Politics:

Something which has been pissing me off for a long while is the following:

1) Firstly the US managed to get themselves disliked by the middle east and others (for reasons of supporting Israel, foreign policy and whatnot).
2) Then terrorists strike at the US on 9/11 (a dreadful thing - I don't argue otherwise)
3) The US decide to invade Afghanistan. That's up to them, they felt that they were at war. This caused lots more resentment against from the same people as point 1).
4) The UK decided to invade with them. This is where I begin to get pissed off. What was it to do with us? It's purely an American issue. Now the resentment rolls onto the UK too.
5) The US (for reasons of it's own) decide to invade Iraq. Again, a bit suprising and raises more resentment against the US.
6) The UK also decide to invade Iraq. WFT?!?? Why are we invading too? This closes our relationship with the US and the middle eastern resentment against the UK. Why did the UK do this?
7) The UK begin curbing civil liberties stating that terrorists are a threat to us
8) The UK get attacked by terrorists.
9) The UK have new gusto in curbing civil liberties.

It seems to me that the UK government have created a threat to us and then bring in draconian measures to limit our liberties! This is appauling! It seems that our civil liberties are dependant on the actions of the US?!?

Where's that valium when you need it?

Religion:

Sorry to harp on a bit, but on the radio this morning yet again was the article about idiots demanding teachers teach "intelligent design" in Biology along side (or even instead of) evolution theory. Surely we're above the idea of fairys?

The idea behind intelligent design is that God made everything because it's far too clever to be anything else. If you'd seen a computer for the first time, you might think the same thing until you understood the principles behind it.

Also with intelligent design, it needn't be God who created everything, why not pixies? or gnomes? or aliens?

Simply because something is clever doesn't mean it must be supernatural. If you showed a caveman (or possibly tatooed fuckwit) something magnetic they may well thing it supernatural.

It's all a question of balance. The idea about science is that you suggest something and then try to either prove or disprove it. There's plenty of evidence supporting Darwin, but surprisingly little to support God.

Anyway, I'm ranted out, thankyou for bearing with me at this difficult time. I'd like also to thank the produced and director.

Love and snuggles

Will
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