It wasn't well supported because it was not an official fundraising effort and most people felt it would make absolutely no difference to our plight and so it proved.
What does One trick pony even mean? If it means he had a style of working that was very successful that he is trying to replicate elsewhere then I agree.
That's a good article trousers and one I agree with even though it would be difficult to implement some sort of policy. What if you got pregnant by accident for example and it could be seen as promoting abortions.
I suppose it's about what that something is though. We can't just hold people under suspicion without just cause . I'm not sure this act of idiocy is linked with his previous conduct as a father. If something happens to a child under the care of someone it doesn't automatically follow that they were being neglectful beforehand. It could well have been an isolated incident where they did not consider the consequences of their actions.
But what I was saying was that the local social services are not some omnipotent being that can see everything. If on the outside they seemingly were fine then it's very difficult to intrude on someone's life to find out. In regards to your other point I'm glad it's difficult to separate children from their families. Imo this should really be a measure of last resort and where there are problems the solution should always be to give the family support and understanding unless the child is in immediate danger or where all other avenues have been exhausted.
The preference should always be to keep the family unit together where possible.
Yeah I agree with that. This bloke decided to do sonethibg idiotic but that doesn't mean he wasn't a capable parent beforehand (not that I know if he was or not.)
It's a difficult one. It's easy to look back in hindsight and say they should have had their children taken off them, but if they had behaved normally or hidden any misdeeds up until the fire then how was anyone supposed to know about it?
There have been reports of grain with un signs on the bags being openly sold on the black market over there. Their only hope of further aid is by halting their nuclear development and this reportedly will not happen. I think it will be interesting to see what they do.