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4/14/16
love this on, but not sure if it's pro or con ...
Photos of the wall circulated online after it was erected on April 7 on the off-campus house of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity at Tulane As part of the local chapter's annual tradition, it builds a wall around its private property each spring ahead of its 'Old South' formal ball However,
Read more from Mail Online4/14/16
It is a kind of art. If you add the destruction part, it becomes performance art.
4/15/16
more walls!
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio - Two fences on either side of John Carroll University's campus representing a "mock border wall" are causing controversy on campus and online. The fences were put up on Monday by a social justice student group as part of a senior project, meant to showcase stories and statistics about the country's immigration policies and practices.
Read more from newsnet54/24/16
It always amazes me how little faith people have in civilization to change, adapt, and grow.
4/24/16
Women are chattel, right? Does your cow have the right of divorce? Why should a wife? she has no more rights than the cow, and in some states, more; after all, it is illegal to misuse an animal.
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4/24/16
I have no doubt some on this side of the ocean would revert to the same dogmatic degrees if they had a chance. Did you see where Pat Boone (as one commentator noted 'didn't know he was still alive') is calling for blasphemy laws, though he may have a point when he says SNL putting on gay Jesus skit wouldn't dare make fun of Muslims. Don't know if they ever do.
Pat Boone, citing a "vitriol" against believers like himself, told Alan Colmes Thursday that "there should be regulations that prohibit blasphemy" after Saturday Night Live, in a movie parody poked fun at Christianity's persecution complex - you know, because it's genuinely funny that the world's largest religion thinks it's being persecuted.
Read more from Politicus USA4/24/16
One brave woman is challenging the Indian Supreme Court to acknowledge she is of equal worth. What a novel idea! I hope she doesn't get hacked to death, or worse, in the meantime.
The photograph of the bride in her wedding finery, her kohl-rimmed hazel eyes peering into the camera, bears little resemblance to Shayara Banu of today. The wedding album titled 'Romantic Moments' also features photographs of a two-wheeler, household furniture, utensils and jewellery that were given away at the time of the wedding.
Read more from The Indian Express