Australian aboriginals have a very high rate of problem drinking, but is jailing them if they don't go for rehabilitation a good solution?

If rehabilitation were a reliable treatment, perhaps no one would refuse it. But as far as I know, for alcoholics to stay sober requires a deep commitment. The threat of jail can make someone go to an activity, but can't give someone that kind of commitment. So I don't see how this can achieve its goal.

There is surely a relationship between the high consumption of alcohol and the way aboriginals were kicked off their land and continue to be downtrodden. Changing that may be the only way to correct this (though it will take decades).

Martin Manley set up a web site to represent him after his suicide, but Yahoo arbitrarily took it down.

His sister say Yahoo should put it back because Manley did not advocate suicide for others. But what if he had? That is no reason for censorship.

Retired people in Portugal are protesting daily against the plan to cut their pensions to the bone.

Australian aboriginals have a very high rate of problem drinking, but is jailing them if they don't go for rehabilitation a good solution?

If rehabilitation were a reliable treatment, perhaps no one would refuse it. But as far as I know, for alcoholics to stay sober requires a deep commitment. The threat of jail can make someone go to an activity, but can't give someone that kind of commitment. So I don't see how this can achieve its goal.

There is surely a relationship between the high consumption of alcohol and the way aboriginals were kicked off their land and continue to be downtrodden. Changing that may be the only way to correct this (though it will take decades).

A heat wave and drought are destroying the crops in Austria and Hungary.

We get droughts like this every year (though not always in the same place). And this is just the beginning.