Sunday, December 2, 2018

The time has come. A fact's a fact. It belongs to them. Let's give it…



What should be done about ill-gotten art objects which form part of the collections of Western museums?  Should they be returned or should they be used to educate the West about other cultures?  Can museums help us to learn about the dark side of our history, or do they usually simply encourage national pride and an erasure of inconvenient narratives?

When the apple falls far from the tree

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Is having a child who is different than you or being different than your parents a handicap?  What can parents do to make this situation better for all concerned?  Does society (or Slovak society in particular) discriminate against strongly extroverted children, or is it tougher on those who are shy?
 

The oldest profession—but still not legal in Canada

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This is the last entry you can comment on for the month of December.
Is sex work a legitimate choice which should become a legal profession?  Does it make sense to criminalise seeing a prostitute, but not being one?  Would legalisation make it more prevalent in our society, or would it simply make it easier to regulate? Do you think the legalisation of this industry could ever occur in Slovakia (as it has in Germany or the Netherlands)?