#systematic violence

[sunkedtheorynightshow]

People who keep saying Vi was "always" going to become a cop and calls others crybabies for believing otherwise will always be funny to me. Riot themselves couldn't have given two flying fucks about their own lore, not unless it got them more profits off of it of course.

Because first of all, if Vi was always meant to be a cop, then Arcane was always meant to be canon to the official League Lore. Which I'm sorry to say, but that is simply not true. As Arcane was actually supposed to be it's own thing, purposefully detaching from the League of Legends lore purposely to freely explore the characters of Piltover and Zaun in a different light with the themes of how oppression and classism heavily tied into their actions and ideologies. And not just that, specifically how major players in the political world planned to uprise or sustain the system. And for the record, that detail was always going to be present in the show, not just be in the background, but up front and center with the characters personal struggles.

The only reason Arcane was even made canon was because (and really think about this for a minute here) it got popular. It got popular and Riot became greedy. Riot got money fever and the then official lore got completely rewritten just as people praised Season 1's ending for having the guts to show a group of mainly rich oppressors get blown up into smithereens.

Yet you telling me that Vi, the girl who was physically and mentally abused by the prison system (a system designed for mainly Zaunites), the same girl who lost her parents to a bloody fight against Enforcers, then lost her only family (because a dirty ass cop made a deal with a drug lord to get rich), was always meant to be a cop? All because she fell in love with one? The same one who turned her back on seeing the good in Zaunites because of her mother?

"Well how else was she going to go after her sister? iT wAS tHe OnLy wAyYyYy!!"

Well secondly Bitch, that's what Confidential Informants are for! If I am supposed to buy into the idea of a fictional lower class from a fantasy scifi animated series not gaining independence on their own is supposed to be "realistic", then why not indulge me of going ALL THE WAY?

Having Vi be a CI would not only ensures her safety and Caitlyn and the Enforcers protecting her from potential violation in the Undercity, she will also will still be able give all information on where they could find Jinx and scope on how Zaun is structured. Vi would still be seen as a traitor in the eyes of the Undercity, but not in a way that would be a major "fuck you" to Season 1's writing and her parents who sacrificed their lives in order to give her and her sister a better chance in life.

Jinx herself thought Vi was already working with an Enforcer without thinking she would still become one herself. If you ask me, that sounds more realistic and believable to the story than what a now abandoned lore said.

[isaacsapphire]

The poisoned Skittle problem, from the perspective of a non poison Skittle

The metaphor of the bowl of Skittles, some percentage of which are poison, and how many of those Skittles you want to eat, has been used by feminists about men, and republicans about immigrants. I'm increasingly devoid of shits to give about what kind of vile things I'm going to be called, so what the heck, I'll use it too for this.

With class and housing in the US, there is a poisoned Skittle problem; the lower income you go, the higher the percentage of assaults George type people are in the mix. (Please note now that I am Not claiming that the elite are not prone to being assaults Georg, or that there's no assaults Georg in higher income brackets) For added fun, the poorer you are, the more you have to be in physical proximity to others who live in your area, while walking to the store or taking public transportation, increasing your vulnerability to being assaulted, etc. In the suburbs, a lot of the time, the guy who lives three houses down from yours and you have literally never seen each other, so it doesn't matter if he would immediately grab your crotch if he was in crotch-grabbing range, because the two of you have never been that close together. If you live in a more dense environment and travel by foot, your chances of being in crotch-grabbing range are much higher, so a crotch-grabber, etc. in your area is a more concerning problem for you.

Most people very reasonably prefer to live somewhere further away from assaults Georg. The thing is, other people also prefer to live further for assaults Georg, and if you were just living next to assaults Georg, you are a Skittle of indeterminate poison. So when a nice redlined Blue suburb with a great school district is considering if they're going to permit some affordable housing, they are going to look at the income bracket that will be living there and say, "There's too high a percentage of poison Skittles in that income bracket. We don't want to live in a community with assaults Georg, or invite assaults Georg Jr into our nice school, so we don't want affordable housing here."

So now you, as an innocent non poison Skittle are left trying to figure out how you are going to communicate your non poison status so you can get the heck away from the poison Skittles. The current way this information is conveyed is by convincing a higher paid job to hire you, making more money, and buying your way into a better neighborhood. This is a rather lossy way to sort, and shit like constantly disrupted sleep at the weekly hotel from all the shitty people who live there with you doesn't help with better job thing. There's plenty of non poisoned Skittles in that bowl, but how to extract them safely?

The obvious next question is why we as a society don't seem to have any solution to the problem of getting assaulted by assaults Georg other than to individually just try to scramble away from where such folks are statistically and to price the entire category of people who are statistically more likely to be assaults Georg out of certain areas. And now it's a criminal justice system problem and I'll leave that for another day, but overall, the criminal justice system seems a lot more interested in hassling people based on statistical similarities to assaults Georg than doing fuck all about stopping assaults Georg.

[battletowered-archived]

||I try to not put politicial happenings or Race issues on this blog because I know it's triggering for a great many people, but I'm well aware that silence is violence, especially when it comes to violence against black people in the US. I would highly encourage you to donate and share the official fundraisers for the memorial of George Floyd started by his sisters Philonise Floyd (located here) and Bridgett Floyd (located here).

It's more important (now more than ever) that we stand up and help to protect our POC friends, family, and communities and put our efforts toward ending the systematic oppression and violence toward Black people and People of Color-- not just in the US but worldwide. Listen. Educate yourself. Protest. Vote. Learn how to accept your own biases and change them. There is no reason that Black People or other people of color should have to face this needless violence.

If you can safely do so, please protest. And remember not to immediately trust the media, police, or government at their word. Words mean very little, especially if they show no improvement through action. In fact they often are more damaging than they are helpful. As someone who lived in Baltimore Maryland during the riots in 2015 and as someone who has participated in peaceful protests, I can tell you first-hand that media sensationalizes the violence and lumps protesters in with the rioters and oppertunists. I can tell you first hand that the police will actively menace protests in some places, and actively antagonize protesters.

My advice is to be safe. Know your rights. Wear face coverings in case of the use of tear gas as well as to help protect you and others from the spread of the virus at this moment. Take water with you-- both to drink and to help flush contaminates out of your eyes. Be sure to know people you can contact in the event of an arrest at a protest.

If you cannot protest, make sure you're voting. Make sure you're still holding your local law enforcement and government offices accountable. Donate to support organizations dedicated to the protection and defense of POC rights and safety who can organize in your stead. Speak up and share resources.

Stay safe. I love you all, and please know I'm here to just talk if you need someone. The Floyd family has my deepest condolences and I hope they are able to find peace and comfort in light of this tragedy. I sincerely hope that our community at large can be the force that changes the systems we have in place that perpetuates this violence.||

[3nch4nt3d-sn41l]

it pays to remember that tw////erfs arent interested in facts, they're only interested in violence and selfishness. if they were interested in facts, they wouldnt believe in pseudosciencey conspiracies, they wouldn't believe in hateful nonsence that has absolutely no basis in anything resembling fact. like i said, obviously they are willfully ignorant but like na////zis, its by design. they need to frame it as something they actually thought about instead of a technique to wrestle power over people, so while people are busy trying to engage w them as if they are reasonable rational people, they have more time to keep attacking and controlling the most vulnerable so they can expand their power grab and position themselves as the dominant force so they can be treated as the only people who "matter" which is..... exactly what men have done...........

so yeah they're not misguided, they know who they are, what they want to do and who they're willing to abuse and torture to get there. dont waste ur time just block and move on

[multitudes-of-mars]

my brothers argument against gun control in the US is that people wont stop being violent and just replace guns with knives so there just will be school stabbings and increase of knife violence. now there may be some merit to that argument, people will be violent if they really want to and will use any means they can to do so, but i believe gun control will be very helpful and beneficial in the long run, especially in preventing school shootings and people killing black and brown people. i really dont understand how he thinks, that just because solving this one problem wont solve a whole systematic issue of violence, it wont be a good thing to push gun control laws and lessen gun violence

[tearsofrefugees]

[achangeforindianwomen-marri-blog]

International Human Rights being violated without consequence

Tessa Kilcourse

Professor Adjovi

International Human Rights

Forced Marriages in India

Identifying the facts / the situation:

Men and women in India [India being the case study and not the sole nation to conduct forced marriages] are being married off by family and in some cases even state, without their explicit consent.

Identifying the right(s) violated: International Law of Consent - Human Right:

“A forced marriage is a violation of human rights. It is also a form of gender violence since it usually involves mental abuse, emotional blackmail, and coercion from either the family or society.”

Identifying relevant instruments:

Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights deals with discrimination against women in marriage-related matters. It further ensures that both men and women have:

The same right to enter into marriage;

The same right to freely choose a spouse and to enter into marriage only with their free and full consent. “No marriage shall be possible without the free and full consent of the intending spouses. The Delhi High Court has said the right to choose one’s life partner is a fundamental right. The right to choose your life partner, or whom you associate with, is a fundamental right. It is an integral part of the right to life.”

Providing an explanation on the right(s), namely how it is understood, and put it(them) in context with the facts / the situation:

Under international law, everyone has the right to a marriage of free will, and can not be forced or persuaded with a threat of force to marry. This human right provides protection for those who in nation-states like India have been pressured and persuaded into marriage. Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights deals with discrimination against women in marriage-related matters. It further ensures that both men and women have: The same right to enter into marriage.

Identify individual cases:

A five-judge bench of the court ruled that section 497 of the Indian Penal Code violates women’s right to equality and treats them like the property of their husbands. “It’s time to say that (a) husband is not the master of (his) wife,” chief justice of India, Dipak Misra, read out from the judgment. Unlike the country’s sexual assault laws, which hinge on the consent of the woman, the 158-year-old adultery law did not consider the woman’s will. Though women couldn’t be punished under the provision, a husband could prosecute the man who had sexual relations with his wife, even if the wife was a voluntary participant in the act.

A wife, on the other hand, could prosecute neither her husband nor those with whom he had engaged in extramarital affairs.

Suggest solutions and way forward:

Men and women need to regain the ability to consent to marriage even within nations which hold traditionally arranged marriage social occurrences. The idea that a person is not able make his/her/their own choice in a matter as serious and binding as marriage is a human crime that can be restored by the local and national government if they begin to set punishment for forced marriages, and to create national helplines to ensure that some form of assistance for individuals who have been forced into marriage. There needs to be some form of accountability within the government for the lack of human right awareness regarding consent.

Works Cited

United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner. 1966.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Article 23. Ratified by the General Assembly. https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/ccpr.aspx

The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. 2006. Unicef; Ministry of Women and Child

Development; Center for Child Rights. PDF.

https://www.childlineindia.org.in/pdf/Child-Marriage-handbook.pdf

NCPCR. The Guardians and Wards Act. 1890. PDF.

http://ncpcr.gov.in/showfile.php?lang=1&level=1&&sublinkid=270&lid=708

The Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act. 2005. PDF.

http://ncw.nic.in/acts/TheProtectionofWomenfromDomesticViolenceAct2005.pdf

United Nations General Assembly. 1948. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/

Jaafar-Mohammad, Imani and Lehmann, Charlie. 2011. Journal of Law and Practice: Women's

Rights in Islam Regarding Marriage and Divorce. Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Article 3 https://open.mitchellhamline.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=lawandpractice

The Hindu Marriage Act. 1955.

https://highcourtchd.gov.in/hclscc/subpages/pdf_files/4.pdf

United Kingdom Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 10 May 2018. Forced Marriage in the

Commonwealth: Information and practice guidelines for professionals protecting, advising and supporting victims. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage

[healingheartxkae]

Old video but still important!!! Topic: Systematic Violence & Discrimination and Court Cases

From my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCexuha3q9cv07t1_MBmfPkg