You know I think it's a great thing that the Conservatives are looking at the laws and conviction rates surrounding rape and looking to improve them BUT I would question whether the way to frame this debate is to suggest that it's a new problem brought on by "moral collapse" or it now being cool to sexualise women. I'm fairly certain there wasn't a ( Read more... )

Didn't really sleep last night, mostly I coughed, which was annoying.

( Not properly thoguht out ponderings on religion in the news )

Every now and then something happens that restores my faith in humanity.

"Schoolgirls in England will be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer from September 2008, ministers are set to announce."I was really wondering for a bit back there if the "but what if it encourages them to have sex" side were going to win out and yet they ( Read more... )

Dear far-too-many-people ( Read more... )

A link for those of you who have been talking/reading about abortion over the alst couple of days/week.

Action needed on maternal deaths
Experts have condemned the "appalling" lack of progress made in reducing the number of women worldwide dying during pregnancy and childbirth.

It's about a special edition of The Lancet called Women Deliver ( Read more... )

So those of you who've been around for a while might know/remember that in the apst christianity has been a place that generally drives me batty with it's tendency towards craziness, infighting and some very trollish behaviour. It's actually been improving over the last few months (almost to the point I'm willing to put it back on my flist *g*) and so, in a ( Read more... )

yuletide is coming ( Read more... )

Of all the news stories at the moment I'm finding myself completely caught up in the protests in Burma.Every time I listen to the news or click on the BBC website I can feel my stomach clench as I wait for this time to be the time that we hear the Junta have decide to crack down on the protesters. I hope and pray that they won't but it seems always ( Read more... )

There is an article on the BBC website about Brian Davey, who has just been convicted of paedophilia, and whether it is right for schools to still use his recorder books.

Can the art of a paedophile be celebrated?It's interesting, as are the comments at the bottom. I meant to post it yesterday but I couldn't for the life of me work out what I ( Read more... )

Did you know that the Wolfenden Report was publish 50 years ago today?

There's been loads of stuff on the BBC recently about it but I hadn't actually worked out the day.

Tomorrow evening (9pm BBC4) there's a drama called Consenting Adults about Wolfenden and his son Jeremy (who was gay) starring Charles Dance and Sean Biggerstaff, I'm guessing it ( Read more... )