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Chimpanzees and Morality

Eric PellissierMorality and ChimpanzeesEntrenched moral fiber in each human society enables us to live relativelyharmoniously in large groups. When someone commits an egregiously immoral act,there is ...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:01:00 GMT

Wal-Mart Christmas Ornaments Made Under Illegal Sweatshop Conditions In China

DATE: December 12, 2007TO: NLC Key ContactsFROM: Charlie KernaghanRE: Wal-Mart Christmas Ornaments Made Under Illegal Sweatshop Conditions in ChinaWal-Mart Christmas ornament workers toi...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:21:00 GMT

Sam the Sadist

In his book Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog, Gary Francione proposes a stunning hypothetical that illustrates the problems with the way that we view animals in our culture. To tak...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:22:00 GMT

Crucifixes Made Under Horrific Sweatshop Conditions In China

This is an email I got from the National Labor Committee:---RE: Crucifixes Made Under Horrific Sweatshop Conditions In ChinaTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2007TO: NLC Key Contacts FROM: Charles KernaghanCruc...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:06:00 GMT

On Tour

I followed INS's tour route for the first three days hitchhiking.I got to their show in Roseville (Day 1), slept there behind a church.Hitched all the way to Roseburg (Oregon) on Day 2, met an awesome...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:54:00 GMT

You are rich

We are almost all in the richest 2% of the whole world. We live in the middle to upper-middle class in good neighborhoods in the richest and most privileged country in the world. We have a roof over o...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:56:00 GMT

6/2/07 Chico Day 3

try the nachos! get the nachos!we ate at the taco truck. we shoulda got the nachos.if you dont get em, theyre nach yos...lolzwe got a scratcher. we learned our lesson.then it was hot. so big time ice ...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:00:00 GMT

6/1/07 Chico Day 2

I went to Chico with some friends to visit Heather. She took tons of pictures of everything and made three sweet blogs documenting some things we did. This is the second one she made: Highlight: we g...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:36:00 GMT

5/31/07 Chico Day 1

I went to Chico with some friends to visit Heather. She took tons of pictures of everything and made three sweet blogs documenting some things we did. This is the first one she made:------- some fri...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:34:00 GMT

Santa Cruz

College is soo amazing, oh my god.I'm pretty sure the only reason I hated it for a while was because I was so attached to certain people back home that I didn't want to move on. Now that's wayyyy over...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:51:00 GMT