Category Archives: Social Issues

Calling Mr Putin

Please stop your offi­cials from their “pro­tect the chil­dren” anti-LGBT cam­paign. The only chil­dren you are going to pro­tect with a law restrict­ing the rights of LGBTs to free speech are the ones who want the pro­tec­tion to con­tinue hate­ful bul­ly­ing. I see you want more people voicing their dis­agree­ment before you will act. Peti­tion …

Sunday, 15th April, 2012 – 2217 | By Rewarp | Posted in Social Issues | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Honduras

The Hon­duran gov­ern­ment must be staffed by total pen­ises. We are just moments away from wit­ness­ing a coun­try impris­on­ing women for tak­ing a morning-after pill. This would include the logical end­point of a reli­gious policy that pushes for the non-wastage of cop­u­la­tion — which is to stop women from pre­vent­ing unwanted preg­nan­cies even after being raped. …

Friday, 13th April, 2012 – 1244 | By Rewarp | Posted in Social Issues | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

SPCA Penang’s Pick of the Week

Cats? Bah! It’s all about the dogs here on The Stray World, which is incid­ent­ally named after the song Stray from the animé Wolf’s Rain. I just volun­teered today at SPCA Pen­ang and I can attest to the cute­ness of the fol­low­ing pup­pies for adop­tion. Inter­ested? Pay a visit to SPCA Pen­ang to get your …

Wednesday, 11th April, 2012 – 1739 | By Rewarp | Posted in Animal Welfare | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

I’m Going

Are you? Ber­sih 3.0 press release. I have reviewed the explan­a­tions for organ­ising this protest, and I agree with the points made. If you are plan­ning to go, the guidelines for Ber­sih 2.0 are prob­ably still relevant.

Friday, 6th April, 2012 – 2236 | By Rewarp | Posted in Social Issues | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Malaysia not Banning LGBTs from Airwaves

Rais Yatim claims there is no ban on pro­grammes which have effem­in­ate men or LGBT char­ac­ters as repor­ted yes­ter­day. Inform­a­tion, Com­mu­nic­a­tions and Cul­ture Min­is­ter Datuk Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim today said that no ban exis­ted on the por­trayal of les­bian, gay, bisexual and trans­sexual (LGBT) char­ac­ters on state-owned tele­vi­sion chan­nels. “There is no ban …

Friday, 6th April, 2012 – 2231 | By Rewarp | Posted in Social Issues | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

Skeptical Vegan Post

Oh look. Someone more polite that this self-proclaimed (mil­it­ant) human­ist vegan just wrote a post at Skepchick. Check it out if you are look­ing for a more ambi­val­ent moral pos­i­tion regard­ing vegan­ism. Stay there for the comments.

Friday, 6th April, 2012 – 1248 | By Rewarp | Posted in Food, Social Issues | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Stop CISPA

Con­stant vigil­ance is required in the defence of the Inter­net. The United States gov­ern­ment is once again try­ing to enact a dra­conian law which would allow them to spy non any­one without war­rants. Under the Cyber Intel­li­gence Shar­ing and Pro­tec­tion Act (CISPA), if a cyber threat is even sus­pec­ted, com­pan­ies we use to access the …

Friday, 6th April, 2012 – 1023 | By Rewarp | Posted in Social Issues | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)