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"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR
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"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR
Main:
For all the Open Thread Discussions that we don't want to lose. Please post a link to the thread (or specific comment) and a brief explanation of the topic. If anyone wants to re-open these debates (which would be great!) please do so in a new diary, or in a comment to a current open thread, or by adding your thoughts to the linked old open thread. Then if you want to you can link to the new conversation in a reply.
Parents v Seattle
Discussion of SCOTUS ruling that prohibited race-based assignment of students within districts is here
. Background from Wikipedia here 
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__________________________Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world -- Tennyson
Sean Bell shooting
Long discussion of acquittal here
. Some general points about when police are justified in using deadly force.
__________________________Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world -- Tennyson
Same-sex marriage
Fairly lengthy discussion here.
Edit: And more here.
__________________________We are the environment. There is no distinction. What we do to the earth we do to ourselves. —David Suzuki