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Where Education and Information Fail

A recent article, citing some studies that have been around for some time, is giving me the opportunity to get back to this issue. I’m obviously just proving their point, looking for information that backs up my existing beliefs on the matter, while those who believe differently will just ignore all this, as expected. So [...]

Plans, Rebellions, Idealists and Reformers

I missed the proper opportunity to post something about the political mess we’ve been in recently, but I think it’s all for the best. The constant contradictions between me and Remus Cernea, other Greens and many of their supporters when it comes to their approach and desires regarding what should happen to our government and [...]

Too Many Fans?

I found myself wondering how many fans can someone have before becoming unable to have meaningful interaction with them. Started by thinking about musicians, remembering a bit of the interview the members of Nightwish gave before one of their concerts here, where they were saying that, even though it’s not a nice thing to do, [...]

Gay Marches and Parades

I’m writing this today because this is when the “diversity march” is taking place in Romania. That’d be how they decided to call the gay march around here, and I’m calling it a march because, save for a few admittedly annoying drag queens, the appearance and behavior of the other participants has always been quite [...]

On Banning Circus Animals

This post is quite connected to the last one and could have been called “Circus Animals and Slavery”, but it was, in fact, inspired by Bolivia banning the use of animals for circus acts. But while the similarities are obvious, both being utterly exploited by humans, the difference between farm animals and circus animals is [...]