Just curious articles
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Belgium has just legalized sexual exploitation
A new law in Belgium has set a new standard for protecting a class of people long abused and exploited by the masses: Pimps. Yes, you read that correctly: The purveyors of the sex trade enjoy new rights under legislation just passed in the country that serves as the seat of the European Union. Their […]
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India At Cannes 2024 – More Than Just Bollywood
MUMBAI, (IANS) – The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is set to be held in the French Riviera from May 14 with India set to make its mark on the canvas of the prestigious film festival, considered to be one of the biggest […]
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Compliments – why can’t we just accept them?
Learning to respond to an admiring comment is a skill in itselfIn the past I’ve sometimes got it wrong, the compliment. Too earnest, too fast, out of nowhere like a soft little sniper. Or chucked from a distance, or too familiar, or too specific. Even the worst compliments, though, I have always maintained, are good, as long as they are genuine and well-meant (and as long as they don’t comment, of course, on the size of a body – a criminal sin in my eyes). Recently, especially when the sun is...