Ranty Update
Aug. 10th, 2005 05:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfiona99Daily update - in which Red rants because she's about to be pre-menstrual and her one singular wisdom tooth is trying to push through her gums as is traditional about once every quarter. Unfortunate problem, other than slight ache and the fact that for all the bother it's never actually going to erupt properly, is that instead of simply going through my gum, as is traditional, if the sodding thing does come out any further it's going to go through my cheek. Blast!
So yes, I may be a smidge scathing.
Dear President Bush, who feels that there is nothing wrong with teaching creationism in schools alongside the theory of evolution. You know, I could maybe understand him, if he was equally willing to teach other creation myths alongside as well, for instance, the Islamic version of creationism which actually bares a greater resemblance to what geology shows than the Christian version, or the Australian Aboriginal version which, I think though I could be wrong, has the Earth being a giant omlette type thing. They've all got as much scientific credibility.
Yes, evolution is called a theory, but that's just 'cause scientists need really rather high amounts of evidence before something is declared a scientific law. Also, these disagreements between eminent biologists about evolution are not about it actually happening, but about the mechanism. Whether it happens gradually or in bursts, due to a bit of confusion 'cause of the Pre-Cambrian explosion.
Red is a biologist. Red is pissed of at Bush. Anything new here. No. Good, good.
Meanwhile, Tony Blair is going to deport foreign extremists, giving the wishy-washiest definition of extremist ever, which bothers every single one of my liberal instincts. Also he's bringing back treason as an offence. Oh and he's going to make glorifying terrorism an offense. Does that mean I can't sing old Irish rebel songs anymore, or indeed make my traditional toasts in favour of half the rebellions in history, because most of them would probably have been declared terrorists at the time, had the word existed. Also I suppose I can't say that while I totally believe it to be a heinous crime, I can understand why Palestinian suicide bombers do it. Actually I get huge amounts of complaints for that view anyway - except hmm, I've felt that way for as long as I've had an opinion on the matter, and other people complaining isn't going to change that.
Lets not even get started on them thinking that rebranding British ethnic minorities - so now instead of being Asian, they'll be British-Asian, in much the same way that one can be Afrian-American. Apparently a different name will solve all the problems. New Labour's solution to any problem - change the name of the thing. Because as we know black Americans being called African-Americans has solved all the racial problems in the US. This is not a dig at the US, I can think of no country where race isn't a major, important and tricky issue, and simply changing names isn't going to help.
Anyone else I feel like being mean about:
1 - Great Britain's athletics coaches - fuck knows what they're being paid for. Not in the sense that they have a great amount to work with but ye Gads they don't prepare the athletes, they don't teach them tactics, they don't teach them anything.
2 - South Sydney - keep your grubby Aussie hands off Sean Long. We need him. You don't. Go away. (Will probably end up buying Saints shirt just to give Saints money.)
3 - Get very annoyed about films etc showing children who never meet their fathers being obsessed by their fathers. It's like the interview with Lance Armstrong (who's father walked out when he was 1), he said he didn't remember and didn't care. Various media commentators afterwards were all 'oh course he cares' and I was all, well he might, but if he's anything like me, no, he won't. Little kids are a damn sight less emotionally fragile than you might think.
We're getting somewhere with the experiment, much in the same way Sissyphus was getting somewhere.
Star Trek: Insurrection was quite good. I enjoyed it anyway.
Bought a copy of Kerrang! Darkness interview was fun.
Watched the highlights of the charity shield. Drogba's second goal was good. Also it appears that Crespo has finally grown into his face - anyone who saw him when he was younger knows what I mean.
Also might as well admit to unspeakably embarrassing celebrity crush du year - James May. Yes, not even Richard Hammond, of all the Top Gear presenters, the one I love the most is the bumbling, don-ish granny-driver.
So yes, I may be a smidge scathing.
Dear President Bush, who feels that there is nothing wrong with teaching creationism in schools alongside the theory of evolution. You know, I could maybe understand him, if he was equally willing to teach other creation myths alongside as well, for instance, the Islamic version of creationism which actually bares a greater resemblance to what geology shows than the Christian version, or the Australian Aboriginal version which, I think though I could be wrong, has the Earth being a giant omlette type thing. They've all got as much scientific credibility.
Yes, evolution is called a theory, but that's just 'cause scientists need really rather high amounts of evidence before something is declared a scientific law. Also, these disagreements between eminent biologists about evolution are not about it actually happening, but about the mechanism. Whether it happens gradually or in bursts, due to a bit of confusion 'cause of the Pre-Cambrian explosion.
Red is a biologist. Red is pissed of at Bush. Anything new here. No. Good, good.
Meanwhile, Tony Blair is going to deport foreign extremists, giving the wishy-washiest definition of extremist ever, which bothers every single one of my liberal instincts. Also he's bringing back treason as an offence. Oh and he's going to make glorifying terrorism an offense. Does that mean I can't sing old Irish rebel songs anymore, or indeed make my traditional toasts in favour of half the rebellions in history, because most of them would probably have been declared terrorists at the time, had the word existed. Also I suppose I can't say that while I totally believe it to be a heinous crime, I can understand why Palestinian suicide bombers do it. Actually I get huge amounts of complaints for that view anyway - except hmm, I've felt that way for as long as I've had an opinion on the matter, and other people complaining isn't going to change that.
Lets not even get started on them thinking that rebranding British ethnic minorities - so now instead of being Asian, they'll be British-Asian, in much the same way that one can be Afrian-American. Apparently a different name will solve all the problems. New Labour's solution to any problem - change the name of the thing. Because as we know black Americans being called African-Americans has solved all the racial problems in the US. This is not a dig at the US, I can think of no country where race isn't a major, important and tricky issue, and simply changing names isn't going to help.
Anyone else I feel like being mean about:
1 - Great Britain's athletics coaches - fuck knows what they're being paid for. Not in the sense that they have a great amount to work with but ye Gads they don't prepare the athletes, they don't teach them tactics, they don't teach them anything.
2 - South Sydney - keep your grubby Aussie hands off Sean Long. We need him. You don't. Go away. (Will probably end up buying Saints shirt just to give Saints money.)
3 - Get very annoyed about films etc showing children who never meet their fathers being obsessed by their fathers. It's like the interview with Lance Armstrong (who's father walked out when he was 1), he said he didn't remember and didn't care. Various media commentators afterwards were all 'oh course he cares' and I was all, well he might, but if he's anything like me, no, he won't. Little kids are a damn sight less emotionally fragile than you might think.
We're getting somewhere with the experiment, much in the same way Sissyphus was getting somewhere.
Star Trek: Insurrection was quite good. I enjoyed it anyway.
Bought a copy of Kerrang! Darkness interview was fun.
Watched the highlights of the charity shield. Drogba's second goal was good. Also it appears that Crespo has finally grown into his face - anyone who saw him when he was younger knows what I mean.
Also might as well admit to unspeakably embarrassing celebrity crush du year - James May. Yes, not even Richard Hammond, of all the Top Gear presenters, the one I love the most is the bumbling, don-ish granny-driver.
