Category Archives: Ignorance

The Complexity of Obesity

4 May 2008 – 12:01 pm

In reading Children, eating disorders, and fat: striking a balance in the classroom by Kevin Beck, I felt inspired to make a comment on a growing body of scientific, pop, and blog discussion about the obesity issue and the end goal of this discussion. I hesitate to call obesity an epidemic because no consensus of [...]

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Justice and Civil Court/Chicken and Egg

28 June 2007 – 8:43 pm

The inspiration for this column comes from the recent probation of six teenagers guilty of drunkenly trashing a house in Haddonfield, NJ while the owners were away. The full story behind the $18,000 worth of damages is just as disturbing as the verdict. Not only are teenagers seeking extreme and dangerous levels of intoxication, they [...]

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Innocence and Ignorance

16 June 2007 – 2:40 pm

Ignorance of the law is no defense against crime. So, why do people today constantly assert innocence by claiming ignorance (and, usually self-righteously)? I didn’t know. If hear it one more time, I might scream. Most often the reason the person “didn’t know” is because he/she didn’t bother to find out (read direction, information, research [...]

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