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174 days ago
With the recent success of the BNP in EU elections and after reading some of the comments on this YouTube video. I was left with the question, who qualifies as British in the eyes of the BNP? Seeking an answer, I visited the primary source of information about the BNP and it’s policies, their official website. There, in the most current version of the BNP Constitution (9th Edition, September 2005), I found this paragraph (Section 1, 2b): “The British National Party stands for the preservation of the national and ethnic character of the British people and is wholly opposed to any form of racial integration between British and non-European peoples. It is therefore committed to stemming and reversing the tide of non-white immigration and to restoring, by legal changes, negotiation and consent, the overwhelmingly white makeup of the British population that existed in Britain prior to 1948.” Based purely on this text, which is quoted verbatim, the following statements are true: ...192 days ago
I had a wonderful discussion about religion and faith yesterday with some friends which was followed by my listening to a radio show phone-in about fate and whether people believed in fate. For some reason this sparked a few neurons in my brain to contemplate my thoughts on those issues. I’ve always had issues with free will and my own need to feel absolutely in control on my own life, but it’s not something I’ve thought about in a long time. In my musing, I have come to the following conclusion regarding free will and it’s impact on fate and the future. I believe that at any given point in time, the same events/actions will always take place. My reason for believing this is hopefully based on the logical assumption that two components define any resultant event/action. The first is history and the second is the environment. If I work on the assumption of a simple equation where, history + environment = action, then in my mind, there is no possibility of free will. We may have ...222 days ago
I’m a big fan of movies and possibly an even bigger fan of bargains, so my ultimate bargain is free movie tickets. In the UK, there are a couple of ways to get free movie tickets, but the main way is to sign up to a mailing list from SeeFilmFirst.com. Unfortunately, there are so many people subscribed to that list, that you rarely get offered free tickets. However, some of the lucky people that do, will often post the details for claiming tickets on another website, HotUKDeals.com. HotUKDeals.com allows you to setup custom RSS feeds for specific deals. So in my case, I have a feed setup just for movie tickets. However, because I don’t monitor my RSS feeds in real-time (like I do with twitter), I’ll often miss out on tickets because I was just too late. Not wanting to miss out on my favourite freebies, I wondered if I could put technology to work for me. Using the website TwitterFeed.com, I linked my free movie ticket RSS feed to a twitter account @freescreenings. ...261 days ago
What follows is a discussion I had on facebook with a friend regarding the recent Muslim protests in Britain against returning troops from Iraq. I should state up front that I firmly believe the Iraq war is illegal, that the British government lied to take us to war and that we have used torture during the war to gain intelligence. The real meat of this (lengthy) discussion boils down to how we should treat our soldiers and more generally freedom of choice. Me - I have no problem with the Muslim anti-war protests. They have a right to free speech, the Iraq war is illegal and we torture prisoners. Friend - Yes...but those soldiers and those before them are the reason why free speech continues to exist. I don't think those very soldiers deserved to be verbally berated for doing the job they're asked to do. If they wanted to protest, do it outside the Houses of Parliament. Me – I think it comes down to choice. Every man and woman on this planet is free to choose. Sometimes those ...275 days ago
I’m a Twitter addict (after being a complete naysayer). I tweet at least 10 times a day, but usually it’s far more than that. I use it mainly for personal interest and communication, which is where I came across http://twitter.com/twitchhiker twitchhiker is a guy in the North of England who starts a global journey on Monday to see how far he can travel around the world in 30 days using nothing but offers of assistance from Twitter users. He’s doing it all for charity:water and already has travel from Newcastle to Amsterdam sorted out. He’s actually in the process of planning where to go from there. So far he’s getting plenty of offers of assistance and I think it’s a wonderful example of the power of twitter as a real-time social communications tool. As more people follow him, more people will likely offer to help. If he’s ever in trouble, no doubt there will be people who can instantly come to his aid. It’s quite possibly something that could not be achieved to such a degree of ...
