Tom Leonard calls for Stan Lee’s death…to save movies
He heads straight back to New York in December 1922 and throttles an infant Stan Lee before he can grow up and create Spiderman, The Fantastic Four, X-Men, The Hulk and so many more. Mankind is saved from a twilight cinema world of dire superhero films…
Andrew says: Leonard does a good line in patronising rubbish ala Obama. Superhero films are popular therefore their rubbish. Perish the thought Hollywood actually makes movies people like to go see.
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London Tories hint at trouble for BNP
Richard Barnes, the Conservative Leader in London, has told the BNP that they will have problems finding secretaries and support staff in the London Assembly and that they won’t be forcing admin staff to do their jobs.
Andrew says: This would be incredibly stupid of the Tories in the assembly to do. Are they trying to give the BNP more publicity? Petty moves like this are just foolish and counterproductive. This also feeds into the BNP mindset that they and their voters are being shut out by the establishment.
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These sorts of ideas are why the BNP got more than 5%.
He will press for the Union Jack to be flown permanently over City Hall, for burkas to be banned from public buildings and for official celebrations to mark St George’s Day. He will resist the planned construction of a huge new mosque, the biggest place of worship in Britain, in Newham, East London.
One thing about neo-Nazis is they know how to be populist and talk out of both sides of their mouths. I bet that if you said the above to many people without mentioning the BNP they would agree.
If you want to quell the BNP vote then politicians need to address the issues of the most disenfranchised grouping in Ken’s London…the white working class. They need to be address and made to feel as though people in city hall are actually listening to them. Under Ken any criticisms of his policies were met with charges of one or more isms. The bullying and intimidation of working class whites was palpable.
A city hall sponsored St George’s Day parade would be a very good start.
Boris needs to be a mayor for all Londoners not just the ones who bitch the loudest or have the pushiest representatives.
Pushing the BNP vote under the carpet is not the answer.
1 commentA tame reaction to Boris
That load of crap called Headcases was far nastier.
No commentsThe Silent Scream Of The Asparagus
A few years ago the Swiss added to their national constitution a provision requiring “account to be taken of the dignity of creation when handling animals, plants and other organisms.” No one knew exactly what it meant, so they asked the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology to figure it out. The resulting report, “The Dignity of Living Beings with Regard to Plants,” is enough to short circuit the brain.A “clear majority” of the panel adopted what it called a “biocentric” moral view, meaning that “living organisms should be considered morally for their own sake because they are alive.” Thus, the panel determined that we cannot claim “absolute ownership” over plants and, moreover, that “individual plants have an inherent worth.” This means that “we may not use them just as we please, even if the plant community is not in danger, or if our actions do not endanger the species, or if we are not acting arbitrarily.”
The committee offered this illustration: A farmer mows his field (apparently an acceptable action, perhaps because the hay is intended to feed the farmer’s herd—the report doesn’t say). But then, while walking home, he casually “decapitates” some wildflowers with his scythe. The panel decries this act as immoral, though its members can’t agree why. The report states, opaquely:
At this point it remains unclear whether this action is condemned because it expresses a particular moral stance of the farmer toward other organisms or because something bad is being done to the flowers themselves.What is clear, however, is that Switzerland’s enshrining of “plant dignity” is a symptom of a cultural disease that has infected Western civilization, causing us to lose the ability to think critically and distinguish serious from frivolous ethical concerns. It also reflects the triumph of a radical anthropomorphism that views elements of the natural world as morally equivalent to people
I tracked down the report, and here it is, in all its pomo stupidity, if you can stand it. (PDF file):
The hierarchical position can be criticised for being unclear about why the membership of a species, or the complexity of abilities, should be morally relevant. This objection is usually countered by saying that the complexity of an organisms telos correlates with its ability to perceive harm. Further, we should take into account that our understanding is multiply situated, i.e. it remains tied to the abilities given to us and achieved by us culturally: the human perspective cannot be overcome. This does not rule out our ascribing moral status to other living organisms.No comments
Bank Holiday BOMS
Welcome to the May 5, 2008 edition of best of me symphony.
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Ode To A Greedy Squirrel posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
SomeGuy presents Recession—the REAL definition (hint: it’s not two months of declining GDP) posted at Hunting Happiness, saying, “Gives the CORRECT definition of a recession. We have seen the effects of the slowdown all around us, but thus far SomeGal and I have been fortunate to not have felt any serious negative effects.”
Sally Thompson presents 50 Awesome Open Source Resources for Online Writers posted at JobProfiles.org – Job Descriptions and Online Schools to Start Your Career.
Alex Blackwell presents The Secret to Life in One Sentence or Less posted at The Next 45 Years.
nickel presents The Value of Doing Your Own Taxes posted at fivecentnickel.com.
CreditAddict presents How to Place a Fraud Alert on Your Credit Record posted at CreditAddict.
Michael Law presents Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act: Questions and Answers posted at Online Casino Blog, saying, “Check out the new changes in online gaming law… it might affect you!”
Michael Law presents Virgin Gets Hammered By Adverse Inference posted at A Law Student and Young Lawyer Blog – Law Vibe, saying, “Check out this article about megacompany Virgin Entertainment getting hit with a massive lawsuit.”
Michael Law presents Condo-Hotels: Questions and Answers posted at Michael Emilio.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents The Brand New World Of Peer To Peer Lending posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Thank you!”
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