This 'peace on earth, goodwill to man' stuff didn't last very long did it? 

A man in his 50s was playing beach cricket in Geraldton and was beaten to death by one of this state's many aboriginal thugs. His granddaughter's fiance is in hospital after been glassed with a broken bottle. That was Christmas Day. 

Last night, a man was stabbed to death at Perth Central Bus Station and Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Pakistan. 

It's business as usual, so it seems.

I'm developing a new thought process in regard to the future of the world. Now I'm not a super greenie nor am I frivolous with mother earth's resources. I try to do my bit for the environment but don't get carried away with it. Probably the way most of us are I suspect. I don't like waste, and I guess that is the major driving force behind any acts that could be described as 'green'. 

I have however, been considering the future of the earth for a while and I'm starting to think that trying to drastically change the lifestyle of the species known as 'human' will have about as much impact as a fart in gale force wind. 

Why do we want to save the earth? For who, for what? The place is doomed and that is simply the cyclic nature of all things. Sooner or later each of the species of this planet will either be destroyed or mutated to a point where identification by us would be impossible. 

Why save the earth for us? Why are we worth it? As a species we are unique in that we are clearly the most dominant of all living things. Whether this warrants saving the earth just for our benefit though doesn't convince me or compel me to make that extra effort. It is pointless and anyway, I think we are unworthy of eternal presence upon this landscape. 

We are dinosaurs with blinkers, made of metaphoric dust - and dust we shall be once more. 

Saving the earth is unnecessary because when all is said and done, she looks after herself. Those aboard her are - and always were - doomed.

Teddy teacher secretly moved away from mob

A British teacher handed a 15-day jail-term for "insulting Islam" has been moved to a secret location amid fears for her safety.

Gillian Gibbons, 54, was transferred only a day after she was imprisoned, as hundreds of people wielding clubs and knives took to the streets in Khartoum calling for her to be shot. The Sudanese courts chose not to sentence Mrs Gibbons to be flogged but angry protesters denounced the decision for being too lenient.

Sheikh Abdul Jalil Karuri, a leading cleric, earlier whipped up a crowd attending Khartoum's Martyr's Mosque by telling them Gillian Gibbons had deliberately named her class's teddy bear Mohammed "with the intention of insulting Islam."

I urge everybody to protest at the sheer absurdity of this sentence.  One wonders why people of  western upbringing bother to try to drag some of these barbarians into the 21st century. 

I'm all for 'live and let live'. Perhaps it is the last remnants of my christian upbringing, though I think it simply strikes me as logical that people can do pretty much as they please, so long as no physical harm is brought to others. Tolerance is so fundamentally important to the survival of the species. 

An important question to consider in this hotly debated news story is - what was the intent when naming the teddy bear "Mohammed"? 
(Can you really believe that a teddy bear can create such havoc?)  

Is this actually some sort of Chaser-like publicity stunt?

I have decided on a course of action to show my disdain for religous persecution, and here is my plan:

I plan to name my next turd as "Mohammed" and I urge each and every one of you who treasures their freedom to do likewise! In fact, all my future turds shall be called "Mohammed".

When you are sitting in the crapper searching for inspiration, be so inspired! Drop a little "Mohammed" - not just for me, but for Gillian Gibbons. She is a martyr and I wish to champion her case by giving a shit.  

You know it is the right thing to do. 

In the interest of fairness, I also propose to name each splash of urine "Jesus" and my snot balls will hereinafter be known as "Buddha". 

(My belly button lint is now named "kali" after the Indian goddess.)
 
Join the protest!


 

ARTHUR:  I am your king!

WOMAN:  Well, I didn't vote for you.

ARTHUR:  You don't vote for kings.

WOMAN:  Well, how did you become King, then?

ARTHUR:  The Lady of the Lake,...

    [angels sing]

    ...her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water signifying by Divine Providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur.

    [singing stops]

    That is why I am your king!

DENNIS:  Listen.  Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.  Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

Do you have an Easter wish? I don't, well not much anyway. 

God knows who this Jesus guy was. It seems he tried to do well for his fellow man and I take my hat of to him for that. That he was delusional about being the son of God Almighty is a bit of a shame though.

Still, for those of you blessed with blind faith, I wish you well and I wish you peace and joy.

For me, just wish that Hull City win tonight and that the Eagles win tomorrow. I might even start to believe in divine intervention once more. 

Life goes on. It is short and should not be wasted.

Yesterday morning at about nine o' clock the front door bell rang. Thinking it was family dropping in unannounced, I hastily donned tee shirt and pants and dived for the door before my visitors mistakenly decided that we not home. 

I threw open the door to see a pleasant looking man and his elegant wife, complete with a set of twins seated in a pram. Across the road of our quiet little cul de sac were three cars. Two other respectable family groups were across the way annoying the shit out of our neighbours. 

Yes, the godbotherers had descended. 

The woman's opening gambit was to suggest that she wanted to leave me a pamphlet and perhaps discuss an upcoming event. She said a great man was coming.  I looked down the street and saw no sign of John Worsfold so I assume she meant Jesus H. Christ. 

It was a short lived encounter and I politely but abruptly said to her, "Not interested"

I must be mellowing with old age. Once upon a time my response was "get fucked'. Yet now here I am, devoutly unchristian yet all the more imbued with christian-like goodness and tolerance. I can even happily turn the other cheek these days. What is becoming of me?

I guess I should finish off with a Jesus H. Christ related news item from the BBC....

Chocolate Jesus exhibit cancelled

The sculpture was to have been exhibited over Easter A New York art gallery has decided to cancel an exhibit of a chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ after protests by a US Catholic group. The six-foot (1.8m) sculpture, entitled "My Sweet Lord", depicts a naked Jesus Christ with his arms outspread. The sculpture, by artist Cosimo Cavallaro, was to have been displayed from Monday at Manhattan's Lab Gallery. The timing, over Easter Holy Week - the most important part of the Christian year - provoked an outcry. The Roger Smith Hotel housing the Lab gallery decided to cancel the exhibition after the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights called for a boycott.

Where I to be accused of being anti-muslim immigration I would have to admit that it is true. I would admit it happily though, secure in the belief that my position has been reached from a rational weighing-up of the pros and cons. Unlike those people of high profile in this country, I don't have to pander to minority interests, bleeding-heart, politically correct do-gooders and other assorted dreamers who are hell bent on inflicting their vision of a multicultural Australia upon us. I don't like multiculturalism. One culture blended from many others is my preferred option. 

As previously stated here, I don't have any issue with secular followers of any religion, be they Christian, Muslim or even the Flying Spaghetti Monster (as the renowned anthropologist Gruntsplatter might offer).

So I repeat hereunder a news item on MSN today. Obviously, that the comments  were made by a jewish academic brings motive into question, but should that alone invalidate the argument?

Jews upset at academic's Muslim comments 
Friday Feb 16 12:36 AEDT

The Jewish Board of Deputies has distanced itself from comments by an Israeli academic who says Australia should limit its number of Muslim immigrants.

Professor Raphael Israeli is quoted in the Australian Jewish News as saying that without such a migration cap Australia risks being swamped by Indonesians.

But Prof Israeli told Fairfax newspapers his comments had been misunderstood.

"When the Muslim population gets to a critical mass you have problems," he told Fairfax.
That is the general rule - so if it applies everywhere, it applies in Australia."

But NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff distanced his organisation from the comments.

"The Jewish community dissociates itself from the comments by Israeli academic Raphael Israeli that Australia should limit the number of Muslim immigrants," he said in a statement.

Mr Alhadeff said the Jewish community did not believe racial or ethnic quotas were helpful.

"We do not believe in racial or ethnic quotas or stereotyping," he said.

"These comments do not reflect the position of the Jewish community and are unhelpful in the extreme.

"The Jewish community has a strong and proud record in fighting racism, and condemns all expressions of bigotry."

Prof Israeli, an expert on Islamic history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, has been brought to Australia by the Shalom Institute of the University of NSW.

He said Muslim immigrants had a reputation for manipulating the values of western countries, taking advantage of their hospitality and tolerance.

"Greeks or Italians or Jews don't use violence," he told Fairfax.

"When there are large Muslim populations who are prepared to use violence, you are in trouble.

"If there is only one or two per cent they don't dare to do it - they don't have the backing of big communities.

"They know they are drowned in the environment of non-Muslims and are better behaved."

©AAP 2007