Guantanamo Bay- interrogation video released 15 July 2008
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For me this is hard to watch and I haven't been able to see it tell the end. This is the lowest of the low the American Military can go and to me a wake up call that so many children are still suffering this way. There are 21 teenages in Guantanamo Bay! 21 to many! I can't believe that the Canadian authorities did not get this boy released from the hell-hole he is in. Instead they left him there and he has been there for 6 years! He is 21 now and has spent his childhood being abused.
I hope that Guantanamo Bay is closed very very soon and burnt to the ground. I will be there with a torch if need be.
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Profile Pages- George Monbiot
Does George Monbiot Have the Solution?
George Monbiot is an inspiration man with great insight into what can happen if... and what won't happen if that....but does he have the solution to the problems that the world is facing today? I'm not so sure and after his talk tonight at the Purcell Room, Southbank I don't think he does either.
His new book, Bring on the Apocalypse which I haven't read yet is meant to be a step towards understanding the reason why the world is reliant on oil and the nonsense of 'magical' economic preditions forthcoming. I can't say that i'm an economist but the recent credit-crunch that all of us are experiencing because of the actions of a 'few bad men' has clearly shone a light on the power of the 'bad men' and the implications they can cause to the world, especially the poorer nations.
The issue recently came up at a friend's dinner party about what could be done to stop the 'few' manifestly affecting the lives of 'many'. Accountability of the banks and the penalties that they should face if they make wrong decisions carelessly which they did. Any fool can see that lending to someone who does not have the capital or the means to pay-back the loan is not a good idea, but when bonuses are in equation and profiteering are high on the agenda anything becomes a good idea, and logic and sensability go out the window with decency following behind.
The accountability was also raised tonight and if i'm right is one of the main points that he is making in his book. He briefly spoke about the need for change in the way the economic of the world are run and the creation of a world parliament. We have an International Criminal Court, so it's not far fetch to suggest that. I was thinking when he was speaking, who would be the Lord Justice of the Earth? It would be a hell of a job, but what a job! I can't think of anyone I would nominate apart from myself of course.
Some of his comments I agreed with but with others I can't say that I was totally convinced with his argument. Maybe once i've read the book his ideology may become clearer. But what did stick in my mind was the questions posed by a girl and then a guy at the back of the room. She vigorously disagreed with Mr Monbiot's point that the biggest challenge at present was climate-change. She made the point that to her the biggest challenge was feeding the millions of people living under the poverty line and who would not be able to survive if things go on like this. His response was not as well put as i thought he could have made. But I don't think he got the point the questionner was making which in my view was 'Why can't the poor feature in the climate-change debate as an equal to the rich rather than sidelined as a collateral damage in the big picture?' I agreed with her point and feel that although the poor do not have a speaker for them in this debate, in my view theirs lives are just as important as ours and there needs to be more equality attached to their futures as well in the climate-change debate.
George Monbiot is an inspiration man with great insight into what can happen if... and what won't happen if that....but does he have the solution to the problems that the world is facing today? I'm not so sure and after his talk tonight at the Purcell Room, Southbank I don't think he does either.
His new book, Bring on the Apocalypse which I haven't read yet is meant to be a step towards understanding the reason why the world is reliant on oil and the nonsense of 'magical' economic preditions forthcoming. I can't say that i'm an economist but the recent credit-crunch that all of us are experiencing because of the actions of a 'few bad men' has clearly shone a light on the power of the 'bad men' and the implications they can cause to the world, especially the poorer nations.
The issue recently came up at a friend's dinner party about what could be done to stop the 'few' manifestly affecting the lives of 'many'. Accountability of the banks and the penalties that they should face if they make wrong decisions carelessly which they did. Any fool can see that lending to someone who does not have the capital or the means to pay-back the loan is not a good idea, but when bonuses are in equation and profiteering are high on the agenda anything becomes a good idea, and logic and sensability go out the window with decency following behind.
The accountability was also raised tonight and if i'm right is one of the main points that he is making in his book. He briefly spoke about the need for change in the way the economic of the world are run and the creation of a world parliament. We have an International Criminal Court, so it's not far fetch to suggest that. I was thinking when he was speaking, who would be the Lord Justice of the Earth? It would be a hell of a job, but what a job! I can't think of anyone I would nominate apart from myself of course.
Some of his comments I agreed with but with others I can't say that I was totally convinced with his argument. Maybe once i've read the book his ideology may become clearer. But what did stick in my mind was the questions posed by a girl and then a guy at the back of the room. She vigorously disagreed with Mr Monbiot's point that the biggest challenge at present was climate-change. She made the point that to her the biggest challenge was feeding the millions of people living under the poverty line and who would not be able to survive if things go on like this. His response was not as well put as i thought he could have made. But I don't think he got the point the questionner was making which in my view was 'Why can't the poor feature in the climate-change debate as an equal to the rich rather than sidelined as a collateral damage in the big picture?' I agreed with her point and feel that although the poor do not have a speaker for them in this debate, in my view theirs lives are just as important as ours and there needs to be more equality attached to their futures as well in the climate-change debate.
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