Metal Reviews

Was your e-mail really elaborate or just a simplistic complaint?

Nah, not really. Just said how disgusted I was that they were playing politics with peoples' lives and how sad it was that the BBC has lost it's moral standing due to being frightened of public opinion, blah blah.

Hamas prove what a bunch of idiots they are:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/ja ... al-attacks

Yes, they are idiots, no doubt there...

re: the BBC, slightly old news now but here's a clip of Tony Benn telling them off, which I didn't see before. It's the second video.

http://neilclark66.blogspot.com/2009/01 ... f-bbc.html

Neil Clark is otherwise a bit of a weirdo who says that Obama's election is a great leap forward for civil rights because he's a smoker... the world's most persecuted group of people.

That'll have to wait until I get home this evening, so I can hear the full audio awesomeness of Mr Tony Awesome Benn. Don't think I've heard of Neil Clark otherwise... odd fellow.

Politicians are such scum.

Evidence of torture buried by British ministers over fears that the US would stop sharing intelligence.

gonna die gonna die gonna die for yourrr governmennttt

Norwegian politicians decided that muslim police officers should be allowed to use hijabs..

Ma, I don't know about that, I think it'll cause unwanted negative vibes. Especially in the town on weekends.

Hurray for Holland:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... -day-trade

Those Muslim loving bastards, let's bomb those fuckers off the map

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... y/National

What a mean ole man.

Misguided, but well intended.

Bloody hell, Fridge.

And a for poor old Dave Cameron's son dying.

What? I'd do the same for Christians, but Islam is a more present and immediate threat.

Fucking hell, jebus, allah and satan save us from 6th form anti-religionism.

Yes, poor old Camo. It's enough to make even my anti-Tory self feel sympathetic towards a Conservative leader.

So when did all Muslims become part of the taliban? What douchebaggery.

Edit: I just looked up Jindal's response to Obama. That was lame.

on a sepparate issue, the left bloc in Portugal is campaigning to forbid companies with profits from firing people. do you agree with this policy?

personally i agree with it, although not flat-out. we have to put the brakes on this vicious cycle of
- companies don't make money
- companies fire people to stave off bankruptcy
- people have no money, don't buy things
- companies don't make money...

the last thing we need is for seeminly healthy companies to start doing the same too.

this raises a few issues: will employees start to slack off, if they feel that their job is assured? if incompetence is an exception to this rule, will companies abuse it?

with some tinkering regarding firing issues and target companies, i think it's a valid proposition. on the other hand how many profitable companies are thinking of firing people? just how much impact would this measure have?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n53-3QnhxZk

This is bullshit.

Oh well if Lou Dobbs says it... that legend of reason, accuracy and responsible reporting. Maybe if he frowns and bellows into a TV camera long enough people might take him seriously after all.

Haha, wait, now he has Christopher Hitchens in there as well! He's never completely and miserably wrong about anything at all. This is pretty much exactly what I mean by 6th form anti-religionism, except it's being conducted by middle-aged windbags. The story sounds like unmitigated bullshit to me. The UN must have hundreds of resolutions that the US takes not a blind bit of notice of, and Lou Dobbs is suddenly quaking in his boots over this one? Of course, because it's another stick to beat the muslims with.

Anyway, what on earth does this have to do with scholarships for non-Muslims, or is it just a bit of the good old collective punishment?