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In every large town there are the homeless. The provision of sheltered accommodation would give a  free place for the homeless to sleep, all year round. Many towns have accommodation open at Christmas time only. People who would think twice about getting into a homeless situation, may not think it so bad if they know that there is somewhere for them to go.

Sheltered accommodation would need people in charge, so it would give people the opportunity to talk to someone about problems. Sheltered accommodation would cut down on loneliness, and would create a sense of community. Some people don’t like “beggars” on the streets, sheltered accommodation would move people off the streets. Some families lose their homes through repossession, sheltered accommodation would give these people a place to go.

A report was published a few weeks ago about the damage to the environment that  cars do to the environment. There are alternatives to the uses of private cars, one of which is public transport. Compared to other European countries, Britain’s public transport system is poor. France has a reliable highspeed train service, while Britain has a fairly reliable slow highspeed train service.

Every morning I wake up to a new day and I hope that the world has changed overnight. I hope that the world has thrown down its weapons and its prejudices. But every morning my hopes are dashed when I turn on the radio and I hear that the news is bad. Every day I see the images of war on the buzzing television screens and the cries of millions screams through the metallic loud speakers on the radio.

Just as with other species of animals, the human species is made up of several races that we can tell apart by superficial physical characteristics. Of course many people do not have the physical type of their racial origin – the distinctions, like size, skin and hair colour, are only broad ones and partnerships between people of different races makes the distinction even less “separated”. The recognition of different races exist is not racism. Some people say that we should be colour blind, or that we should put people together in a melting pot so that we are one. This suggests that there is something wrong with the different races. Racism is the practice of discrimination against people on the grounds of race.