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Podur: 886,000 black people died unnecessarily - in the world's wealthiest country - from 1991-2000
Blog Post, December, 28 2004
Justin Podur
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This story came from the LiP people who do a 'media picks' weekly mailing. You have heard of the Lancet study that conservatively estimates that the US killed 100,000 in Iraq. You have heard of the UN figures that suggested in 1996 that excess mo...
Podur: 886,000 black people died unnecessarily - in the world's wealthiest country - from 1991-2000
Blog Post, December, 28 2004
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
This story came from the LiP people who do a 'media picks' weekly mailing. You have heard of the Lancet study that conservatively estimates that the US killed 100,000 in Iraq. You have heard of the UN figures that suggested in 1996 that excess mo...
Dunn: EvilDoers & DoGooders: An Old Polemic
Blog Post, August, 28 2004
Andy Dunn
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The following is an old essay I got published in an Oregon alternative paper (Soapbox) just after 9-11. It's related to the hypocrisy of the terms "good and evil" as employed by Dubya at the outset of the war on terror. Since the paper was pu...
Dunn: EvilDoers & DoGooders 4: The Big Myth
Blog Post, August, 28 2004
Andy Dunn
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As regards the mythology of moral dualism, I just wanted to touch on the obvious, the garden of eden. Here it was the forbidden tree of knowledge that would allow us to differentiate between good and evil. This relationship of knowledge to mo...
Dunn: EvilDoers & DoGoodgers 3: Historic Origins
Blog Post, August, 26 2004
Andy Dunn
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Well, on another tangent concerning duality, an interesting tidbit may be the history and mythology surrounding the subject. I'll start with what I know of the history of absolutist moral dualism in this blog, mythology in the next. (Then I'll get...
Dunn: EvilDoers & DoGooders 2: The Concrete & Abstract
Blog Post, August, 20 2004
Andy Dunn
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Much thanks for the response Peeperkorn. I'm afraid I'm only getting a glimpse of what you're conveying about values, though; I'd need the specific example. My academic knowledge on the moral dualism subject is limited--I've read about it sporadicall
Dunn: EvilDoers & DoGooders 1: Star Wars
Blog Post, August, 18 2004
Andy Dunn
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This foreword is a warning... My second blog is longer and less topical than a blog ought be, but at least I deal neatly with the entire concept of Good & Evil ;) Years ago, I mentioned Star Wars to my young nephews and niece and was shocked th...
Peterson: Great White Hope
Blog Post, August, 16 2004
David Peterson
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To be perfectly honest with you: Having observed the ascent of Illinois State Senator Barack Obama within the ranks of the National Democratic Party over the course of the past 18 months (or so---the Republican incumbent serving in the U.S. Se...
