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Daily Fragments for 10\/10\/2012:<\/p>\n

Quotations<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The Moral Hazard of Slum Tourism<\/a>: \u201cI felt as if I were intruding into a sacred place\u2026a place that I knew nothing about.\u00a0 And I was ashamed, as if we were making a spectacle of these people\u2026 Try as I might to be unintrusive, though, I felt that I was intruding with every step and click of the shutter.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Worthy Woman in the 21st Century?<\/a>: \u201cSee what happens when a thoroughly modern woman starts referring to her husband as \u201cmaster\u201d and \u201cpraises him at the city gate\u201d with a homemade sign.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will You Survive a \u2018Black Swan Event\u2019?<\/a>: \u201cGenerally, the term Black Swan is used in reference to global, history-changing events. But as Doug McGruff, an emergency physician in South Carolina, notes, they can be personal too. Dr. McGruff outlines twelve tips on avoiding what he calls \u2018negative Black Swan events\u2019 occurrences that we consider unlikely that lead to an early demise\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

What Makes Us Persons?<\/a>:\u00a0 \u201cWhile we can temporarily do without this or that body part, or even the whole of our physicality in heaven, we can never do without life, identity, image, spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Facebook Made Me Do It<\/a>: \u201c\u2026Facebook causes you to act like you\u2019re drunk \u2014 so says a soon-to-be released study by\u00a0professors at Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jesus\u2019 Problem With Martha (and Maybe Us)<\/a>:\u00a0 \u201cGo to the mall: there you will find the late modern American Church, the place where anxious people go, often spending the money they don\u2019t have to release their anxiety about not having money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Has Obama Gone to the Birds?<\/a>: \u201cOf all the topics covered<\/strong> during last week\u2019s debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney, the only thing team Obama could exploit was Big Bird?\u00a0 Really?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

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