An introduction

This blog was created as I felt the need to bring together and publish opinions that may contradict what the media and many others see as the views of a whole community, religion or community. So often we see reporting that gives the impression that "all" people of a certain community, religion, gender and so on think in a certain way, have a certain view, that the actions of some among them represents the widespread view. I am as guilty of thinking this as anyone.

It is often the case that the views represented are made by those with the loudest voices within the community, or selected to fit with a chosen viewpoint already decided by the media. This happens in the UK, but is at it's most severe where countries or factions control the media viewpoint, people are told what the government or faction want them to know.

The final aim is to give my own views and comments, the blog's title "There must be another way to.." is deliberately designed to make people stop and think about the alternatives to the "authorised" or "traditional" or "accepted" or "mainstream".

This blog does not represent the views of any political party, factional viewpoint, religious stance etc etc. and views and opinions represented here are either my own or links to different viewpoints on the internet.