Project Prevention’s cynical manipulation

If you object to Project Prevention remember that they are using the bystander effect to manipulate you into doing nothing. But you can overcome that manipulation.

Lies, damn lies and statistics

In spite of the media attention and the efforts of Project Prevention’s polished propaganda regime only a third of UK citizens see the scheme as positive. That’s hardly a triumph for Project Prevention.

Sorry, Barbara but we’re here to stay

A few months ago Barbara Harris suggested that I would be a good candidate for vasectomy. She suggested this not because I have a drug habit (I haven’t), but because I disagreed with her and had the courage to stand up and say so. I didn’t fit her view of what ‘deserving’ people are like. [...]

Alan Mitchell’s vasectomy

Today’s Daily Mail contains a fascinating piece about ‘Alan Mitchell’. You may know him as “John” – the first UK recipient of Project Prevention’s sterilisation campaign. You can read the article here: http://is.gd/gdLOM While Professor Martin Prince calls for malpractice investigations for any doctor colluding with Project Prevention in today’s Guardian: http://m.guardian.co.uk/?id=102202&story=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/oct/23/prevent-project-from-odious-task It’s interesting that [...]

Kaleidoscope does not support payment for sterilisation after all.

It seems that the BBC got it wrong when they reported that Kaleidoscope were working in partnership with Project Prevention. The charity has made it clear on their website that they are not in favour of paying people to be sterilised although, like many of us, it seems that they would welcome a more reasonable debate about the issues raised by Project Prevention.

Excellent set of questions from Andrea at Wired in

Andrea at wired in has written a sample letter asking some extremely pertinent questions relating to Project Prevention’s activities in UK. It’s here: http://wiredin.org.uk/files/pdfs/blog/Project_Prevention.pdf I think the question about sterilising men is extremely telling and does add weight to the arguments about eugenics.  Anyway – have a read and see what you think.

How to fight Project Prevention

I’ve drafted a letter to drug and alcohol agencies explaining the basics of what to watch for and how to report wrongdoing from Project Prevention. Please pass it on to anyone who may come into contact with PP activities in UK. There is a legal framework designed to prevent just this sort of exploitation. Let’s make sure we use it.

Project Prevention updates

Knowledge is power! Project Prevention is very good at managing the information that the majority of people hear about their activities. For example the instigation of PPUK was well publicised but the collapse of the UK administration was not. We know that a single Leicestershire man has been bribed to surrender his fertility but we [...]

Project Prevention active in UK again

It’s been a confusing couple of days. Several months ago Barbara Harris told me that PPUK would not be paying people for sterilisation in this country. The director of Project Prevention UK told me personally in a recorded interview last July that PPUK would be different (and less secretive/abusive) than the American model. Then the [...]

Please stop trying to convert me – it’s getting very tiresome

This process of filling the gaps is what led primitive tribes with no understanding of geology to create volcano Gods. It’s what led the ancient Greeks who couldn’t grasp meteorological prediction to create the sea God, Neptune. It’s what led a group of bronze age nomads to imagine a God of War called Jahweh and what led the Vikings to conjure up a mythical thunder God named Thor.