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POPSKenyan children abducted and terrorized- child soldiers and land conflicts ENDING OF ARTICLE: In the meantime, Kenya's land issues remain unresolved. And the powerful politicians that villagers and former fighters say lead the militia remain free. "The conflict in Mount Elgon is but the worst example of the poisonous relationship between Kenyan politics, land grievances and violence," said Ben Rawlence of New York-based Human Rights Watch. If the children are released, some can trace their families. Others have no parents left after murders by either the militia or the military. Peace and justice are far beyond the hopes of most families. Mothers say their ears still strain beyond the drumbeat of rain on a tin roof or wind rustling through cornstalks for the sounds of a vanished child's voice. Some scarred children will eventually limp home along the winding mountain trails. Others never will.
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POPSTin Tin banned in England? Books are reflections of their times- an innocent illustration in one decade might be regarded as prejudicial and offensive in another. While I've never been a fan of Tintin myself, the group does need to admit that the illustrations in the comic/graphic novel are not unlike the illustrations in other books that came before and after it. One of my favourite contriversial books would come decades later- William Steig's Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. A sad but later heart warming story that can teach us how we need to be careful what we wish for... as well as what animals we choose to depict policemen , food the animals should eat and parents should always watch over their children ... but it's such an innocent story! ... and don't get started on Maurice Sendak :(
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