Victim abuse occurs when a victim's account of their abuse is not believed. It has surfaced in recent times because historically rape victims were not believed. It is slowly being applied to domestic abuse where abused persons have been forced to leave their domestic home because they are not believed to be victims. However, it …
Category: Campaigning
Taking complaints seriously
Too late, Jeremy Corbyn is discovering the effects of not taking seriously the complaints about antisemitism in the Labour Party. He is now on the back foot and trying to salvage the situation with as much damage limitation as he can muster. Russia and Vladimir Putin are discovering the same. After thinking they could ignore …
Built-in obsolence
Not enough consumers know about built-in obsolescence, which would inform their shopping habits. Built-in obsolescence is the deliberate limiting and shortening the useful life of products. The latest example is Apple's confirmation that it deliberately slows down some models of its iPhone as they age. It explains and justifies doing so in order to match …
Jobs for the boys
You may have noticed that many of those who retire or move on from public service jobs are able to pick up plum jobs in the private sector or a government quango. Their experience in one job qualifies them for the next job. However, this experience can include manifest failures to the detriment of the …
Silencing mobile phones
Most people experience mobile phones ringing at inappropriate moments and the embarrassing scramble to discover if it is mine or someone else's phone. So the ability to swiftly and totally silence my Moto G5 Plus for two or whatever hours before going into a meeting is very welcome. What is not so welcome is the …
Revisiting the 1967 Abortion Act
The 50th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act made the BBC revisit the debate about abortion in The Moral Maze. Confusion, obfuscation and biblical illiteracy are still the order of the day. The debate proceeded along the usual lines to little effect, so it is worth recording here a list of the topics which are …
Do PDFs save paper?
PDF files are excellent, but do they save paper? How many emails do you receive that ask you to consider whether you need to print it out? Our environmentally conscious age is trying to save paper. PDFs are excellent as one can highlight them, annotate them, remove the annotation, change them, add to them, etc. …
Every idle word that men shall speak…
The language battle is heating up. Redefining marriage is the most spectacular and far-reaching milestone on the secular journey to destroy Christian values in western society, but the language battle began a long time ago with tolerating swearing and blasphemy. Christian terms such as Jesus, Christ, God, Lord, heavens above, hell and damn are all …
The risk in disposing of electronic devices
When you buy a new electronic device, do you consider how you will dispose of it? When your computer dies there are implications for identity theft if you do not dispose of it properly. You may have heard about hard drives from disposed computers being examined in distant countries to discover the identity of the …
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Fighting for consumers
My long battle on behalf of consumers continues. Consumers are receiving a raw deal nowadays. Whereas the internet and online shopping is excellent, there is a down side to which retailers and consumers are not giving enough attention. This downside is experienced by many consumers, too many of whom simply accept it and move on. …
