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I was using the gender-neutral ‘man’. Actually, that description was a slipshod summary of what is decribed in one of my favourite books — the title translates something like Not Like Us — Psychological Aspects on Xenophobia and Racism — which I have somewhere downstairs. The book, amongst other...

One would think that easy access would be one of their main priorities. But not so.

Unfortunately, WHO’s website is complete bitch to navigate through.

Doesn’t Sri Lanka look like an odd bird on that list? I mean, we all know about the Japanese code of honour, or: we think we know about the Japanese code of honour. But Sri Lanka? I cannot find any good statistics to back it up, but it seems like Russia’s reputation for being a nation of...

If I may coin and trademark a new phrase ... Moral Imperialism It’s catchy. Weekly Standard, take note.

Certainly. But sometimes I feel like there is too much emphasis on a man’s formative years as the rationale — or some subconscious motivator — for his every action. I cannot recall the numbers, and I’m too lazy to do a proper search, but from what I remember, psychologists think of the...

Aye. Never judge a relationship by its aftermath.

Hmm, in that first paragraph that I posted up there it should read ‘the world’s lowest income inequality.’ The thing about the supposedly high suicide rate is a factoid, actually: List of Countries by Suicide Rate (gotta love them busy Wikipedia bees) Suicides per 100,000 people per year 1...

The Nordic countries have the world’s highest taxes, the world’s largest income equality, and they do pretty well when it comes to comparisons like GDP per capita. The thing about Sweden having a lower GDP per capita than the poorest state in the U.S. is correct, but it’s a completely useless...

Hey, whatever happened to this thread! As one of my summer projects has been trying to shape up my film karma by way of watching a film a day, I guess this is as good a time as any to kick things off again. Some of the classics that I have had the displeasure to sit through leave me cold (recent...

As I wrote above, nobody has suggested that being the case.

I’m heart-warmed by the ‘people think that Im a prick’ contingent gaining ground. Not a moment too soon!

First of all, do you actually hate them. Really? With a passion? Because that’s what hate is. We are not talking about the watered down hate that people throw around carelessly but of the original one, the one that mercilessly haunts you at all times. Secondly, your verbatim reading of what has...

Given hate’s symbiotic relationship with your internal goings ons, how it merely voices an unease within, I always take great care in analysing the empirical grounds for my feeling it. You should always be incredulous of the judiciousness of you inner moral compass, but exponentially so the...

Politics and sultry R&B = match made in heaven. The new single is a bit blech, but as the people behind this were also behind that ‘Box in a Box’ song, I think it’s fair to say that they are on a roll. <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie"...

I think she means that it’s impossible to think of your friends in terms of adjectives if you have a tight relationship with them. To paraphrase Derrick May, ‘they are what they are.’ As far as my acquaintances (as opposed to my friends) are concerned, I would venture to guess that half of them...

Ok, so it’s like misogyny + misandry = misanthropy?

Yeah, right. In your dreams... How do you know? Whateva. lol at lame attempt at acerbity. Words cannot express my contempt for the ‘debating’ technique I travesty above. You all know what I mean, cutting up your co-debater’s finely crafted argument into small chunks, adding some snarky...

I will do my best.

I don’t see why you would think of it as ‘pathological’, but to answer your question: the cut-off age is whenever the object of desire has reached puberty. So if we were to use this terminology (which some object to) desire for a 9-year-old would be considered paedophilia and desire for a...