Category: Politics
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Depardieu, France, taxes, successful governments...
Gérard Depardieu has said he is handing back his French passport and social security card, lambasting the French government for punishing "success, creation, talent" in his homeland. A popular and colourful figure in France, the 63-year-old actor is the latest wealthy Frenchman to seek shelter outside his native country by buying a house just over…
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US democracy, Voting and the illusion of Choosing...
People vote in the US. But what is the meaning of "choosing" when there are only two choices? And no, people are not "free" to be a candidates themselves as Obama is. You must have millions of dollars in support in order to do that. Modern "democracy" is based on the premise of "free…
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Atheistic France (again) as a proponent of Free Speech. Thank God!
France is once more in the front line of defending the right of Free Speech. French magazine Charlie Hebdo published satirical sketches of the prophet Mohamed, while at the same time the French administration has prohibited a protests against the recent US film which "insults" Muhammad [1]. Of course this had as a result the…
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Syrian people fleeing from Syria... But WHY?
UN claims that Syria refugees flee the country by the thousands. Due to the violence in the country, the phenomenon seems to be reaching a climax for which all "civilized" people in the West worry about. I always wondered... If the Syrian people (according to the West) are the ones who revolt against the oppressive…
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