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About Lelia

Lelia Katherine Thomas is a 21-year-old American living in Melbourne, Australia. She journals, writes stories, creates visual artwork, takes photos and works with web design. She is a Libertarian politically, has a morbid sense of humor and really likes salty foods. More?

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Recently

Muslim American women confront domestic abuse

"'Both my dad and my husband told me that women don't talk back,' said the 29-year-old woman. ;They told me the Koran said I had to be obedient, and I answered that it does not say beat up your wife.'" Except it does, in 4:34 of the Qur'an...

Delicious/leliathomas, on January 2, 2009, 10:15 am

The Sociology of Prohibition, a Speech

"And then you know what happens. Then everybody who did want a cigarette here today, if there is anyone here who smokes, you are going to have to hide in the bathroom. And cigarettes are no longer going to be three dollars a pack, they are going to be three dollars a piece. And who's going to sell them to you? Who will always sell them to you? The people who will sell you anything - organized crime. You got the concept, we will go through the whole darn thing again because I am telling you this country is hooked on the notion of prohibition."

Delicious/leliathomas, on December 25, 2008, 7:47 pm

Tobacco: Banned in Boston

"The Boston Public Health Commission has just banned the sale of all tobacco products at colleges. Not high schools. Colleges."

Delicious/leliathomas, on December 15, 2008, 10:04 pm

Economic Freedom or Socialist Intervention?

"The freedom to fail is an essential part of freedom. Government-provided financial security necessitates relinquishing the very essence of freedom."

Delicious/leliathomas, on December 15, 2008, 3:11 pm

The Demise of Dating

"The paradigm has shifted. Dating is dated. Hooking up is here to stay."

Delicious/leliathomas, on December 15, 2008, 2:42 am