Charlie Herbert
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βThe standard you walk past is the standard you accept. If that does not suit you then get out.β π₯
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27-08-2011 17:39:41
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If every single person who drowned at sea this year while crossing dangerous routes was humanised in the same way a tech billionaire and his family has been, you would know the names of more than 800 people. You would know because their stories would be told with empathy & care.
βEvery war entails a certain level of dehumanization of the enemy. But it seems that in the current war in Gaza, the dehumanization of Palestinians is close to absolute.β Iβve experienced many wars in my professional life, but none like this. π 972mag.com/dehumanizationβ¦
βIn the first three weeks of Augustβ¦128 Palestinians, including 26 children, were killed by airstrikes in the West Bankβ. Read that again. 128 Palestinians including 26 kids killed in the West Bank. Not Gaza. The West Bank. Netanyahu is out of control. theguardian.com/world/article/β¦
ββ¦a cold examination of the numbers killed in the Gaza Strip reveals this is one of the bloodiest wars since the beginning of the century, especially if you examine the rate of mortality out of the total population.β Haaretz Yet the UK remains complicit haaretz.com/middle-east-neβ¦
School suspensions and exclusions up by a fifth.π€·π»ββοΈ Should we be surprised or alarmed? Mainstream education just isnβt for every child. I speak from experience. The response must be to provide the right, tailored alternative provision for these youngsters theguardian.com/education/artiβ¦