tiffin boxes in a modus operandi similar to the explosions outside a Lucknow court last year.

President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemned the blasts and appealed for calm.

Mangled remains of a bus, cycles, motorcycles and an autorickshaw were seen at the blast sites which was splattered with blood.

Complete panic spread as people ran for their lives almost leading to a stampede in the areas ripped by the blasts.

One body was seen on the road waiting to be retrieved by police who had a touch time to keep away curious onlookers and vehicles.

One state government CNG bus in which one of the blasts occured was ripped through the middle.

The outer body of the bus was completely smashed while surprisingly most of the seats remained intact including the CNG tank.

Blood was seen splattered inside the bus and near the foot board.

The scene outside the civil hospital was tense with people thronging the palce even as ambulances with sirens were seen driving right between them.

"There is heavy traffic jams in areas around Mani Nagar, the CM's constituency where one of the blasts took place Number of ambulances are also seen zipping around," said Udit, a city resident.

Forensic personnel were also rushed to the blast scenes.

BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition L K Advani, who represents Gandhinagar parliamentary cosntituency, accused the Centre of being soft on terror.

Asked whether he felt that BJP-ruled states are being specifically targetted, Advani said "I can't say" but went on to add its is clearly a "sinister design" on the part of terrorists to disturb peace.

Empowered Women and Freedom of Speech

Donna DeVane — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:41:05 +0000

I am baffled when people excuse hate filled messages by claiming “freedom of speech”.

It is a wonderful gift to live in a nation that protects our right to speak out openly and passionately on our opinions and beliefs.

I don't think however, that this right was ever intended as an excuse to use language to promote hate, fear, or violence.

It seems to me that freedom of speech is better used to share wisdom, insights and personal experiences that lift up the whole of humanity and bring us closer together rather than tearing us further apart.

It concerns me when I hear people in America using their wonderful freedom of speech to promote hatred towards others for a difference of religion or preference of political party.

How did we get so confused on what freedom is? How did we come to think that speaking out in hatred and violence empowers us to higher levels of freedom.

Empowerment comes not from hateful words or violent acts, rather from a centered place within where you realize your connection to All That Is. Your experience of love and kindness makes you strong.

Fear and hatred make you weak, it makes you afraid.

Fear and hate always weaken us and push us further apart in our ideas and our being able to accept that we are all children of the same Energy, brothers and sisters sharing the same planet.

I see mothers in stores popping their children to “make them behave” and have to wonder why they think violence towards their small children is effective. It only teaches children that when you feel frustrated and don't know what else to do, you reach out and hurt someone you love.

As women, mothers, sisters; let;s empower ourselves through words of kindness, thoughts of understanding and acts of love rather than staying in the place of a false sense of security that fear gives us.

True freedom, is more than being able to say whatever you want, it's releasing yourself from fear and living fully who you are. Freedom and personal empowerment promotes well being, prosperity, love, success and growth of acceptance and understanding.

Be Free in every area of your life experience by choosing thoughts and actions that lead to the betterment of All.

You are free, you can be nothing else. There is nothing to fear and fear only promotes more to fear. It's the law of attraction at work. Living free from fear and hatred is your right, this is the better feeling option. It spreads Oneness and a sense of community and togetherness which heals and inspires all who come in contact with you to live their Best Self as well.

Open your heart, then open your mind and allow everyone to be free to think and believe even when it's not in line with your truth. By choosing to live free, you are a light to the world and an inspiration that others will follow.

Walk in peace, think in kindness, share in love.. make a difference that catches on and lifts us all higher.

Affirmations for the day

I am an instrument of peace.

Love flows through me and touches the world

Kindness is my companion.

I am free to express my brilliance

Joy is my expression

Empowerment is the result of expressing who I really Am

Empowered Women Radio

No to Violence

Unknown — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:48:46 +0000

What purpose achieve these acts of violence ?

Other than disturb society's peaceful silence.

Crippling and numbing are these blasts

Can it be justified by any arguments ?

Did the dead know what cause they died for ?

Or do the living grasp who makes this life a terror ?

Their near and dear ones who are far and away

Can just hope for loved ones safety, in dismay ;

Agreed, complex and unending are these political issues

But please don't harm us, the general public, nevertheless.

marcandominique — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:46:23 +0000

Quand on interroge les filles sur les violences qu’elles peuvent ressentir de la part des garçons, on recueille les propos suivants (en 1996, dans un collège considéré comme défavorisé de la région parisienne, recherche de Monique Desjardin) :

Les garçons sont les plus forts.

J’ai peur des coups, surtout des garçons.

Pourquoi les garçons aiment-ils taper les filles ?

et, sous une autre rubrique :

Les garçons n’arrêtent pas de toucher les seins des filles.

Ils bloquent les filles et leur baissent les jupes.

Ils surveillent les filles dans les toilettes car ils aiment voir les filles nues.

Les garçons se disent également agressés par d’autres garçons (il s’agit d’ailleurs toujours de violence masculine). Ils se retrouvent, par exemple, obligé de baisser leur pantalon devant leurs agresseurs.

Mais, la perception du danger est différente quand on interroge les garçons ou les filles. Les garçons considèrent que c’est la situation qui est dangereuse (les agresseurs sont trop nombreux ou plus âgés par exemple). Mais quand les filles se font agresser, elles se considèrent toujours intrinsèquement plus faibles et sans défense. Elles ne songent pas à se regrouper pour se défendre et soupirent d’un air fataliste : "les garçons sont toujours les plus forts". En outre, elles pensent qu’il est dans la nature des garçons d’être ainsi et qu’on n’y peut rien, sinon tenter de s’en protéger.

D’ailleurs, la réponse des adultes de l’école a été dans ce sens. Pour régler le problème des toilettes, ils y ont fait aller les élèves par groupes de sexes avant la récréation. Il s’agit en fait de résoudre les problèmes de mixités en séparant les sexes. Quand les filles viennent se plaindre des garçons à un enseignant homme, celui-ci répond "défendez-vous" et quand elles demandent assistance aux femmes, elles entendent : "Allez jouer plus loin". Finalement, les réponses (une réponse active de la part des hommes et une réponse passive de la part des femmes) sont les mêmes dans les deux cas : c’est aux filles de faire quelque chose pour ne plus subir les attaques des garçons.

En somme, tout se passe comme si l’attitude des garçons était inévitable. La seule façon de réagir est de protéger les filles ou de leur apprendre à se battre, mais certainement pas de tenter une prise de conscience (ou même des punitions) chez les garçons.

Il en résulte, d’une part, un processus de victimisation : les filles sont par nature les victimes des garçons, et d’autre part, un processus de culpabilisation : si je prends des coups, c’est parce que je suis restée trop près, je les ai cherchés, j’ai voulu me battre.

Pour résumer : si les garçons regardent sous les jupes des filles, c’est parce que les filles ont des jupes. S’ils frappent les filles, c’est parce qu’il y a des filles.

http://www.chiennesdegarde.org/article.php3?id_article=57

marcandominique — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:28:14 +0000

« Malgré ses intentions louables, NPNS a fait reculer le débat sur les femmes », affirme la sociologue Nacira Guénif. L’auteur du percutant Les Féministes et le Garçon arabe, aux éditions de l’Aube, qui fut au début l’une des marraines de l’association, constate aujourd’hui : « Pendant qu’on se focalise sur le "garçon arabe", barbare et non civilisé, on ne parle pas de l’essentiel : la ghettoïsation des quartiers, le chômage, la discrimination... ». Mais alors comment parler du sexisme dans les cités sans faire le jeu des racistes ? En expliquant, répond Nacira Guénif, que le garçon violent n’est ni génétiquement ni culturellement programmé pour cela. Les quartiers disqualifiés sont des mondes violents et ces garçons en sont le produit, voilà la vérité. Comment les aider à y échapper ? C’est toute la question. »

http://www.islamlaicite.org/article272.html

marcandominique — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:21:23 +0000

Regarder des programmes violents à la télévision entraînerait des comportements agressifs de la part des petits garçons.

C'est une étude américaine publiée dans l'édition de novembre de la revue Pediatrics qui l'annonce. En revanche, ce genre de programmes n'entraînerait pas de comportements déviants de la part des petites filles qui les regardent entre l'âge de 2 et 5 ans.

Selon les résultats de cette enquête menée auprès de 8.000 familles américaines, les comportements violents des petits garçons se manifestent lorsqu'ils atteignent l'âge de 7 ans, alors qu'ils ont regardé des programmes violents entre l'âge de 2 et 5 ans. Parmi les comportements "déviants" observés, les scientifiques ont noté le fait de trahir des proches, de ne jamais ressentir de culpabilité ou de regret, d'avoir un comportement destructeur, de désobéir à l'école, et d'avoir des problèmes avec les professeurs.

L'étude montre que les dessins animés violents, ainsi que les retransmissions de matchs de football américain peuvent entraîner des comportements agressifs chez les enfants. Mais aucune incidence d'autres types de programmes n'a été démontrée. Parmi les divertissements jugés violents, les auteurs de l'étude avaient répertorié Power Rangers, Star Wars, Space Jam et Spiderman. En revanche, les dessins animés comme Toy Story ont été considérés comme non violents.

D'après le Dr. Christakis, un des auteurs de l'étude, de l'Institut de recherche de l'Hôpital des enfants de Seattle "ces résultats montrent que les parents doivent être bien informés et être très sélectifs dans le choix des médias regardés par leurs enfants". Ces choix sont d'autant plus importants que, selon lui, "le comportement des enfants a des conséquences directes sur leur vie sociale, à l'adolescence et à l'âge adulte".

http://www.lepost.fr/article/2007/11/05/1047266_la-television-rendrait-les-garcons-agressifs.html

marcandominique — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:34:31 +0000

Une nouvelle étude menée par Information Solutions Group aux États-Unis montre que la moitié des parents ou grand-parents américains n'autorisent pas leurs enfants/petit-enfants à jouer aux jeux-vidéo violents. Rien de vraiment étonnant. Mais là où les chiffres deviennent intéressants, c'est qu'ils montrent une bien plus grande tolérance à l'égard des garçons que des filles, cette proscription s'élevant à 37% pour les uns et 60% pour les autres.

Le sexe mâle serait-il plus à l'abri du "choc psychologique" provoqué par la violence à l'écran ? Bien sûr que non, et le Dr. Carl Arinoldo explique que "c'est une perspective dépassée, mais évidemment partagée par la plupart des parents, même aujourd'hui". D'ailleurs, le psychologue ne manque pas de souligner "qu'il est généralement mieux accepté que les garçons s'impliquent dans des activités tournées vers l'action ou la violence (comme les sports de combat) que les filles".

Pratiquer le judo est une chose, mais exploser des zombis sanguinolents à coups de hache est-il mieux digéré dans la construction mentale de l'enfant en bas âge de sexe masculin que féminin ? Voilà une belle vraie fausse idée.

Le fait est que si les films d'horreur sont généralement proscris par les parents à leurs enfants sans distinction de sexe, le jeu vidéo est plus considéré comme une activité proprement masculine, comme de jouer à la guerre avec de petits soldats de plomb. Dès lors, les parents s'en méfient moins malgré l'extraordinaire violence que peuvent manifester certains d'entre eux. Rien d'étonnant à ce que la censure les concernant se montre de plus en plus intransigeante ; pour éviter d'en arriver là, un préjugé doit tomber, et faire disparaître une fausse idée est toujours un chemin beaucoup plus compliqué à prendre que d'instaurer une interdiction.

http://www.numerama.com/magazine/5425-Garcons-et-filles-sont-inegaux-devant-les-jeux-video-violents.html

Film: "Under The Bombs"

marcelinopena — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:48:26 +0000

Quelques citations humoristiques...

Camarade Antho — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:44:50 +0000

Vous vous souvenez de nos billets de citations humouristiques ? Nous reprenions certaines citations de droitistes et nous les mettions ici pour que nous puissions en rire. Encore une fois, la droite accuse les écologistes de terrorisme et se proclame comme la combattante de la liberté. Nous pouvons aussi remarquer leur amour pour la dictature totalitaire mondiale du gouvernement américain et de la guerre...

Si vous en avez des bonnes, vous pouvez toujours nous les envoyer par courriel ou encore les écrires dans le présent billet. Merci.

Ces citations, et bien d'autres, peuvent être trouvées dans les commentaires sur Reactionism Watch, Antagoniste et les autres sites du blogroll droitiste.

Terroristes islamiques: Veulent détruire l’Occident car ils sont en profond désaccord avec notre mode de vie.

Écologistes de tout acabit: Veulent détruire l’Occident car ils sont en profond désaccord avec notre mode de vie. - Galadriel

Les États-Unis défendent les droits et libertés sur cette planète. Il est évident qu’eux aussi en profiteront, mais leur but n’est pas national, il est mondial. Essayez de parfaire un peu votre jugement… par contre, il a un hic… si vous y parvenez un jour, vous rejoindrez la droite. - Galadriel

Personnellement, je souhaite une nouvelle guerre contre le Hezbollah, et cette fois-ci, j’espère qu’Israël mettra le paquet. Pas des frappes chirurgicales ni des tracts pour prévenir des lieux de bombardements comme ils ont fait à l’été 2006… NON, une vraie guerre cette fois pour que l’on se débarrasse une bonne fois pour toute de ces minables terroristes du Hezbollah. Voilà mon souhait le plus cher. La Terre entière ne s’en portera que mieux et le Liban et Israël pourront enfin respirer. - Galadriel

(En référence à la guerre en Irak)

C’est vrai que pour la gogauche, se débarrasser d’un dictateur, d’un type qui menaçait la sécurité de l’occident et de construire une démocratie c’est idiot. - David

Ne vous inquiétez pas Bathya, McCain sera Président, il ne peut en être autrement, sinon c’est l’effondrement de la Première puissance mondiale avec ce déconnecté d’Obama et ça, les Américains ne le permettront pas. - Galadriel

(En référence à Omar Khadr, l'enfant soldat)

Je suis tellement dégoutée du sondage ci-contre: 39% des blogueurs veulent que ce p’tit con de terroriste revienne au Canada. Si je savais le nom de ces blogueurs, je les maudirais ouvertement, bande d’imbéciles inconséquents et irresponsables. Vous me dégoutez littéralement.

Quand je pense aux extraits que nos chers médias gogauchistes ont passés à la télé pour attendrir les pauvres québécois ignares, gogauches et criminellement pacifistes, je rage. - Galadriel

Les gogauches séparatistes québécois haïssent Bush passionnément et c’est incurable. Que Bush agissent ou s’abstienne, il sera critiqué par ces déconnectés de la réalité. Rien à faire avec ces cas perdus d’avance.

Et OUI cher Dr Rock, Bush sera reconnu dans l’Histoire comme ayant été un de plus grands Présidents des États-Unis. - Galadriel

World without hope: the real horror of horror movies

heyzeus7 — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:33:06 +0000

Many reviewers of the recent blockbuster hit The Dark Knight have stressed the film's 'disturbing', 'tortured' or even 'twisted' portrayal of evil in Heath Ledger's Joker. And it certainly is all those things. But these reviewers cannot have seen many straight-up horror flicks to have such a reaction. In The Dark Knight the Joker shoots people, blows up buildings, pokes pencils into people's eyes and threatens to cut them a new smile with an exacto-knife. Psychotic and disturbing to be sure, but compared to the violence portrayed in movies like Hostel, Saw, Turistas, Dagon, or further back in time Cannibal Holocaust, the Joker can't help but pale in comparison: dismemberment, mutilation, flaying alive, impalement, disembowlment, rape and the list goes on.

Out of morbid curiosity I watched a clip online from a death scene in the movie Dagon (no, I certainly won't link back to it). It repulsed me, horrified me and left me depressed for the rest of the afternoon, the gruesome images playing over and over in my head. What depressed me more than actually watching the scene, though, was reading the comments beneath it: "Holy s--t! That was the best death scene EVER!"; "That was totally awesome!" The truly horrifying thought is that, judging from the number of horror movies made every year, many people seem to have an insatiable appetite for seeing gore onscreen. They take a perverse pride in being able to 'stomach' extreme acts of violence and talk down condescendingly to people who can't 'take it'. If ever there was an argument for the truth of the Christian doctrine of total depravity, this is one (another might be conjured from the incredibly lucrative online pornography business).

Apart from the visceral response evoked by gory violence, there is a deeper effect that is potentially much more damaging: the indoctrination of young viewers into a worldview without hope or redemption. Dagon is based on a novella by H.P. Lovecraft, for whom the main theme of his work was the incomprehensibility and utter alien-ness of the cosmos. For Lovecraft to perceive the true nature of ultimate reality was to go absolutely insane in the face of entities relentlessly hostile to human well-being and too powerful to be overcome. What makes Dagon not only revolting but horrifying and depressing is the fact that in the end there is no escape from the terror that is Dagon. There is no overcoming the chaotic forces which make a mockery of human decency and threaten to undo the very fabric of ordered life. No hope, no prospects except to merge with the horror, open your mind to it and in the process lose yourself forever.

Is that in fact the world we live in? Sometimes it seems that way. After all, most if not all of the tortures so fiendishly depicted in horror films have been practiced throughout human history up until the present day. The only consistent theme of world history seems to be man's incredible inhumanity to man. Is there any hope that all of this horror might be redeemed, caught up and transformed in a vision of life without pain or sorrow or crying? Often it is hard to answer in the affirmative.

And yet...I refuse to lose hope. Somewhere in all this sound and fury there are to be found glimpses of a grand, pervasive redemptive effort that hint at just such a glorious future. Along with the horror there is also kindness, decency and beauty. Chaos will not triumph in the end. The Joker will not have the last laugh.

But as we wait for that day with anticipation and try to make it a reality, for God's sake please stop indulging in horror movies which glamorize a world without hope. I am not in favor of censorship by any means, but I pity those who feel they must express themselves by making and consuming such ugliness. The apostle Paul once again had the best counsel: "whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." (Philippians 4:8 )

On Sin City, Pornified Superheros, and Sex-Pos Feminism

goingtomontreal — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:31:03 +0000

I wanted to revise my question, but first, a little diatribe about Sin City.

My interest in this film has been such ever since it came out and I just never got around to seeing. And, the lazy little thing I am, I didn't research it much either. I knew it was based on a graphic novel series by Frank Miller and I knew that Robert Rodriguez directed it, and I also knew it was violent and Jessica Alba played a stripper.

What I did not now that is was the most brutal, 2 hour woman-hating blood bath I could ever endure, aside from watching a snuff porn.

I am very disturbed that many people I know, including intelligent, feminist women, could enjoy, let alone LOVE this film. For those who have not seen it, let me give you the run-down: 3 vignettes-- one ("That Yellow Bastard") about an aging cop who saves a little girl from a pedophile, and then when she grows up to be a stripper, proceeds to almost sleep with her, and then when she gets kidnapped by rapist AGAIN, tells her not scream, and then we are treated to a long, porny sequence of her being tied up and whipped. The second story ("The Hard Goodbye") is about the revenge a deformed psychopath (who has a perpetually naked lesbian parole officer) tries to take on whoever killed his "perfect woman"--a prostitute who slept with him for protection; did I mention during the journey he slaps around her twin sister? And finally, "The Big Fat Kill" stars a band of scanitly clad prostitutes who are good with guns, have a silent Japanese girl killing machine on their side, but still need the woman-beating Clive Owen to save them from a spot of trouble.

Let explain a few things: a violent woman is not empowered if she is also a sex object. She is also not empowered if she has no VOICE. Not one woman narrated a story in this film. All the women were sex workers, except for the lesbian parole officer whose boobs were on display, oh, EVERY TIME SHE WAS ON SCREEN!!! A woman who wields a gun is not empowered if she is still slapped around by men.

These women had no agency. Yes, I understand the point of Sin City is to depict a setting where there is no MORALS left. But why why why why WHY WHY WHY does that have to mean women must be both sexually degraded and violently punished? And it's not just within the context of the story? What about the lingering shots of women being tortured or abused? What about the needless stripping sequences? (Nancy's story would have been just as powerful if she was not a stripper?) What about all the boobs, the fucking boobs? I'll tell you why: because film-makers seem to think the only reason men would be interested in a movie is if some hottie was shaking her goods on screen. It should be insulting to both men and women. Furthermore, the silencing of women somehow makes the male characters, otherwise violently boring ingrates, more interesting. It gives them purpose: whether that be saving a silenced woman or punishing a woman.

And the story I keep getting over and over is that the women in Sin City are badasses. However, they are only aloud to be badasses in the context of a male fantasy: a stripper who is "strong enough" not to scream when being whipped by a rapist. A silent, exotic Japanese ningette. A half-naked prostitute, toting a gun and turned on by her boyfriend slapping her around.

That leads me to this: Are there any female superheroes who are not pornified? That is to say, they do not have breasts all ajiggle and strategically-skimpy outfits? Are they functional or eye candy? Can they have male fans for reasons other than their appearance?

Now, I know the blog sphere has been a-buzz with the rad fem vs sex pos debate: Well, hear DRF: There is feminist, and there is not feminist. You can enjoy sex, hate it, be apathetic towards it, and still be a feminist. The end. I love sex. But I hate Sin City.

The Dark Knight Philosophy Pt.II: The Joker’s Scars

Jason Sears — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:24:42 +0000

The Joker’s philosophy, simply defined, is a philosophy that values anarchy over the sake of rules. This is, obviously, the philosophy of very few people in the world, and with good reason. Most people today are staunch realists. The Joker seems to despise these realists, who only seem to create plans that never work, and decides to make his life about one plan that will always seemingly reveal some truth, chaos in order.

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It is quite obvious that the Joker has some unresolved issues. The archetypal example of his unresolved nature is perhaps his scars. The Joker always seems to be aware of these scars, cuts that extent from the edges of his lips that form a “bigger smile.” And, for some reason, the Joker tells two different stories to two different people regarding their origins. To one man he says something to the effect of that his father was a drunk and that he liked to rough people up. One day he was more drunk that normal and started to hit his mother. The Joker, only a boy at the time, saw his mother have to defend herself with and knife and wasn’t enjoying himself enough and apparently received a “smile.” Why so serious? The second story, told to Katie Holmes’s character, Rachel Dawes, at a party for Harvey Dent. The Joker finds Rachel and grabs her, wanting to know where Harvey is located so he can kill him. When Rachel won’t speak, he sets into a different story. This story was about his wife, who, getting in too deep with gambling sharks has her face hideously disfigured, or carved as the Joker says. The joker says he just wants her to smile again, and does it to himself. Ironically, his wife can’t stand the site of him and leaves. (The comics tell a different story, in which he falls into acid which makes his hair turn green, his lips bright red and turn into a permanent smile, and his skin very pale. O’ that strong comic book acid, how you disfigure in so many in so many ways!)

At least in the movie, the Joker’s scars are his message. He is a freak, for whichever story you like best. The truth is that the Joker is almost definitely lying about the origins of his scars. To the Joker, his scars are important because they remind him of his ideals. He is an anarchist. He doesn’t believe in the conventions of the world, only the conventions that will distract people from the illusions of the world. The joker, despite his trickery, at least makes an attempt to change the world for the better. I suppose the people that got off those ferries in the social experiment valued their lives more than ever. If the Joker could find a different way to make the changes he desired in the world, perhaps he would have been likened to Gandhi instead of an insane criminal with issues. The Joker sees the illusion of polarity in the world, he simply tries too hard to help others and not himself. The outcome is violence, torture, pain, and suffering.

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