Monkeys are just as prone to peer group pressure as humans, according to new research.
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Silence surrounds the cultural destruction at the heart of Wahabi Saudi Arabia. Thanks to Synthesis for the heads up on this.
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The Booker prize-winning novelist Ian McEwan has rejected any notion that he is a British writer, insisting instead that English and Scottish writers are culturally different and have distinctive roots and ways of writing.
Paediatrician accused of waterboarding daughter. Melvin Morse and wife arrested after claims he used technique associated with interrogating terrorists on 11-year-old
The earliest unambiguous evidence for modern human behaviour has been discovered by an international team of researchers in a South African cave.
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Since 2002, Canada has suffered about 6000 murders, 13 of which involved “honour killings”, defined as a homicide of a member (female or male) of a family or social group by other members, for bringing dishonour upon the family or community. Whether or not the accused here carried out the crime, such drastic resolutions of a family conflict are surely reprehensible, though a tradition that has been part of all cultures -- European and American included -- until the recent past.
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I just did something crazy... I wonder what you would have done in this situation.
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Gang violence in Glasgow appeared insoluble, until police came across a new approach that seems, so far, to work
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Strathclyde community project helps blighted housing estates in city's east and north claim 50% cut in gang violence...
OSLO (Reuters) – The man suspected of Norway’s gun and bomb massacre had belonged to an anti-immigration party and opposed multi-culturalism, Islam and the “cultural Marxists” of the establishment, web postings, acquaintances and officials said Saturday.
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We used to think agriculture gave rise to cities and later to writing, art, and religion. Now the world’s oldest temple suggests the urge to worship sparked civilization.
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In response to my question earlier this week, Why is there no looting in Japan?, former resident Thomas Lifson at the American Thinker offers some interesting insights.
Governments can barely clear snow or make the trains run on time. They cannot single-handedly create or thwart culture, let alone multicultures.
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European revulsion is increasing.
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Aboriginal celebration
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Whatever they think of modern-day conveniences such as electricity and power steering (hard with a horse and buggy) the American Amish might want to consider the services of a public relations firm. Someone needs to counter the awful stories appearing in recent weeks that have featured rape, incest and the gassing of dogs, lots of them.
Why are liberals excusing religious abuses on grounds of cultural relativism?
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Apologises Japanese style from the Japan Culture Lab’s “The Japanese Tradition” video series.
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Soon after taking this picture i was solicited sex and nearly raped. I'm not even lying.
