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Breaking Covid rules shouldn’t make you beyond redemption

“People don’t break social distancing because they hate old people. They do it because they enjoy meeting others. It comes from carelessness, maybe even thoughtlessness, but not malevolence.”

Calum Isaacs criticises the notion that breaches of Covid rules demonstrate the heartlessness of humanity.

Posted on February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 Author Calum Isaacs Comment(0)
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Humanities students are committing biweekly fraud

“As we finish each essay as dawn breaks on the day of the tutorial, we bring down the sword and come up with some conclusion. Free will? No free will? Anything will do.”

Calum Isaacs explores the relation between disagreement, self-doubt, and our views and opinions.

Posted on February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Author Calum Isaacs Comments Off on Humanities students are committing biweekly fraud

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“Recent years have seen Baloch separatists attac “Recent years have seen Baloch separatists attack the Chinese consulate in Karachi City (2018), the Pearl Continental Hotel in Gwadar (2019), which was known to house Chinese businessmen working on the project, and the Pakistan Stock Exchange building (2020), where they claim that China holds about 40% equity. 

It is attacks like these that have led to the latest controversy in the situation: Pakistan building a barbed wire fence around Gwadar. The provincial government plans to fence off 24 sq. km of the city with only two entry points, and more than 500 high-definition cameras. The fencing will include China’s deep seaport but will not cover the China-funded New Gwadar International Airport and 80 of the newly built housing projects.

Interestingly, the government claims that the fencing is in place to protect locals...”

Rohena Buckland writes about rising tensions between China and Pakistan for our Global Affairs team. 

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