November seems to be a slow month, I have been pushing the challenges, but submissions have been minimal, so please do email one. I knew that the project would have peeks and troughs, and am really hoping that December will be climatic, being the final opportunity for people to submit challenges.
In terms of the most recent challenge, it is turning into an instigator rather than a literal interpretation. I am struggling to determine what is law, what is an act of parliament, when things appear to be worthy of a law they are not, and agendas that seem pointless are law. It does however highlight the issues of a transparent government. Although information is available about present laws and acts of parliament there is so much information and so much waffle to go with the statements that it all becomes jargon and a mess.
I have taken the decision to follow my instinct and create a piece of work around what I determine to be an illegal hair trade. I do however feel that the trade is ethically wrong opposed to illegal. My rational for then taking the challenge in this direction would be to highlight a situation and potentially extend legislation to this. I have investigated fur trade, import and export, human rights which are all issues surrounding the forced hair trade for western hair extensions, but there seems to be nothing that applies. It is illegal to import or export cat and dog fur but that as far as I can see is the only ruling on fur, which seems very minimal.
Here is a taster of the issues I am attempting to address;
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/jun/25/india.theobserver
If you do have any legal facts or more information please let me know. Please also email challenges to the following email [email protected]
