What the W-T-F?
I am personally upset and very unhappy at any situation in which I am forced to agree with anything said by anyone as insanely bigoted and ignorant as my work colleague, the trainee chef. But Saturday involved a somewhat heated discussion over abortion, with me and trainee on one side and Nicola and chef on the other side (as opposed to the usual situation with me Vs all of them). It started with, I think, a discussion about the cuts to the NHS that the conservatives are trying to bring in. Someone mentioned abortion doctors and Nicola said "I think all abortion doctors should be killed on sight."
I'm sure you're all well aware of the various pro and anti choice arguments that are out there so I won't bother reiterating them. But mister trainee came to my defence by saying that his own mother had had a pregnancy that would have been fatal if not for an abortion and so on. He gave examples such as a case of rape. We eventually talked her down to saying that abortion is 'okay' if the woman was raped or in serious risk of death. I count that as a win, considering she began the discussion at 'KILL THE ABORTION DOCTORS!!'
Her rational, it turned out, was motivated by the fact that her cousin was born autistic and she is convinced that, if the government got its way, he'd have been aborted. (To which I responded; "what part of the word 'choice' do you not understand? People can choose to go through with a pregnancy or not. It's a choice."*)
But, yes, an odd situation.
This new alliance was somewhat damaged almost immediately by mister trainee asserting that the only people who he thinks should be killed on sight are homosexuals. For no other reason, it seems, than that they are 'creepy' and he doesn't want any men trying to chat him up. :\
Can't win them all, I suppose.
In other news...
David Cameron wrote an article in today's Guardian / Observer. In it he said "And if someone wants to help out with children, we will sweep away the criminal record checks and health and safety laws that stop them."
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WHUT?!
Ian Huntley must be pleased with this... I really have a hard time believing half the stuff Cameron says. I mean, either he's being ironic, or really, really cold hearted and cruel. Or just plain stupid.
Well, mister serial killer, I'm sure you'll be perfect to look after our children. Here, hold these knives and bottles of poison while I go on a trip for five days. Don't worry, I'm sure you don't need health and safety laws. They just get in the way. Oh that? Oh it's just some bleach I left pouring on the kitchen floor. I'm sure it's safe.
I can't think of much else to say now. I'm in shock.
Instead, I'm going to go back to reading Otherland Volume 2: River of Blue fire in your pants. So far not as good as volume 1, but I have high hopes.
*Side note, a few weeks back when she'd added me on Facebook, she temporarily changed her profile picture to a statement reading "I asked god for a miracle and he gave me my autistic cousin." Which, at first, I thought was some sort of joke in bad taste until she told me she actually has an autistic cousin. Sorry, it just sounded a lot like something that was really edgy, and, given she'd told me earlier that she didn't believe in god (though she does believe in a lot of crazy crap) I thought it might have been a dig at religion or something.
Have I really been that desensitised to dark humour? XD
I'm sure you're all well aware of the various pro and anti choice arguments that are out there so I won't bother reiterating them. But mister trainee came to my defence by saying that his own mother had had a pregnancy that would have been fatal if not for an abortion and so on. He gave examples such as a case of rape. We eventually talked her down to saying that abortion is 'okay' if the woman was raped or in serious risk of death. I count that as a win, considering she began the discussion at 'KILL THE ABORTION DOCTORS!!'
Her rational, it turned out, was motivated by the fact that her cousin was born autistic and she is convinced that, if the government got its way, he'd have been aborted. (To which I responded; "what part of the word 'choice' do you not understand? People can choose to go through with a pregnancy or not. It's a choice."*)
But, yes, an odd situation.
This new alliance was somewhat damaged almost immediately by mister trainee asserting that the only people who he thinks should be killed on sight are homosexuals. For no other reason, it seems, than that they are 'creepy' and he doesn't want any men trying to chat him up. :\
Can't win them all, I suppose.
In other news...
David Cameron wrote an article in today's Guardian / Observer. In it he said "And if someone wants to help out with children, we will sweep away the criminal record checks and health and safety laws that stop them."
0_________________0
WHUT?!
Ian Huntley must be pleased with this... I really have a hard time believing half the stuff Cameron says. I mean, either he's being ironic, or really, really cold hearted and cruel. Or just plain stupid.
Well, mister serial killer, I'm sure you'll be perfect to look after our children. Here, hold these knives and bottles of poison while I go on a trip for five days. Don't worry, I'm sure you don't need health and safety laws. They just get in the way. Oh that? Oh it's just some bleach I left pouring on the kitchen floor. I'm sure it's safe.
I can't think of much else to say now. I'm in shock.
Instead, I'm going to go back to reading Otherland Volume 2: River of Blue fire in your pants. So far not as good as volume 1, but I have high hopes.
*Side note, a few weeks back when she'd added me on Facebook, she temporarily changed her profile picture to a statement reading "I asked god for a miracle and he gave me my autistic cousin." Which, at first, I thought was some sort of joke in bad taste until she told me she actually has an autistic cousin. Sorry, it just sounded a lot like something that was really edgy, and, given she'd told me earlier that she didn't believe in god (though she does believe in a lot of crazy crap) I thought it might have been a dig at religion or something.
Have I really been that desensitised to dark humour? XD