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• ‘Moral panic’ in India: ‘Love Jihad’…

  
  Talk Islam — Authority: 526
  ‘Moral panic’ in India: ‘Love Jihad’ a mis-information campaign, say Muslims. Indian Muslim groups are alarmed to see government entities like the judiciary confirming the ‘love-jihad’ meme and have issued a statement: The mis-information campaign against the non-existent organisation in the name of ...
  1 week ago

• Halloween "security theater" endures

  
  "In the News" by Karen Franklin, Ph.D. — Authority: 114
  Ho-hum. Another Halloween, another senseless roundup of sex offenders. This is the third year in a row that I have posted about the sex offender hysteria on All Hallows Eve that seems completely impervious to logic, common sense, and -- now -- even research. Whats new this year is that a Florida professor has done ...
  1 week ago

• AL - Offenders must be off streets on holiday (More Halloween Hysteria)

  
  Sex Offender Issues — Authority: 448
  View the article here This is only for those on probation and/or parole.  So those not on either, can do as they wish.  See the video below. 10/24/2009 By Niki Doyle Authorities schedule program on Halloween to safeguard children The state and federal probation offices in Huntsville are requiring ...
  2 weeks ago

• Greens choose moralising crypto-communist for Higgins

  
  Pollytics — Authority: 540
  The Greens have chosen a pro-net censorship , hysterical purveyor of moral panics and all round crypto - communist to stand in the Liberal heartland seat of Higgins. A seat where the ALP isn’t running, where the Greens actually stood a chance to take the seat with a really good candidate – but ...
  2 weeks ago

• The burn in Hell form letter

  
  Flying Totems — Authority: 120
  To accentuate the positive, this op-ed does imply in its last paragraph that homosexuals love dogs. Which is true. If youre going on vacation, leave Fido with the most stable m/m couple you know and hell get the care of a lifetime. Other than that, its notable that Catholic Andrew Sullivan is appalled to see ...
  2 weeks ago

• Spokane case illustrates sensationalism in coverage of insanity defense

  
  "In the News" by Karen Franklin, Ph.D. — Authority: 114
  Alarmist misinformation predominates "Criminally Insane are often released." Thats the headline on an AP story that ran in major U.S. dailies -- including the New York Times -- over the weekend. The case, involving the escape of a forensic patient from a state hospital in Spokane, Washington, has the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Roman Polanski: ‘Let’s Burn This Witch’ – Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 729
  Roman Polanski and his victim, Samantha Geimer, as she looked as a thirteen-year-old in 1977. One of the interesting side effects of the arrest of film director Roman Polanski is the soul-searching it has set off in the other countries that claim him as one of their own – in this case, Poland. Why are people ...
  3 weeks ago

• Is There Any New Technology The Copyright Industry Hasnt Tried ...

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 461
  Earlier this year, we wrote about a long line of politicians fearing the impact of new innovations -- from video games to the waltz -- and how they would harm the morals of children. These were classic "moral panic" quotes from politicians. read more
  3 weeks ago

• Quickhit: “wives worry about temptation under the sea “

  
  Hoyden About Town — Authority: 135
  From newser comes this piece on the US’s consideration of allowing women as submarine crew: “ Navy pushes to allow women on submarines; wives worry about temptation under the sea ” Excerpt: “There’s just a whole lot less privacy on board a submarine,” said retired Navy Capt. Mike McKinnon, commanding ...
  4 weeks ago

• Moral Panics, Sex Panics: Fear and the Fight over Sexual Rights

  
  Feminist Review — Authority: 141
  Edited by Gilbert Herdt New York University Press The war on drugs. The down low. Rainbow parties. Obamacare death panels. Our society has a crazy way of taking contemporary moral issues and, with a dash of religious fervor and moral superiority and a pinch of media dramatization, blowing them up into large-scale ...
  4 weeks ago

• 1870: Margaret Waters, baby farmer

  
  ExecutedToday.com — Authority: 426
  On this date in 1870, Margaret Waters became the first woman in England to hang for baby-farming. Waters was condemned for murdering an infant she had taken in as a contractual temporary adoption; there is the matter in the dry language of the law. But Waters’ import — and in fact, since press outrage that her ...
  4 weeks ago

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