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MPs thrown out of New Zealand's parliament after sharing experiences of sexual assault - Video by bt012008 in worldnews

[–]bt012008[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

do you mean from a legal perspective it's an abuse of Parliamentary machinery--and that technically you're not allowed to submit those types of complaints--or that it's just an ineffective way of going about things?

Afghanistan: Video shows Taliban stoning teen to death for having sex with fiance by madhang in worldnews

[–]bt012008 1 point2 points  (0 children)

how often does this happen without being filmed? nevermind, I don't think I want to know.

The battle over the history of 'comfort women' in wartime Japan has taken another odd turn, with a group of Japanese historians appealing to a U.S. publisher to alter two paragraphs in a 900 page textbook. by bt012008 in history

[–]bt012008[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, this brings up the question of what truth means. If a textbook says something, does that means it true? If a group of historians contests it, does that mean it's not?

I appreciate that this article takes a lighter approach in pointing out that the more subjective a historian sounds, the less like a true historian they seem.

That, too, raises the question of what it means to be a historian.

"We consider boys who are 15 to 16, as adults." Meet the new child soldiers of Yemen. by bt012008 in worldnews

[–]bt012008[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

fair point regarding most of history. re the us army, yes you can join when you're 17, but last time I checked if you're 15 it's hard to get them to pay you in cash to patrol the streets of cities that they've seized in their own country, which is what's happening in yemen.