The Hypocrisy Of Christmas Lights.

Have you noticed, dear reader, the Christmas lights going up at this festive time of year? I suppose, you being an ignorant buffoon, you thought them pretty, and jolly? Dear me, it's a wonder you can even breathe.

Christmas lights disgust me. People work hard to reduce their carbon footprint, and save energy, and help the environment. Then they go and waste huge amounts of energy lighting up the outdoors when most of the time people don't even look at them. The sheer scale of the energy wasted is nauseating, but the sheer hypocrisy of it is truly foul. Don't these people realise? Or do they simply do their utmost for the environment as long as it doesn't actually affect them in any significant way?

Just my little piece of Christmas Cheer.

"Bike Sex" Man Placed On Probation.

In another example of our steadily eroding human rights, a man was placed on probation for a "crime" committed in private, harming no-one. Read for yourself.

Now this man, drunk and in his own room, proceeded to simulate sex with a bicycle. Somewhat odd, but not a crime. Then, several cleaners opened his locked door, and saw him. They inexplicably panicked and told the manager, who then, in an unbelievable display of idiocy, proceeded to call the police, when the entire matter could have been resolved by simply discussing the matter with the man himself. He was then arrested and charged with a "breach of the peace". How it breached the peace is anyone's guess, but he was also placed on the sex offenders register. That combined with a criminal record will ensure he will have great difficulty finding employment.

All that for a drunken sexual escapade that wouldn't have affected anyone but for some over-enthusiastic cleaners and an over-zealous manager? It seems that even our sexual preferences are policed today.

The Current Situation In Sudan.

I know I am somewhat late on the subject, but I felt I should comment on this utter travesty. A school teacher, in accordance with the wishes of her class, names an inanimate object "Mohammed" one of the most common names in the Arabic culture.

Then she was arrested for it, and given a sentence of 15 days in prison for the equivalent of calling a teddy bear "smith". People started going insane over this relatively minor event, it blew up into a major international incident. This level of outrage would be more understandable if she had named it after the religious figure specifically, but the bear was named "Mohammed" after one of the children in her class. It was the children's decision, why not arrest them?

Of course, she was then given the smallest sentence possible, this was the first real grounds for any outrage at all, the lenience towards westerners, for fear of pressure from the USA.

In conclusion though, for a religion of "peace and forgiveness" you wouldn't have expected them to riot in the streets with machetes calling for her execution.

Riots over the teddy bear.