Key Quotes for 2004

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Brazil's National Movement of Street Children, says that between 4 and 5 adolescents are murdered daily; that every 12 minutes a child is beaten; that 4.5 million children under 12 are working; and that 500,000 children are engaged in domestic labour. In 40 per cent of crimes, children are victims. He confirmed that the massive proliferation of small arms is a central cause. It is easier for a child to get a gun than to get a bus pass.
Young People	Justright - Issue 10



Brazil ranks only after the USA as the second biggest consumer of cocaine.
Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions	Justright - Issue 10



Children as young as four have guns and are used as little planes - to use the jargon of the street - trafficking drugs and messages between sellers and buyers.
Crime	Justright - Issue 10



A project worker who works in Recife states that ten of the 94 children who she works with were killed; 4 girls aged 14-16 and 6 boys, aged 16-18. The project worker stated that the law of silence is the law. Nobody saw, nobody says, nobody does anything.
Crime	Justright - Issue 10



In a graph showing the probability of not reaching 40 years - the top 34 countries are all African.
Social Issues	Justright - Issue 10



According to a recent analysis of church going in Britain, by 2030 AD there will be no men left in church. That may be a bit drastic, but the fact is, men are not coming to church anymore.
Church	The Plain Truth - April / May 2002



Aromatherapy is high on the popularity list of alternative therapies. There are over 6,000 aromatherapists in the UK.
Health	Triple Helix - Winter 2004



AIDS the global pandemic is accelerating. About 40 million people, including 2.5 million children, are now living worldwide with HIV, 95 per cent in the developing world. Each year five million people are newly infected and the annual death rate has risen from just over two million in 1999 to three million in 2003. At current rates of infection there will be 45 million more with HIV by 2010.
Health	Triple Helix - Winter 2004



Since 1990 about 250,000 embryos have been frozen following IVF treatment in Britain. In March 1999 there were 51,346 embryos stored. This had jumped to 97,719 in March 2001 and 116,252 by March 2003. Infertility is increasing primarily because of delayed childbirth or tubal infertility. Couples are marrying later, or choosing to delay having children for career or personal reasons. Tubal infertility is increasing mainly as result of chlamydia infection, which currently affects 10 per cent of women and is itself increasing 20 per cent per year, largely as a consequence of unwise sexual choices. In the mid 1960s there were about 15,000 baby adoptions per year but this has now fallen to around 200. This is in part because women who might previously have given their babies up for adoption are instead choosing abortion. In fact if adoption was more widely encouraged there may be more babies available for adoption. In 1968 there were about 23,000 abortions in England and Wales but the total os now about 180,000 per year. Two million UK children live with only one parent.
Family	Triple Helix - Winter 2004



Cannabis was downgraded to a class C non-arrestable drug on 29th January 2004.
Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions	Triple Helix - Winter 2004



There are currently 639 million small arms in the world, produced by more than 1,135 companies in at least 978 countries: one gun for every 9 people on the planet! Firearms currently kill one person every minut, and eight million new weapons are produced every year.
Crime	Triple Helix - Winter 2004



The consecration of (the openly gay) Gene Robinson as Bishop of Hampshire has heightened fears of schism within the Anglican communion...... the consecration of a bishop who divorced his wife and separated from his children and is now living as a non-celibate homosexual, clearly demonstrates that authorities within the Episcopal Church of the US consider that their cultural based agenda is of far greater importance than obedience to the word of God.
Church	Triple Helix - Winter 2004



Revisions to the Government's draft Mental Incapacity Bill announced in Constitutional Affairs Minister Lord Filkin's speech in Nottingham have been described by a prolife group as cosmetic changes designed to make legalised euthanasia by omission respectable. SPUCs Paul Tully said: The adjustments to the Bill do notamount to any material lessening of the threats posed by this draft legislation.
Politics	Christian Herald - 1st May 2004



The Passion of the Christ made UK box office Top Ten just in review sales before the official release date, then hit the number one spot and made just over £2 million over its first weekend - the biggest opening for any foreign language movie in the UK. In America, after its first five weeks on release, the US and Canada box office takings reached $318 million, making it already the 13th best-selling movie of all time, and easily the most successful R-rated film, knocking The Matrix: Reloaded off the pedestal.
Entertainment	Joy - May 2004



The latest crime figures, which show a 14 per cent rise in violent crime, are symptomatic of declining values in society, according to the Evangelical Alliance UK. The EA's General Director, Joel Edwards, says a lot remains to be done.
What famous people say	Joy - May 2004

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