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http://ift.tt/1HtdhTM 8:15am. 70 years. 140,000 souls.

«While Reason tabled there, they were also supposed to have a panel. It was approved, but a week before YALcon, it became unapproved. Why would that happen? It turns out the subject matter was too triggering for the organization. What was so risky a topic that YAL had to censor it? Feminism. . . . According to YAL, they deemed this to be too “divisive” and controversial. They offered the panel the timeslot again only if they altered the description and event so that the word “feminism” was avoided, but Reason turned down that feeble attempt at compromise. » Note that when a male, conservative speaker gets up to the podium, he is *advertised* for his offensiveness. (“If he doesn’t offend you,” they said, “then he didn’t do his job.”) When a group of female libertarian activists and writers propose a panel on the history of libertarian feminism, this is too “divisive” for the word even to be spoken aloud. I. . . I wonder what could explain the difference in treatment? What could it possibly be?

Brief reminder that tomorrow is August 6. It will be the 70th anniversary of atomic bombing of the Hiroshima city center, on August 6, 1945 at 8:15 in the morning. http://ift.tt/1E9FCye “Oppenheimer” (1997) by Jocelyn Pook.

“The only way to avoid another Hiroshima is to get rid of the State itself. The only way to get rid of the Bomb is to get rid of the State.” * I have some disagreements, of varying degrees of seriousness, with a couple of the points in this column. I’ll try to cone aroynd to those in comments later if I have time. But I am glad to see Agency putting it out.

“The only way to avoid another Hiroshima is to get rid of the State itself. The only way to get rid of the Bomb is to get rid of the State.” * I have some disagreements, of varying degrees of seriousness, with a couple of the points in this column. I’ll try to cone aroynd to those in comments later if I have time. But I am glad to see Agency putting it out.

Christ, it’s not even the Nones yet and I’ve already hit my first bit of intensely depressing A-bomb apologia for the month.