About: AJ Sundar
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The delicious flesh of animals
Natalie Villalon’s excellent article outlined the general arguments for refraining from eating meat. As far as theoretical ethics are concerned, I think that the arguments presented are sound. But I don’t think the article will change anyone else’s minds. Why? Because meat is delicious. Ultimately, the choice to eat meat could be regarded as an ethical issue, but it is undoubtedly, among other things, an aesthetic issue.
Sex and the American way
Sex has always been an interesting topic in the U.S. specifically because of its taboo nature—the U.S.’s roots in Puritan traditions of physical modesty continue to form the foundations of American thought.
E-book piracy: the final (?) frontier
When Napster came around, the playing field for music changed forever. Movies soon followed, and the piracy buzz spread to movies, games…within a short period of time, virtually all media could be pirated for fun and profit. Oddly enough, however, books were completely passed over. As if too old and decrepit to be worthy of piracy, books lost to newer media in terms of piracy, and especially in terms of notoriety. Until now.
Information overload
The PC is dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? Or so it seems.
Lightbulbs and legislation: How GE got away
A recent New York Times blog article highlights the stupendous ineptitude of the American government to keep corporate regulations in check. When new standards for energy usage were set for corporations to follow, General Electric embarrassed the entire legislature by sidestepping the issue altogether—they simply reduced the output of the lightbulbs.
The real myth of light cigarettes
So the U.S. government finally won: So-called “light” cigarettes can no longer be marketed as such to the public. As with all legislation, it will take an indeterminable amount of time to actually come into effect, which leaves room for questioning: Why exactly is it illegal to market light cigarettes?
On smoking swimmers
So Michael Phelps apologized—and he got his sponsors back. Over break I had the pleasure of watching a commercial where Phelps got a solid 1.5 seconds of airtime, with nothing to say whatsoever about Phelps’ earlier pot scandal. Of course, all of the pretending in the world won’t fool anyone into thinking Phelps didn’t take a healthy rip from his bong, but the better question remains: Why do we still care? Perhaps the most reasonable answer is that we simply shouldn’t care.
On Limbaugh
One would be hard-pressed to find as enduring and prevalent a Republican representative as Rush Limbaugh. Regardless of the political debate, event, controversy or climate, one can reliably turn on the radio to hear the loud, brash Limbaugh delivering some polemic or other against the liberal tyranny that is America.
Students should have freedom of choice when it comes to SHS insurance
Last year, my allergies caught up with me—for the third time in my life, I actually had an asthma attack. Thankfully, SHS managed to come to the rescue—they were extremely helpful and very thorough.
Considering prejudices
An interesting e-mail came in my inbox from an anonymous person, asking the point of my last article on stereotypes of drug users. Why point out that we group drug users together? Sure, so we stereotype people. Who cares? The question is valid, and one that I think is worth considering.
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