Comments on: People who deserve a special place in Hell

By: David

David — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:59:38 +0000

I’m not sure what story you’re reffering to in your post about the military but it does take domestic abuse very seriousely. They would not take a soldier out of Iraq to handle a domestic violence case, but if it makes you feel any better on that soldiers return he could face two criminal trials and a bad conduct dischage from the military upon his return. If I was going to be mad at the military for something related to domestic abuse it would be the immediate loss of medical and other benefits to the family involved after the soldier or sailor ect. was discharged for commiting the crime. It punishes the family as much or more than the service member and is probably a reason for crimes such as these going unreported in military families. (Just a guess though, I don’t have any numbers to back that up) Would be interesting to find out though.

By: Nihilunder

Nihilunder — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:08:12 +0000

This calls to mind a book I read about 10 years ago called “Inventing the AIDS virus” by Peter Duesberg, arguing that AIDS is caused by drug use and poor nutrition rather than viral infection. His reasoning seemed convincing, at least to my 14 year old mind. Looks like he was wrong!

By: Bitter Scribe

Bitter Scribe — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:54:07 +0000

What astonishes me about the situation in Brazil—apart from the sheer swinishness—is that Brazil has, if anything, a society that’s even more sex-soaked than ours. What sheer hypocrisy. Why do the Brazilians stand for it?

By: AndersH

AndersH — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:50:25 +0000

Too bad that Kgalema Motlanthe is Jacob Zuma’s right hand man, though, as his announcements on AIDS have not always been thought through.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Zuma_rape_trial

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