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Before modern times, and then very far back, there existed first social structures, then legal structures, that allowed men to escape consequences of their actions with women rather easily. Lack of political power on the part of women combined with lack of scientific tests allowed some men to get away with more than a few [...]
As the curtain opens, we see a lone figure sitting on the stage, deep in thought. He hears the words of his father echoing inside his head. “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder,” (Hamlet, I.,v,24-25). Also intermixed is Hamlet’s oath to his father’s ghost that “I’ll wipe away all trivial fond records…thy commandment all [...]
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Norfolk Attempts to Silence Eminent Domain Protest 21 May 2012, 7:00 pm
Government officials in Norfolk, Va., are not only taking a local business, they are telling the owners to be quiet about it. Central Radio Company has been in Norfolk for nearly 80 years. Founded in 1934, Central Radio serviced radio equipment for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Today, it employs more than 100 people [...]Source: AFF Doublethink Online | Robert Frommer and Erica Smith
DC Dog Owners on a Tight Leash 17 May 2012, 9:05 pm
After having thus successively taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp and fashioned him at will, the supreme power then extends its arm over the whole community. It covers the surface of society with a network of small complicated rules, minute and uniform… -Alexis de Tocqueville, from “Democracy in America.” Getting a [...]Source: AFF Doublethink Online | Amanda Carey