Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire: Okay. I’ve read a bit more about all this Woolwich business.I think... ?

squittleby:

thefantasticdrowse:

tumble-her:

thefantasticdrowse:

Okay. I’ve read a bit more about all this Woolwich business.

I think we can all agree that it’s a shocking thing that’s happened. I’m shaken. A crime like that is utterly unjustifiable, and my condolences to those affected.

However, I notice that the fact that the attackers were Islamic is being…

But it was done in the name of islam, this deserves emphasis. If people did a crime in the name of Atheism then it would equally deserve mention.

That is a fair point, yes; though the fact that they were extremists — and therefore not typical — should also be emphasised.

Obviously not all Muslims are going to behead someone in the middle of the street — it depends on the person, not the religion. But the impression some of these articles are giving suggests otherwise.

i hate how un-careful they are about these kind of things. obviously if it is a terrorist attack in the name of islam that that is an important aspect of it, but unless it’s absolutely confirmed then they shouldn’t mention it, because racists and bigots just jump on the band wagon

I had the same thoughts. Sadly the news I watched didn’t actually said very much about what happened, just the “basic” facts: Islamic people, yelling something about how great is Allah, cut off the head of a policeman.
I just felt extremely disgusted by the image of the policeman but also I felt extremely uncomfortable about the fact that they mentioned they were Islamic, feeding racism.

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liddohsav:

revolutionaryriots:

“The music is played with the heart and is felt with the soul”

This is a picture of a brazilian kid who was part of the “cultural group of reggae”, playing his instrument in the funeral of his mentor who saved him from an environment of poverty and crime. He was rescued from the street.

joan-watson:

i wish there was a non-assholeish way to say “our friendship has run it’s course, you make me uncomfortable with your feelings and a lot of shit you do pisses me off bye”

thingsmagazine:

Robert Capa’s Mexican Suitcase (via things)

eringeremick:

This is Haylee. I met her online recently and was given permission to share her story. Shes 16 years old and has been suffering with Anorexia Nervosa (binge purge subtype) for 10 years now. She has permanent heart problems, shes has 2 heart attacks since January, and was in a coma in March. Shes constantly in the hospital due to her eating disorder, and shes spent 7 months in the hospital this year. It’s come to my attention that there are a lot of people on tumblr with “pro-anorexic” blogs who seem to WANT this disease and give “tips” to their followers to “become anorexic”. I want you to look at this photo, at this young girl who has wasted 10 years of her life in agony and ask yourself, how can you be pro this? How can you encourage others to do this to themselves? Please reblog this and help it get around to other blogs to show the reality of eating disorders and the pain they cause and put a stop to “pro anorexia” blogs.

missuspleasant:

Is this heaven?