American troops who don’t want to fight in an illegal war can now live in Canada without fear of being deported!
U.S. soldiers who fled to Canada to escape the war in Iraq won a symbolic victory in the House of Commons Tuesday when a majority of MPs voted that the deserters should be allowed to [...]
Category Archives: Tolerance
U.S. War Deserters Welcome in Canada
June 5, 2008 – 9:37 am
Things are getting better for half of us(women) in Saudi Arabia
April 18, 2007 – 8:15 am
I do hope this one comes true. I am persuaded that things are actually hopeful having read an article about opportunities for women in Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi minister of planning and economy, in remarks published recently noted that the eighth five-year development plan (2005-9) aims to improve the situation of Saudi women by providing them [...]
Sleeping on the Job
January 9, 2007 – 12:16 pm
We drink cup after cup of coffee or tea, take pills, and push ourselves to be “productive”. But a practice that most companies frown upon, at least in North America, is the afternoon nap. A municipal office in Bangkok is allowing employees the right to rest.
Of 200 employees at the municipal office, there are about [...]
Gender Bender in NYC
November 8, 2006 – 12:02 pm
New York City is moving ahead with a proposed change in the rules of birth certificates. After much campaigning from activists who argue that gender is not merely physical, NYC will soon start letting people change their gender on their birth certificates (NYT link, to bypass registration try bugmenot). Reader mkb also points out this [...]
Hungarian Protesters Force Votes
September 26, 2006 – 11:46 am
After weeks of protesting following a leaked tape which contained a confession by Hungarian Prime Minister, Ferenc Gyurcsany, Hungarian protesters will have the opportunity to express themselves at the ballots. Sunday’s local elections will give the Hungarians a chance to vote for the Prime Minsiter, who was elected in April, or the opposition leader, Viktor [...]
Wikipedia says no to censoring
September 12, 2006 – 10:32 am
Wikipedia, that great resource for all sorts of information, is refusing to censor itself to gain an audience in China. The site was censored by China in October of last year because it has bad things to say about the country according to the Chinese leadership.
The founder of Wikipedia has “challenged other internet companies, [...]