We try to stay topical here at CWR, and with both of these individuals making headlines, we’ll be splitting up our time railing on both of them.
Let’s start with General Efrain Rios Montt, former Guatemalan dictator. Montt has just managed to get his April 19th conviction overturned by a constitutional court.
What was he convicted for?
Genocide. Continue reading
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Today is an exciting day for fans of the Toronto Blue Jays. Not only does it mark their first game of the season, it marks the first game of a season predicted to be one that gives the team a shot at World Series. As a Torontonian [and someone who watches a fair amount of Major League Baseball when my granddad has it on after dinner] this should be nothing but good news.
Until I saw a commercial for today’s game.
See, the Blue Jays will be playing the Cleveland Indians. On the right is their team logo.
Now, I have seen and been offended by a lot of racist things, but the fact that Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team chooses to represent themselves with a grinning Native American caricature named, I kid you not, “Chief Wahoo” ranks very high up there. Continue reading
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