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Shoplifting: the Message of Christmas?
Perhaps I shouldn’t rise to these things but you may have read the story of Tim Jones who is the priest of the St Lawrence and St Hilda church in York. According to the BBC News he ‘advised his congregation to shoplift if they find themselves in hard times.’ I confess my first reaction...
Alan White Posted: 22 December 2009 2 comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Crime & Justice,
On Self-Defence and Proportionate, Reasonable Force
'If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; but if it happens after sunrise, he is guilty of bloodshed.' (Exodus 22:2-3) There has been outrage in the media after Munir Hussain and his brother Tokeer were jailed for 30 and 39 months respectively...
John Hayward Posted: 21 December 2009 1 comment
Keywords: Crime & Justice,
Made in Israel?
Food imported from the West Bank and other parts of the Palestinian territories will soon have to bear a label clarifying whether it is produced by Palestinians or by farmers in Israeli settlements (previously, labels only read ‘Israel’ or ‘West Bank’). Under international law,...
Guy Brandon Posted: 14 December 2009 2 comments
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs, Lifestyle Issues,
More People to Work Christmas Day
'Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it.' (A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens) Christmas is traditionally the biggest family holiday of the year, but it seems that a loophole in legislation protecting workers' rights to time off means that many more than previously will be working on December 25th this...
John Hayward Posted: 7 December 2009 3 comments
Keywords: Finance & the Economy, Sex & Families, Worldviews & Culture,
Understanding the iWorld
Jeep's new advertising campaign has the tagline "i live. i ride. i am." Assuming the final assertion alludes to the Cartesian claims of René Descartes, rather than the divine claims of Jesus, this offers yet another interesting insight into how the world of advertising is exploiting iWorld imagery...
John Hayward Posted: 3 December 2009 1 comment
Keywords: Worldviews & Culture,
From Climategate to Copenhagen
'At an ethical level the scientific community, like the rest of society, can only function as it practises values which resonate with its Christian roots, such as truth-telling and co-operation. Currently these are maintained within the community largely on utilitarian grounds, but those grounds may...
John Hayward Posted: 25 November 2009 10 comments
Keywords: Science & Technology, The Environment,
Universal Children's Day
Without any hint of irony, the British Humanist Association has today unveiled its follow-up adverts to the atheist bus campaign so as to coincide with Universal Children's Day, a day of activity devoted to promoting the ideals and objectives of the United Nations' Charter and the welfare of the children...
John Hayward Posted: 20 November 2009 2 comments
Keywords: Education, Worldviews & Culture,
New Sex Education Plans
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has today announced its response to the Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group: 'The Government has taken forward all the major recommendations including making sex and relationships education statutory within Personal, Social, Health and Economic...
John Hayward Posted: 11 November 2009 2 comments
Keywords: Education, Sex & Families,
Redefining Justice
An independent study published today by Victims’ Champion Sara Payne calls on the government to 'redefine' justice to give greater priority to victims of crime. The mother of Sarah Payne, who was murdered by a paedophile in 2000, writes, 'The most compelling theme throughout my time as Victims'...
John Hayward Posted: 5 November 2009 1 comment
Keywords: Crime & Justice,
Who is my Stranger?
Lately I have noticed an increasing and worrying trend for pre-teens to be using adult social networking sites such as Facebook. When I have asked parents whether they are aware that Facebook has a minimum age policy among its terms and conditions ('4.3 You will not use Facebook if you are under 13.'),...
John Hayward Posted: 4 November 2009 No comments
Keywords: Lifestyle Issues, Science & Technology,
Mike Causey on 17 May 2013
Wow - thanks Ruth, for writing about this. I did not know about the high numbers emigrating, and it really...
Richard Gunton on 5 May 2013
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