Snippet 3 -- Illegal Wildlife

" In Beijing the politburo admitted “shortcomings” in its handling of the crisis and said it would be “necessary to strengthen market supervision, resolutely ban and severely crack down on illegal wildlife markets and trade”."

The Guardian

Surely, such a ban should get tough on both illegal and legal wildlife trade ?  There are rare occasions when wildlife needs to be culled but, such instances, should not introduce "trade".

Racial Discrimination

Like it or not, we live on a world that is rapidly increasing its rate of demographic change.  Ever since the Big Bang, there has been movement of sentient life forms (Observed by Charles Darwin) throughout the globe for various reasons, least of which was the mighty dollar … until today (This century).

Being a controversial subject, some would state that human movement has taken place for many centuries, but there has always been areas to easily and conveniently absorb that movement because of relatively small numbers … until today (This century).

The difference, today, is that global transportation enables anyone to move to the other side of the Earth in 24 hours, unlike in the past when cultures would take a generation to move across just one continent.  The result being stagnation of cultures within their own respective continents.

Unfortunately, geologically and environmentally, especially on the African continent, some cultures were dealt a poor hand which impeded a useful civilized development.  These people were black skinned.  Equally, the Indian continent suffered similarly and these people were brown.  Many indigenous peoples were also dark skinned, Australia is one example … America, another.

Today, geologically and especially environmentally, the Earth is experiencing rapid change, affecting, at least those cultures who were dealt the poor hand and, with the spread of electronic communication, they may observe the comfortable life of the white cultures who were dealt valuable aces and jokers. 

Thus, we have a situation of envious black and brown races believing it is their time to move again, but in greater numbers … for the mighty dollar.  They are, now, referred to as migrants; economic, illegal, and refugees.  Black, brown (Coloured) and poor … and usually uninvited.

When I, firstly, thought about writing this post, I had a slightly different subject in mind.  The upside down aspect of white Afrikaner people being killed in South Africa.  People who, I believe, according to the U.N., may not be given refugee status to move with the black and brown races to a safer continent.  Should we also be sympathetic to their plight … or is it a kind of karma.

Please comment.

Education 11 - Qualifications

I have been commenting on Google+ with someone who was advised that using the title Photojournalist was illegal because she did not have any academic qualifications related to such occupation (Even though she was, obviously, highly skilled).  I wrote that this was only a term and, therefore, the question was simply grammatical.  Only by registering a business name, e.g., Photojournalist Limited could it attain any form of legality.

Others joined the conversation to point out that the use of the term doctor was also illegal.  I replied that the word doctor was also just a term unless used in conjunction with an academically related descriptor such as Doctor of Medicine ... naturally from a recognized university.  Otherwise, the term doctor could be used if there is no academic representation, e.g., PfD. (Doctor of Feng Shui) or PcD. (Doctor of Chocolate) and such use would suffer a certain, deserved, humour.  This applies, equally, when using the term accountant or engineer without a degree.  Graduate accountants should become members of professional institutes and, thus, become accredited Chartered Accountants (CA), and engineers would become Chartered Engineers, etc., and the list goes on.

Therefore, if ever someone shouts, “Is there a doctor in the house?”  Please be aware of the real need.

At one time, I was employed privately in a contract position in Bangladesh as a teacher of EFL at a corrupt private teaching hospital that should remain nameless (International Medical College).  An American university also had a contract to, among other things, provide academic faculty.  Thus, they hired an itinerate American individual who was idling in Asia as a teacher without any formal EFL qualification (Undisclosed B.A.) and permitted him to use the title, Professor (Not even Associate Professor) for influence purposes, while I was addressed as Mister, even though I had worthier experience and skills but, unfortunately, without any association with the said university.  Incidentally, the other teacher had never even stepped within the walls the university.  When last heard of, he was studying by Internet with an Indian university, while resident in the Philippines, for a combined, one-year, MA/PhD. degree, that simply required the review of a number of obscure novels ... you may try to figure that out on your own.

In contrast, I know of great numbers of university teachers with credible PhD. degrees who are only Assistant or Associate Professors.  This is solely the prerogative of the university ... and acceptable to most of us.

Now, I must conclude this, perhaps, nugatory post to concentrate on my overdue Culture of Chocolate thesis.

By the way, if there seems to be a sense of victimization within this post, it is intentional ... and would deserve comment.

Immigration 3 - Emigrate and Immigrate Amendment

This morning, I have been browsing my dictionary (One may usually be forgiven for spending large chunks of one’s life browsing an encyclopedia ... but browsing through a dictionary?).

I had wondered about the words, ‘emigrate’ and ‘immigrate’ as they could be misunderstood in today’s undercurrent of so-called ‘refugee’ chaos.

It was surprising to learn that both words were indicating an unfortunate status of permanence (“... comes to live permanently ....”)  I wondered at the political significance of this fact, and worried at its’ use for illegal economic migrants or ‘so-called’ temporary immigrants ... obviously, the latter cannot exist without an academic amendment to our dictionaries.

It seems to me that these two words should never be used in the context of refugees and illegal asylum seekers.  Acceptance as immigrants immediately grants them permanence ... until an immigration authority (CIC), following strict guidelines, grants them permanent status.

Therefore, it behooves all immigration authorities to, not only, give permanent status, but equally, expedite tough deportation procedures.

Immigration Poll

Recently, I introduced a Poll into this Blog (Bernie’s Greek Poll - July, 2015).  It developed very little interest, perhaps because most people are nationalists and considered Greece, wrongly, as insignificant.

Perhaps, as a Poll, I presented it to produce comments as answers, instead of check boxes.

Please excuse my persistence as I present another.  This time, about the really important, and controversial, subject of asylum seekers.

The world, that’s you and I, contribute trillions of dollars annually to the problem of asylum seekers, either nationally or by way of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees).

Recently, a serious suggestion has been presented that a new UN State be created to which all asylum seekers be sent (Australia has already created a germ of the idea).  There are hundreds of uninhabited islands globally for which this idea could be established if the trillions of dollars were directed to it.

The new state would be developed with temporary homes, schools, workplaces, etc., and immigration representatives from various countries would evaluate and select the real refugees from the illegal economic asylum seekers.

Once, developed, all countries could ban or deport the asylum seekers unless they had been registered by the UNHCR within the new state. 

Do you believe this to be a suitable answer to the immigration problem (I should welcome either a comment or just an anonymous check (Yes, No or Maybe).  Please note;  Your vote will be counted within the app. but, for some weird reason it will not be visible on this page.  I shall reveal the numbers at a later date.

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