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824 days ago
I read this story today, and it just made me angry: Woman dies following gang attack Aside from the utter senseless loss of life involved here, and the unbelievable grief this woman's family must be experiencing right now, we have a situation where a group of youths will be detained for a brief period of their life at her Majesty's pleasure, only to be able to carry on with their life (or commit further crimes) in the future. What is wrong with people that they have to do things such as this, and what is wrong with our society that we 'breed' individuals who would do it? You know, the older I get the more intollerant I am becomming towards social scum-bags such as these... I do not want my taxes to go towards 'helping/curing' people like this - who cannot respect others around them (and their life/property). I want my taxes to go towards those who do... Of course the do-gooders (who have basically wrecked all democratic societies around the world) will say that ...
825 days ago
It's been a while since I have written anyting for my blog, but I have had family from out-of-town staying for a few weeks. So what with having to keep them and the new kid entertained, this has meant time has been limited and the old blog has had to be put on the back-burner for a bit... But now that they have all left, and I have more time to devote to things (other than changing nappies, washing clothes, and cleaning up sick), I can relax with with my gin and tonic in hand - ready to begin working on the trusty old website once again835 days ago
What’s the point Over the weekend, services were held to remember Madeline McCann, the four year old girl who disappeared whilst on a family holiday in Portugal over 100 days ago, as well as other missing children (see Prayers to mark missing Madeline, BBC News ). Now I have no reason to doubt the sincerity of all those involved in these services and the tremendous amount of good this must have done for her parents to know that people (and God) cares about their plight, but did anyone stop to think about the point of actually doing this... I mean, prayers are being said at this time to a God who is believed to be capable of doing something to help the McCanns, and maybe even guide the police in finding Madeline. But if so, the question surely begs as to why God did not prevent her being taken in the first place. Bearing in mind that in the Judeo-Christian tradition this is the God who parted the Red Sea, who caused the walls of Jericho to fall down and who raised the dead on ...
838 days ago
There's been a lot of discussion about crime in my house these last few days. For a start, someone decided to rumage around our car yesterday morning, trying to find god knows what amongst the sweet papers and petrol receipts. It also appears that someone we know has had their email address book hacked, for we are now the unwitting recipients of numerous emails telling us daily that we have won lotteries, or are due some money, or have bought something on Ebay etc. The funny thing is that the people sending us these emails think that we are actually stupid enough to send some form of payment (or our bank details) to access these so-called funds - amazing! These emails are never opened by me, but are simply directed straight to my junk mail folder and deleted - oh, that is before I have forwarded them to the FBI or Scotland Yard for their attention. Internet crime and internet criminals are a menace! Why only yesterday someone tried to use our family IP address to do something... ...
839 days ago
Three weeks ago today our first kid was born, and life changed forever. Last week I also went to the UK to attend a wedding! I guess it is understandable then that my website and blog has been sort of been neglected a little bit - but as I said earlier, I am still here and still working on stuff! You know, having a new-born presents all sorts of challenges, but none more so than how (and when) to educate them about religious and moral issues. Of course, one of the first questions I have been faced with as a new parent is whether I am going to get my child baptised? Well, the answer is no, and this for the simple reason that we do not have any belief in God, and also do not believe in the value and wholesomeness of organised religion. Someone compared baptising your child to that of signing them up from birth to a political party (an analogy I find helpful). I guess it is also like getting your kid circumcised - there are some things you can do as a parent which leave your kids ...
