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Globalization, State, Mass Media and Human Rights

‘The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government’……………  Thomas Jefferson.

‘The 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: The growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy’.……………Alex Carey

‘States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions’……………Noam Chomsky

‘When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist’……………Dom Helder Camara

Human Rights:

Human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent. Human rights are what make us human. When we speak of the right to life, or development, or to dissent and diversity, we are speaking of tolerance. Tolerance will ensure all freedoms. Without it, we can be certain of none.

Human Rights are:
The rights that someone has simply because he or she is a human being.

•         Universal

•         Interconnected

•         Indivisible

Common Myths about Human Rights:

•           Human Rights are the same as civil rights.

•           Human Rights violations occur only in poor, foreign countries.

•           Human Rights are only concerned with violations.

•           Only adults and lawyers can understand the significance of Human Rights.

If you’re not yet pursuing a hobby, your reason may be one or more of the following:

I don’t have the time to maintain a hobby. I don’t have the money to maintain one. I think people will make fun of my hobby. I don’t know what hobby to have. I think maintaining a hobby is a waste of time money and energy. Hobbies are for folks who have nothing to do; I’m not one of them. I used to have a hobby but now I’m too busy to maintain it. I’m too old or young to have a hobby.

While your reasoning may be true “to some extent”, it cannot be 100 percent true. These are all just your point of view. We’ve all heard of the example of one person describing a half glass of water as half full and the other, half empty. Similarly, there is always a way to have and maintain a hobby which will take up as few resources as you can afford. But why have a hobby in the first place?

1. Hobbies are a good past time, a way to get away from the mundane boring life that most of us live through.

2. Hobbies have found to have a therapeutic effect by reducing stress.

3. Hobbies keep the mind active and creative, which is a good exercise for the brain. Mental exercise is as important as physical exercise.

4. Research shows that people who are more successful in life (be it in terms of wealth, health, fame or anything else) are ones who also maintain some hobby or the other.