A year ago today, if somebody had asked me for an opinion on local, national or international politics, I’d have struggled. I have views on various issues that relate to politics and some that fall entirely under that banner, but I have never sought any knowledge of this country’s political system or the people within it, because I find it to be ( Read more... )

I am so, quite physically sick, of hearing about the Pope, the Catholic Church, religion in general, at every possible turn. There's no point in making an argument, no one wants to hear a debate they want to hear popular comedians and the like half slamming, half mocking religion in a way they haven't noticed is preventing the one method of ( Read more... )

This topic is such an inevitability today it's made me reluctant to post about it so far. Religion. Religion versus Atheism, Anti-Theism, or Secularism. Whatever the debate is really about and honestly, no one on either side seems to have a very clear idea on that, it is something which interests me. At some point I'll come to the whole religion ( Read more... )

If someone had said, just a few short years ago, that British National Party Leader Nick Griffin, would be an almost cordial guest on the BBCs Question Time, it would have been laughable. Not so long ago the man was an outspoken White Supremacist after all. The BNP are doing better in Britain recently, owing to the economic crisis. History and ( Read more... )

Jan Moir. What can I say, either that hasn't already been said, or that appropriately sums up the vile, hateful bigotry contained within her repugnant article on Stephen Gately's death. I've left this late, to avoid the bandwagon in which some fairly offensive views were put forth even then. But it has to be said ( Read more... )

Today, of all days, I find myself once again...furious, is about the only word I can think of, at the attitude of British people towards the Muslim population of this country. I don't want to speak for the rest of the West, residents of other countries will know how their own situation stands and Cultural Relativism dictates it would be sheer ( Read more... )

Why are there people in the world who thrive on negativity? I made this journal so whenever something got me mad, gave me that feeling where it seems like there's an air bubble in my stomach that refuses to go away or even be ignored, that I could let it all out here, not hurting anybody along the way and keeping negativity safely with my inner... ( Read more... )

I hoped my first post here would be something light hearted, someone would have made an arsy comment on youtube or something. Unfortunately it was not to be, here we are venturing into the less than comfortable territory of the war in Iraq.

I'm fortunate not to know any soldiers personally. I know of a couple, both of whom I heard had joined the ( Read more... )