How can we engage more people in the democratic process?
As a parent of 2 teenage daughters, I hear the frustration they share with "rigged class elections, popularity vs. content, etc." within their own peer elections. I worry that our youth is missing the truth and honor of "personal integrity" and need to learn democratic integrity first from their parents and then from public role models such as teachers, community leaders and elected officials. The democratic process should begin in the home with active parenting; not passive or dictactorship styles. Active parenting provides a forum to share and to hear ideas, solutions, praise, criticism, etc. as well as an understanding that one's ideas should always be heard, considered and respected, but not necessarily always taken. This foundation then naturally expands into school where teachers may mirror this type of democratic atmoshere. Additionally, I feel more demonstrative practice is needed within the school system in order for our youth to understand the democratic process on a personalized local level. Washington is far away; OUR community is right in front of us. One solution may be to link community leaders with schools and to openly invite ideas, internship-for-a-day programs or other activities that marry "the process" with a reality that children understand. If the democratic process is understood and actively demonstrated locally then a national understanding is more easily comprehended. Of course all ages need to be engaged with this process. If we educate and engage at a younger age, it is a natural concequence that the democratic process will continue well into young adulthood and beyond. The age of 18 gives our youth the right to vote and to be a legal adult; if their upbringing engaged the democratic process, then our Leaders-of-Tomorrow will continue and expand the democratic process.
"Sexual Offences Act 2003" UK legislation, some clarity please?
Here's the thing: Your country doesn't run the internet. (Mine doesn't either, though it sometimes seems that way.) Bestiality porn is illegal in the UK under the "extreme porn" law. But it's legal in the US, and various other countries. (Although bestiality itself is illegal in states, porn of it is not.) So that's why you can find it online so easy. Pictures vs. acts are separate issues. And no you're not correct it's legal to have pictures of all those things. It is in fact illegal to have pictures of several of those (underage sex, bestiality, necrophilia, at least), in the UK. Sometimes pictures are even illegal when the act isn't (e.g. 17-year-olds having sex). In the US (since we're so big on the freedom of speech thing) almost any picture is legal, even if the act it represents is not. Child pornography (which is illegal here too) is almost the sole exception. Finally, some laws make a distinction between real and simulated content, while other laws do not. It can be a confusing subject, but I hope that helps some.
Which party made marijuana illegal republicans or democrats?
When a the drug laws that outlawed the use and distribution of marijuana in the US were passed, overall public sentiment over the drug was a wholly negative one thanks to the smear campaign efforts of newspaper magnate and millionaire tycoon William Randolph Hearst. (1863-1951) This was because of his racist attitude toward the Mexican population of the US at that time, who he reasoned were the largest consumers of the drug. Hearst was typographically and politically the non-Jewish, Jew hating, godfather of Fox News' current owner, Roger Ailes,(1940-present) in his own time; and he is known to be the progenitor of what was known as "yellow journalism" or as it is known today, "sensationalist news". Mr. Hearst's anti-marijuana smear campaign was so extreme, and so successful, over the time of his life overall, that it inspired both Democrats and Republican lawmakers in both the legislative and executive branches of national and state governments to ratify and sign provisions against the drug. Rumors also persist that Hearst and DuPont company petrochemical interests wished to eliminate hemp as an industrial competitor. My second article source also mentions one Harry J. Anslinger, (1892-1975) as another rich and powerful marijuana prohibitionist, who was directly and strongly involved in creating U.S. government anti-drug policy. Taking the head office of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from 1930 till 1962, he is largely responsible for indoctrinating the majority of modern anti-marijuana laws prior to the "War on Drugs" era. Mr. Anslinger, as you may have guessed, was also close pal of William Randolph Hearst throughout Hearst's lifetime, and shared his inaccurate and racist views concerning the primary users of the marijuana drug.
Consumer awareness?
consumer problems are mainly regarding the good/services they recieve in return of the price they pay. eg: you buy wheat, and find that it is of substanderd quality or it's underweight, or worse both. consumer forums are authority that helps the consumer by empowring them. lets say the car parts you brought from a manufactur were sub standard, the manufactuer won't change it. the court decides the case wheather the part was good or not, and wheather it should be changed or any compensation is to be paid.