In South Africa, when they say "rob the cradle," they mean it

Teen Arrested for toddler rape

Forget about social darwinism, how about just plain darwinism . . .

Uganda: "Survival of the fittest" as food crisis bites Karamoja region

Fun stuff:

"The situation is bad; the population in the affected areas have adopted the theory of ‘survival of the fittest’ as the able-bodied take advantage of their physical strength to deprive others of access to food," he added.

I guess they should count themselves lucky. Some Ugandans have become a food source for the local "rebels."

What exactly are they rebelling against? Civilization?

Word of the Day: Societalism

Societalism. Noun. Combination of the adverb societal and the English suffix -ism. May be an ambiguous reference to political thought about society and culture. Societalism may relate to: racialism, religious, essentialism, Sociobiology, Social hierarchy, postmodern, Subculture and mass media.

Translation from Humanities Dept. gibberish: An Idea with the cooties.

klaos-out.

Tribalism

From Wikipedia, as usual the emphasis is mine:

Tribalism has a very adaptive effect in human evolution. Humans are social animals, and ill-equipped to live on their own. Tribalism and ethnocentrism help to keep individuals committed to the group, even when personal relations may fray. This keeps individuals from wandering off.

Thus, ethnocentric individuals would have a higher survival rate -- or at least, with their higher commitment to the group, more opportunities to breed. A more significant vector may be that groups with a strong sense of unity and identity can benefit from kin selection behavior such as common property and shared resources. The tendency of members to unite against an outside tribe and the ability to act violently and prejudicially against that outside tribe likely boosted the chances of survival in genocidal conflicts. Logically, a distinct divide between one's own group and other groups fosters the ability of the individual to interact with members of those groups in a manner that is equally distinct: one being altruistic (in the case of a group of unrelated members) or kin-selective (in the case of a group of more or less related members), the other being violent.

While it may be tempting to believe that racial conflict, ethnic cleansing, and genocide are the result of increased social pressures from relatively recent societal paradigms such as nations and empires, our understanding of early human history suggests otherwise. Acts of genocide are described in the Judeo-Christian Old Testament (Deut7:2), which is one of the earliest historical works, and clearly involving a state-level society.

and an amusing list of links from that page related to a "Tribalism Mentality" (it looks as if an academic did the first 3, a multiculturalist did 4-9, and a conservative "racist" made the last 4).

Mentality

• Dunbar's number
• Sectarianism
• Ethnocentrism
• Heterosexism
• Jingoism
• Nationalism
• Patriotism
• Racism
• Chauvinism
• Feminism
• Misandry
• Identity politics
• Fiction-absolute

klaos-out.

ATTN: Rev. Phleger

From Rev. Phleger's controvesial sermon(emphasis mine, transcript from here):

…to address the one who says, “Well, don’t hold me responsible (gesticulating) for what my ancestors did. But you have enjoyed the benefits of what your ancestors did and unless you are ready to give up the benefits (voice rising), throw away your 401 fund, throw away your trust fund, throw away all the money you put into the company you WALKED INTO BECAUSE YO’ DADDY AND YO’ GRANDDADDY AND YO’ GREATGRANDDADDY–(screaming at the top of his lungs)–UNLESS YOU’RE WILLING TO GIVE UP THE BENEFITS, THEN YOU MUST BE REPSONSIBLE FOR WHAT WAS DONE IN YOUR GENERATION ‘CUZ YOU ARE THE BENEFICIARY OF THIS INSURANCE POLICY!

In the spirit of accepting responsibility for the actions of one's ancestors and "generation," I would like Obama, a member of the Luo Tribe, to accept responsibility for the actions of Joesph Kony, a fellow Luo.

Here's a pleasant tale about Kony's Lord's Resistance Army. This part might sound familiar:

They kept on beating us and they denied food or water from us. We complained saying we were hungry and thirsty. They stopped raping the women that were in our group and acted as though they were going to let us eat and drink. The ladies were forced to boil water in a big tin.

Shortly after this they announced that we would eat the government soldier - supposedly, me.

What is it about central Africa that makes people want to eat each other? I just might have to read this book and try my hand at figuring it out.

klaos-out.

Aborigines 'don't know rape is illegal'

From news.com.au

MORE than 90 per cent of people in Arnhem Land do not understand basic legal concepts, with many Aborigines under the impression that white society is "lawless", a report has found.

But it's mostly the old people, right? I mean, the billions of dollars the government has spent to help the Aborigines has resulted in a younger generation more equipped to live in western society, right?

Ninety-seven per cent of Yolngu people born after 1967 fell into the lowest category of understanding.

Wrong.

And then there's this gem:

This has resulted in wrongful imprisonment and "massive confusion", with some communities still unaware that rape is considered illegal, says Richard Trudgen, CEO of the Aboriginal Resource and Development Services (ARDS).

Now, maybe I'm just a wild redstate American, with an opinion about crime shaped by a culture that loves Dirty Harry, "clings" to god and guns (and the silly notion of right and wrong), and considers rape only less than murder in severity. But, as far as rapists are concerned (real rapists, not the falsely accused), there is no such thing as wrongful imprisonment. To be crass, should a man decide to rape a woman I care about, he will be punished, hopefully by the criminal justice system, but either way, he will be punished. Whether or not he "knows" that rape is illegal is besides the point.

If anything, those who don't understand (to use the word "know" kind of implies that it's a bit of trivia, like the law making it illegal to mispronounce "Arkansas" in Arkansas) that rape is wrong (I don't care what the law is) are more dangerous. See, I, and I would like to hope most Americans, understand that rape is wrong. I don't care what the law is, if the supreme court suddenly decided that rape was OK, it wouldn't change my understanding of it. It wouldn't change how I would react if I saw a woman being raped. I'd argue that if you don't just understand, that rape is wrong, REALLY wrong, then you're not fit to exist in a free society.

How on earth is a white Australian woman supposed to behave, after reading this article, when encountering young Aborigine men in public?

It seems like there are two options:

1 Act "racist" (cross the street, get a good grip on your pepper spray, avoid eye contact and/or any attempt to engage in communication, etc.)

2 Put yourself in danger of being raped

Lovely.

Even more difficult, how is a white Australian man supposed to react when seeing a young Aborigine man and a woman having a disagreement?

Planned Parenthood gets Punk'd by UCLA students

The transcript is almost unbelievable, considering the history.

From here

Autumn Kersey of Planned Parenthood in Boise: Good afternoon, this is Autumn.

Donor: Hello, Autumn, I'm interested in making a donation today.

Kersey: Fantastic!

Donor: What about abortions for the underprivileged minority groups?

Kersey: Oh, absolutely. We have, um, in fact, uh wonderful, fantastic news. We just received a very generous donation to our women in need fund.

Donor: Wonderful. I want to specify that abortion to help a minority group - would that be possible?

Kersey: Absolutely.

Donor: Like the black community for example?

Kersey: Certainly.

Donor: OK, so the abortionI can give money specifically for a black baby, that would be the purpose.

Kersey: Absolutely. If you wanted to designate that you wanted your gift to be used to help (an) African-American woman in need, then we would certainly make sure that that gift was earmarked specifically for that purpose.

Donor: Great. Because I really face trouble with affirmative action, and I don't want my kids being disadvantaged, you know, against black kids. I just had a baby; I want to put it in his name, you know.

Kersey: Mmhmm, absolutely.

Donor: So that's definitely possible.

Kersey: Oh, always, always.

Donor: So I just wanna - can I put this in the name of my son?

Kersey: Absolutely.

Donor: Yeah, he's trying to get into colleges, and he's going to be applying, you know, he's justwe're just really bighe's really faced troubles with affirmative action.

Kersey: Mmhmm.

Donor: And we don't, you know, we just think, you know, the less black kids out there the better.

Kersey: (Laughs) Understandable, understandable. ... Um David, let me, if I may, just get some sort of specific general information so we can set this up the right way. You said you wanted to put it in your son's name, and you would like this designated specifically to assist (an) African-American woman who's looking to terminate a pregnancy.

Donor: Exactly, and yeah, I wanna protect my son, so he can get into college.

Kersey: All right. Excuse my hesitation, um, um, this is the first time I've had a donor call and make this kind of request, so I'm excited, and I wanna make sure I don't leave anything out.

Randi Rhodes . . . closet racist?

Let me preface this video by stating that I find Randi Rhodes absolutely repugnant. Physically, intellectually, and most of all morally, she is an utterly disgusting human being. But one thing she most certainly is not, is a racist. So it's funny to see her squirm when trapped in the absurd multicultural framework she has worked so hard to instill in America.