words with r

The Ethicist asks readers to make an ethical case for eating meat.

paypal, just stop it.

Paypal.com, you’re getting really annoying. You’ve made me change my password 3 times so far. I have trouble remembering which one it is now.

You’ve asked me to verify my information twice within the couple of months. I just want to pay for my items quickly without having to take out my credit card >:[

Now they also have to ask for your SSN because of the IRS… >:[

+ some other stuff that has happened in the past with you makes me mad!

Rhino horns

Federal agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested seven people on charges of trafficking endangered rhino horn in the United States, reports the Department of Justice and Department of the Interior. The arrests were made in Los Angeles, Newark, and New York.

Read more: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0223-rhino_horn_bust.html#ixzz1nQcui519
I hope they get the full punishment!
It makes me angry that people choose to believe that their horns are so magical.
The American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) and Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (CCAOM) have stated that rhino horns have no place in traditional Chinese medicine (source). Wake up East Asia!
By the way, what are you going to do when you kill them all?
on lent

Can’t people give up something more useful during lent? Giving up Facebook just doesn’t seem like it’s going to help you or anyone else in the world much.
Maybe give up that cup of Starbucks and donate the money. Maybe give up seafood because of overfishing or give up meat in general because of factory farming. These are only few ideas.