Apparently a couple of people were kicked off a plane in the USA because they were speaking Arabic. And thus rises the spectre of racial profiling. And as usual the comments of “They should Speak English! This is America! You shouldn’t speak foreign languages here” abound around this story. And it pains me to remind …
Category Archive: ‘Merica
Apr 08 2013
It’s not a religion, it’s a personal relationship!
It’s not a religion, it’s a personal relationship with Jesus Christ! Ever heard that line? I did and ended up snorting milk out my nose at the sheer ridiculousness of the notion that Christianity isn’t a religion. The major reason for this argument is to shimmy Christianity around the establishment clause. Why? Let’s just have …
Apr 07 2013
Hags of Lag – Guns don’t kill, Games Do
A lot of what we do as people who play games has harmed our image. A lot of the ideas and stereotypes about us are from the behaviour of our online players. The idea of gamers as nowt but childish, sexist, racist children is harming us. And people have noticed, we aren’t a group of …
Apr 06 2013
Erotic Manipulation Prong
Part two in today’s WND-a-thon is a comedy entrant from Joseph Farah. It’s comedy because his entire fear is based on a movie. A movie that me and Ed Brayton have discussed in length. Narrowly missing out the top spot of the worst action movie we know of. Oh it is a remake, the original …
Apr 06 2013
In Defence of Jim Carrey
I know I give the rubbery faced anti-vax kook a lot of grief for his beliefs, but this that’s because he deserves it for that. But Ted “Yosemite Sam” Nugent is an idiot. Dear America. Before we start. The correct argument for using guns is “Guns are Cool”. Not that guns somehow reduce your murder …
Apr 05 2013
Smegregation
Wilcox County High School students are getting something novel. Sometimes society is racist due to ignorance. Sometimes because it goes out of it’s fucking way to wear a white robe and stupid pointed hat. Wilcox County High School’s students are trying to run a integrated prom. As in… A Racially Integrated Prom. Let that sink …
Mar 29 2013
I Get Mail – Against Marriage
This was sent in by a reader for me to cover and in light of the gay marriage debate in the USA, I figured I should weigh in. This comes in from Life in the Liturgy which is a blog written by Samuel Stanton who appears to be either a priest or a priest to …
Mar 28 2013
Girls or Sport? It’s got to be Sport
After posting on the Steubenville Rape Case, I pointed out the link between the fanatical association of high school football with money and the privileged treatment of people whose talent at sports gives them a free ride. In this case? Support from various groups after raping someone. What’s more bizarre is this story.
Mar 26 2013
Lesbians are all Fat Addicts
Sometimes I outscoop Ed on crazy things Right Wing Conservatives in the USA say. “And, of course, the answers to the first case is they don’t have to deal with men, so they don’t have to worry about their appearance. They’re not trying to please men. So they can be obese. It’s no big deal. …
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