He thinks the state should invest more in crime prevention. “We always prepare for battle, but not for the post-war,” he says.
— The Economist, in ‘Jair Bolsonaro wants Brazilians to have more guns’
Tag: Crime
Culture of Relativism
Mandela was prepared to break ranks with his fellow African leaders and condemn oppression. He did not indulge the ruinous culture of relativism and solidarity that had led to so many abuses in Africa passing unrebuked.
—Alec Russell, in ‘After Mandela‘
I love the term ‘Culture of relativism’. It’s a much better name for what’s come to be known as ‘whataboutery’ in the social media age.
Culture of relativism is also something that’s made a strong comeback in the era of social media empowered populism across the globe.
Gun violence – the ultimate disease :(
Gunshot violence follows an epidemic-like process of social contagion that is transmitted through networks of people by social interactions…
Those who were exposed to gun violence through another person were, on average, shot about 125 days after the “infector,” according to the study.
You might be able to catch gun violence like a disease, study says, January 6, 2017 at 05:56PM
Use my marker 