Sunday, November 22, 2015

Can Drinking Coca-Cola Ward off Evil Spirits?

Tzotzil Indians in San Juan Chamula, Mexico, drink Coca-Cola because they
believe belching removes sickness and demons.

While shamanic practices vary greatly between cultures, one of the more
unique traditions has to be found in San Juan Chamula, Mexico. The Tzotzil,
a local indigenous people, frequently drink Coca-Cola or other carbonated
beverages in the belief that the burps caused by the carbonation help expel
evil spirits and illnesses. Some shamans in the area include drinking
Coca-Cola in their healing rituals.

Read More: http://www.wisegeek.com/can-drinking-coca-cola-ward-off-evil-spirits.htm?m

Dallas Police Begin ‘Lock-Down’ Patrols In Response To Anti-Gay Attacks

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Anti-gay laws are making AIDS crisis worse, says report

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Conquering Fears of Queerness: Zanele Muholi’s Solo Show ‘Somnyama Ngonyama’

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Accountabillity and Responsibility......

Those who hold Muslims in general responsible for the terrorist acts in Paris, France, and all other acts that constitute terrorism should be aware that holding a group responsible and accountable for the acts by a few of that group will backfire!

Because when holding a group responsible and accountable for the acts of a few, your own group will be held and accountable for the acts of a few of your own group!

Those who think it fitting to hold all Muslims accountable and responsible for the acts of terrorism by the ones who committed the atrocious acts in Paris, France, will be held accountable and responsible for the acts of terrorism by the few of their own group!

What about the atrocities committed in the name of the Christian faith in Africa?

What about the acts of discrimination by Christians against for instance the homosexuals in America and elsewhere?

What about the acts of violence in the name of the Christian faith committed against the Mores in Spain, the acts of oppression in the name of the Jewish faith by the state of Israel against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in the Middle East?

What about the Christian Crusades in the Middle Ages against the Muslims then?

Should we hold the people in 2015 responsible and accountable for the crimes that were and are committed for the ones who committed then?

Yes, IF we hold all Muslims accountable and responsible for the terrorist acts committed by the individuals who committed the crimes in Paris, France!

When and if we will hold all of a group responsible and accountable for the acts by some then we should expect to be held accountable and responsible as a group for our own acts, now and in the past!

Backfiring it will, and the consequences will hit us all, none excluded and everyone who feels privileged enough to judge others!

Do we hold parents of mass-murderers accountable and responsible for the acts of their children?
Some do, like the state of Israel does when a self-bomber detonates a bomb in the middle of a market-place, the state of Israel demolishes the houses of the family of the suicide-bomber.....
Do we accept that as being justice?
Yes, we do obviously, as we do nothing against the retaliation by the state of Israel against innocent parents an family-members of a suicide-bomber!

Do we hold the family of a mass-murderer accountable and responsible when he or she kills innocent people in a movie-theater or at a university?
Some do, most do not, as we know that when someone commits a crime only he or she is accountable and responsible, and we do not go round and demolish the houses of their family-members, because we are enlightened, and because we know that is NOT justice!

Then why do we when a bunch of retards kill people as in Paris, France, go around and hold every member of the faith they claim to be representing accountable an responsible?

Why do we suddenly when a couple of idiots commit heinous crimes allow our lawmakers and representatives to hold all members of that same faith accountable and responsible?

Why do we regard every member of that same faith suspect of doing the same heinous crimes?

We are supposed to be enlightened, and aware of the fact that everyone is responsible for ones own acts individually, and not collectively.......

Why do we start acting like the ones we fight?
Why do start becoming equal to those who committed the heinous crimes?
Why do we allow ourselves to be lowered to the same level of those who do not accept difference in ways of living, in the way we want to live our lives, in the way we want to enjoy our liberties, our freedoms, our existence?

Are we any better when we start treating people like some of them treat us?
Not were I am concerned when we start treating all Muslims like the murderers and killers who claim to be Muslims but in fact are not representing Islam!

It will backfire..... and when we treat all Muslims as criminals and mass-murderers we deserve no better!

My opinion!

Onlinecensorship.org Tracks Content Takedowns by Facebook, Twitter, and Other Social Media Sites

Onlinecensorship.org Tracks Content Takedowns by Facebook, Twitter, and Other Social Media Sites

New Project Will Gather Users’ Stories of Censorship from Around the World
EFF |November 19, 2015
San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Visualizing Impact launched Onlinecensorship.org today, a new platform to document the who, what, and why of content takedowns on social media sites. The project, made possible by a 2014 Knight News Challenge award, will address how social media sites moderate user-generated content and how free expression is affected across the globe.
Controversies over content takedowns seem to bubble up every few weeks, with users complaining about censorship of political speech, nudity, LGBT content, and many other subjects. The passionate debate about these takedowns reveals a larger issue: social media sites have an enormous impact on the public sphere, but are ultimately privately owned companies. Each corporation has their own rules and systems of governance that control users’ content, while providing little transparency about how these decisions are made.
At Onlinecensorship.org, users themselves can report on content takedowns from Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Instagram, Flickr, and YouTube. By cataloging and analyzing aggregated cases of social media censorship, Onlinecensorship.org seeks to unveil trends in content removals, provide insight into the types of content being taken down, and learn how these takedowns impact different communities of users.
“We want to know how social media companies enforce their terms of service. The data we collect will allow us to raise public awareness about the ways these companies are regulating speech,” said EFF Director for International Freedom of Expression and co-founder of Onlinecensorship.org Jillian C. York. “We hope that companies will respond to the data by improving their regulations and reporting mechanisms and processes—we need to hold Internet companies accountable for the ways in which they exercise power over people’s digital lives.”
York and Onlinecensorship.org co-founder Ramzi Jaber were inspired to action after a Facebook post in support of OneWorld’s “Freedom for Palestine” project disappeared from the band Coldplay’s page even though it had received nearly 7,000 largely supportive comments. It later became clear that Facebook took down the post after it was reported as “abusive” by several users.
“By collecting these reports, we’re not just looking for trends. We’re also looking for context, and to build an understanding of how the removal of content affects users’ lives. It’s important companies understand that, more often than not, the individuals and communities most impacted by online censorship are also the most vulnerable,” said Jaber. “Both a company’s terms of service and their enforcement mechanisms should take into account power imbalances that place already-marginalized communities at greater risk online.”
Onlinecensorship.org has other tools for social media users, including a guide to the often-complex appeals process to fight a content takedown. It will also host a collection of news reports on content moderation practices.
For Onlinecensorship.org:
https://onlinecensorship.org
Contact:
Jillian C. York
Director for International Freedom of Expression
jillian@eff.org
Ramzi Jaber
Co-founder and co-director of Visualizing Impact
Ramzi@visualizingimpact.org

Saturday, November 21, 2015

TEST

Does this still work?