15,248 posts tagged Violence
SubscribeThe Link Between Video Games and Violence
http://psychcentral.com/ blog/ archives/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ the-link-between-video-ga…-
Beyond Rape
http://thecurvature.com/ 2008/ 05/ 18/ beyond-rape/Towards the beginning of this month, Cleveland newspaper The Plain Dealer published a 5-part series called Beyond Rape: A Survivor’s Journey. It’s written by journalist named Joanna Connors who was raped while on assignment for the newspaper in 1984. It tells her story, and partially, that of her rapist. It also tells a too-common tale of race and class.
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DNC Meme In Action--Law Enforcement, Not Protestors, To Blame
http://slapstickpolitics.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ dnc-meme-in-action-law-enforcem…Drunkablog and SP have been detailing the extent to which the anti-war, anti-capitalist, anti-American moonbat protestors led by Glenn Spagnuolo, Recreate '68, and others at this summer's Democratic National Convention have denied any violent intent--they claim to be pursuing the First Amendment freedoms they are guaranteed (and rightfully so).
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Bloody games = bloody conflict?
http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 18/ bloody-games-bloody-conflict/Here we go again. From the Guardian comes news of new research conducted on the amount of virtual blood in a videogame and its impact on real-life aggression.I guess there’s going to be a renewed spate of research on this with the sale of GTA IV that’s broken more than a few records in the
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PM to officially apologize for native school abuse next month
http://thinkgirl.net/ ?p=3856Prime Minister Stephen Harper will officially apologize on June 11 on behalf of the government for abuses suffered by former residents of native residential schools, Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl said on Thursday. Harper will make the apology in the House of Commons, as promised by the Conservatives in the government’s throne speech, Strahl said.
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Grinding Poverty
http://armiesofliberation.com/ archives/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ grinding-poverty/26 Sept Yemen said on Friday it faces difficulties in achieving the goals “Millennium Development” in 2015 despite poverty rate had declined from 40.1 percent to 34.8 percent of the 22 million population.
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Confess to Killing a Sex Worker Today, Go Free Tomorrow
http://thecurvature.com/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ confess-to-killing-a-sex-worker-today-go-…One day after being convicted in the death of a sex worker, having killed her by his own admission, Wayne Ryczak was free to walk the streets. Judge Stephen Glithero sentenced the 55-year-old St. Catharines construction worker to one day in jail Thursday for the death of 29-year-old Stephine Beck.
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Whose responsibility is it anyway?
http://touchinglynaive.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ whose-responsibility-is-it-a…I saw this poster on the bus today. In case you can’t make it out, there is an image of a punchbag set in a dishevelled kitchen, and the caption says:”A domestic violence victim will be beaten 20 times in the next year, unless a friend stops it sooner” with a line at the bottom saying “Enough.
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The Link Between Video Games and Violence
http://psychcentral.com/ blog/ archives/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ the-link-between-video-ga…I have long been skeptical of the direct causation link some professionals pronounce exists between increased violence and playing violent video games (or video games with violence in them). If something smells like a scapegoat, it usually is (think of the Internet in “Internet addiction”).
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Violent Video Games Don't Cause Violence, Says New Book
http://www.switched.com/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ violent-video-games-dont-cause-violence-s…Violent Video Games Don't Cause Violence, Says New Book by Tim Stevens, posted May 17th 2008 at 8:30AM Think violent video games are slowly turning your kids into future serial killers? We'd like to point out that a couple of researchers from Harvard Medical School don't agree.
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OJ's Girlfriend In Serious Accident. What Was Christine Running From?
http://prettyboring.com/ ?q=node/ 7769OJ's Girlfriend In Serious Accident. What Was Christine Running From? Submitted by Lisa Voglesonger on Sat, 05/17/2008 - 08:00. christine prody domestic violence don shula expressway flat tires head injuries Miami mysterious fall oj's girlfriend serious accident shih tzu smirnoff vodka ChristinePoor Christine Prody.
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