A wife-basher’s violence would no doubt be less damaging if carried out under medical supervision, but that doesn’t mean our hospitals should feature supervised domestic violence evenings. From an editorial about Female Genital Mutilation at the Australian Daily Telegraph. In … Continue reading
Here’s part of an exchange between Davod Horowitz and a student from the Muslim Student Association at the University of California, San Diego: “I am a Jew,” [Horowitz] said. “The head of Hezbollah has said that he hopes that we … Continue reading
Dadeus Grings – crazy name, crazy guy – is a conservative Catholic Archbishop in Brazil. During a Bishops’ conference, he explained that: “Society today is paedophile, that is the problem. So, people easily fall into it.” And why is it … Continue reading
While I’m memeing, here’s one I missed while not blogging. Has the Missing Link been found? Here’s a recent one from the Telegraph: The new species of hominid, the evolutionary branch of primates that includes humans, is to be revealed … Continue reading
In the context of Gordon Brown’s Bigotbottom scandal, Cranmer had this to say: Even intelligent commentators seem to think it unarguable that deeply-held beliefs against immigration, homosexuality or some religious beliefs are bigoted. He writes as though it were a … Continue reading
“Many other large crystals adorn my headdress – from Arkansas, New York, Tibet and Brazil. The crystals represent the living Earth. The feathers in my headdress are from the Rio Grande species of the North American wild turkey…” Thus wrote … Continue reading
It was inevitable, wasn’t it? The only question being, which bearded loon in a skirt would be the first. And the winner is… A Palestinian cleric preaching on Hamas TV said the volcano in Iceland and the volcanic ash that … Continue reading
Religion, that is. That’s why Desmond Tutu and Ian Paisley both think of themselves as Christians. Politics can be pragmatic; we can reach conclusions we dislike, based on evidence (though that’s rare). It’s not really a noticeable phenomenon in religion … Continue reading