Intolerance comes in many forms and under many guises. Prejudice and discrimination also rear their heads in many ways. I was surprised to experience it for myself on the basis of being a Christian woman living in a small city in Northern Ontario, Canada. Perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised to be on the receiving [...]
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- State of the World's ForestThe ninth biennial issue of State of the World's Forests published in 2011, the International Year of Forests, considers the theme 'Changing pathways, changing lives: forests as multiple pathways to sustainable development'. It takes a holistic view of the multiple ways in which forests support li...
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What does it profit a nation…
What does it profit a nation when it kills its own people and its own young? Who then will govern the nation in the future? Are we to teach our young that it is profitable to kill our own and to be merciless in the destroying of life? To what end does this serve if [...]
Destiny for Human Rights
After realization of the inhumane atrocities that many people suffered at the start and throughout World War II, many were determined to ensure that another Holocaust will never happen again and that everyone, especially the poor, hungry, displaced, marginalized and disenfranchised will have institutions and laws to protect them. Eleanor Roosevelt regarded the Universal Declaration [...]
When A Nation Becomes What it Fights Against! Arrogance, Hatred, Bigotry…How Many More Must Die? ISRAEL JOINS THE RANKS OF TERRORISTS AROUND THE WORLD!
Are actions like these really necessary? When does retaliation become their own version of genocide? Do two wrongs make a right? When will people stop and think? This is gut churning, horrific and abhorrent! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7801128.stm I Never thought I would Say this about Israel… WHAT A BUNCH OF BUTCHERS! SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME ON [...]
The UN Peacekeeping Chief …..
In an article posted on the UN News Centre http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29219&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo the UN Peacekeeping chief indicates that the situation is dire and it is imperative that action be taken immediately to protect the DR Congo population… Unfortunately it seems that nobody is listening once again… Selective hearing process? Inconvenient times? ohh wait yes, we have to bail [...]
Sometimes late at night I wonder and question…
What kind of do world we live in that creates people and nations who stand by and watch genocide take place and do nothing to help until thousands and thousands lay dead? Sudan 2003-present (400,000 deaths) Congo 2008, (“thousands upon thousands of rapes” U.N. quote) Rwanda 1994 (800,000 deaths) Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina 1992-1995 (200,000 deaths), [...]
