Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 3
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Other courageous reporters
[Read the article: The unsung heroes of Iraq war coverage]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]There are other great reporters that risked their lives to report un-embedded from Iraq - like Dahr Jamail and Jeremy Scahill, not to mention the countless Iraqi reporters and interpreters that made reporting possible for the western journalists.
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Responsible journalism
[Read the article: Seduced by the Dalai Lama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Wondering where you got the statistic of supposed atrocities, "1 million Tibetans who were directly or indirectly killed by invading Chinese...". Tibet's population was barely over a million when it became the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) in the 50s. Since then, Tibet's population has increase rapidly to reach 2.62 million within the TAR and 5.0 million over all (2000 population census). Recent surveys indicate that the population growth rate for ethnic minorities in China (55 including Tibetans) is about 7 times greater than that for the Han population.
When do you suppose the "1 million Tibetans" were killed? How could that have been statistically possible. Please research carefully before stacking claims in your article and back up those statements with facts; you are after all writing for a popular online publication.
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Compost and recycle!
[Read the article: What's wrong with science as religion]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My only problem with what PZ Myers did is that, he should have separated his trash - crackers, coffee ground and banana peel to the compost, paper should be recycled. No need to be wasteful in trying to proof something.
People should read his blog before getting all worked up into self-righteous frenzy. Here's the link http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/07/the_great_desecration.php
And here's an excerpt - "I think if I were truly evil, I would have to demand that all of my acolytes be celibate, but would turn a blind eye to any sexual depravities they might commit. If I wanted to be an evil hypocrite, I'd drape myself in expensive jeweled robes and live in an ornate palace while telling all my followers that poverty is a virtue. If I wanted to commit world-class evil, I'd undermine efforts at family planning by the poor, especially if I could simultaneously enable the spread of deadly diseases. And if I wanted to be so evil that I would commit a devastating crime against the whole of the human race, twisting the minds of children into ignorance and hatred, I would be promoting the indoctrination of religion in children's upbringing, and fomenting hatred against anyone who dared speak out in defiance."