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BBC Have Your Say (HYS) Debates - Stickied and updated

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Here's Some More of my on-going BBC comments on the Have Your Say (HYS) Debates. It's a work in progress but the goal is to streamline my daily BBC posts into a Sticky Post on my Blog. Enjoy :up:

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The 'Untouchables' fight back

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6958213.stm

Here's a little story by the BBC on a man, a Dalit, who's started his own grass-roots newspaper to battle injustice and social inequality.

JumpStarting with more BBC EGO posts

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So to add and waste more space on MY BLOG, here's to the BBC to stroke my Ego. Some won't get the cultural references to these posts, so I'll try to add some quick side Notes. There's at least 12 Posts here.

DEBATE: Would you take an HIV test in casualty? SENT: 28-May-2007 12:31
COMMENT: I think it's a very smart recommendation.Of course,I think people will need to opt-in or out beforehand on their medical preferences.It is very possible a person beforehand maybe carrying the disease or may have contracted it in the accident itself if by chance the blood mixes with someone else in the casualty who also had the disease,it's rare but possible.More tests must be considered at casualty.It won't catch everyone with diseases,but if it catches 1 or 2 ppl early,costs will be worth it COMMENT STATUS: Awaiting moderation

DEBATE: Do you trust UN peacekeepers?
SENT: 26-May-2007 14:18 COMMENT: With all troubles in the world,the UN didn't need this.With all the problems in Pakistan,Pakistan didn't need this.Isn't there at least ONE operation the UN's been successful in?I know of the UN Pakistani peacekeepers in Haiti,anything fishy there?Canadians in Haiti?Timor?Despite Pakistan being the biggest contributers,the UN should have finished their inquiry and passed some judgement.Even if the govt rejected it,still do ur damn job out of principle.Many posters here are right.Corruption is strife in UN.Undemocratic Security council,Kofi's son, Healthc workers,troops.They should hold themselves accountable,and this was such a chance.But they didn't.How do u fix broken states by broken UN? RECOMMENDED BY: 3 people COMMENT STATUS: Published (This is about UN Troops in the Congo smuggling guns for gold with militia and the UN dropping their inquiry and turning a blind eye)

DEBATE: Is Lebanon returning to civil war? SENT: 24-May-2007 12:58 COMMENT: When a generation inherits problems of previous generations,they won't improve.Should Palestinians fight for a home they've lost and pass to the nxt generation?Should they move on?Do other Arabs want Palestinians to give up,hence give up Jerusalem to Zionists?Should govts allow them to integrate?Some of them hv moved to other ME parts and the West,but still look home.Perhaps Arabs,Palestinians should shut these camps?Slowly get visit rights.When there's less restrictions then let them return. RECOMMENDED BY: 0 people COMMENT STATUS: Published

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Alan Johnston's Birthday

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I usually don't celebrate birthdays, nor do I write much on the latest media fads or petitions.

I'm taking opportunity of Alan's upcoming birthday to address the dangers all journalists face to report the facts for us. It's true they too are part of the scene they're reporting but they try their level best to be objective. But there's one area where they are not objective. The practices on basic human ethics. They point us to the social ills, whether it be Darfur, the slave girls in India, child soldiers in Africa,climate change,first-world government misconduct, and when it's good, world historical events. Without them many cases of plight would have gone unnoticed. (Please Take Time to Read This and Visit the Links at the End)

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