It is apparently a psychological fact that a person from a prevailing culture tends to apportioned blame to an individual according to their circumstances. For instance rather than acknowledging an unemployment problem, an individual from a prevailing culture would blame the unemployed. The criteria is believed to be also true of persons who have conjoined with the prevailing culture.
Author: yreape
Torture as a tactic?
It’s no secret that in the past torture has been advocated in the u.s. Donald Trump has been criticised for apparently nominating persons for office who are said to have pro-torture backgrounds.
Torture is documented to be illegal in the u.s., even so torture has been advocated in the media by various public and military personnel. This fact withstanding, why hasn’t the president insisted on the freedom of Julian Assange who leaked documents said to concern the torture of Iraqi prisoners of war? Reference to former revelations, meaning the public were already informed. There is no evidence that advocates of said to be illegal procedures have been prosecuted.
Another casualty to homelessness
A thought to be relatively new phenomena is tent villages of homeless people, reported in Dublin and Cork. On Wednesday an incident occurred resulting in a homeless man sustaining what is described as life changing injuries after a tent he was living in by the Grand Canal, Dublin was removed mechanically by a city council vehicle. It must be that council workers failed to ensure the tent was empty prior to carrying out an executive order to remove tents from the waterway.
Price, quality and standard of accomodation contribute to homelessness, as does suzerainty values, that is landlords are not subject to any substantial procedures, can break the law, often advertise substandard accomodation; and if this is the case it can be difficult and expensive for the tennant to find different accomodation.
Financial crisis in Venezuela
Three quarters of the residents of Venezuela’s major cities are without a regular water supply and about half are exposed to what is described as daily blackouts according to a media news report. In rural areas people live in primitive conditions. Reportedly, seven years of crippling sanctions have been devastating for the economy. The once wealthy nation’s resources were recently described as dwindling.
Nationals turn down peace deal
Libyan nationalist contingents seem reluctant to sign an unconditional peace deal brought forward by the u.n. backed government of national accord.
There are reports of a refugee crisis and the e.u. are said to have spent almost a hundred million euro on the Libyan coastguard over the past three years in order to stop a flow of migrancy to Europe. It was reported that almost a thousand people have tried to leave Libya since the beginning of the year. Maltese armed forces are believed to be stemming the flow of migrants, probably returning them to Libya. Food scarcity is believed to be a reason why. Food shortages have been reported over the past three years, possibly leading to chronic problems such as protein difficiency.
Irish banks now privately owned
The Bank of Ireland, historically described as the premier banking authority in Ireland, was reportedly the subject of an informal retrieval of £30.5 million in July 2000 in what was thought to be tax arrears. BOI is now what is described as a public limited company, that is a company under u.k. and commonwealth law. This is of concern to some as u.k. banking laws allow for the seizing of assets which was reported to be widespread in the u.k. BOI was audited by PriceWaterhouseCoopers in 2009 when according to documentation, shares were reduced to €0.12. Shareholders received no help from the central bank.
The Allied Irish bank is now also owned by shareholders under u.k. and commonwealth banking law.
Israeli courts should deal with Palestinian complaints
The chief prosecutor of the international criminal court is reported to have stated that there is legal basis to investigate war crimes in Gaza and the west bank. The i.c.c. is documented as authorised by the united nations security council. Crimes they are permitted to investigate and prosecute are listed as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression. In these cases, according to documentation, there is no time limit set after an event within which legal proceedings may be innitiated. The jurisdiction of the court is documented as to be established either with the consent of local courts or when there is an omission by local courts to deal with an illegal matter.
The u.k. warns of ‘pariah status’ if Iran protests
The u.k.’s ambassador to Iran was reportedly arrested on Saturday. He was accused of trying to organise protests following a vigil for those who died when a Ukrainian airlines plane was shot down.
Mr Macaire was released reportedly after being cautioned that his activities were in breach of the Geneva convention. The u.k. government responded with talk of further sanctions even though, according to documentation supposed u.s. sanctions are extensive. The u.k. warned Iran they are marching towards pariah status.
Tragedy might have been avoided
The Ukrainian international airlines flight bound for Kiev, reportedly shot down in Iran on Wednesday was carrying mainly Iranian and Canadian passengers according to a news report.
The incident which resulted in the deaths of all 176 passengers was said to have followed an Iranian missile strike on Iraqi military bases accommodating u.s. troops.
The plane was reportedly flying too near an Islamic revolutionary guard corps military base that was on red alert. It was three days before Iran accepted responsibility for the attack.
Ebola outbreak – vaccinations won’t do
Ebola was declared a global health emergency last week according to a recent report. Inspite of reported ebola treatment centres in western Africa and beyond who might offer vaccinations or palliative care, there continues to be claims that locals have no access to clean water, leading to many deaths from disease and famine. The u.n. aren’t doing anything and there are reports that several ebola treatment centres have been attacked by locals.