But then he would probably have been a bit dismayed by these cases...
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Change of focus, or is that the gain of focus?
I started writing a blog out of a combination of boredom and mindless self-indulgence. Over the last few weeks I've been thinking of ways to try and make the whole thing a bit more interesting!
What I thought would be interesting is to have a number of contributors (a totally unspecified number) writing in 'Dear Prudence'. The idea being that any contributor can write about any particular subject they like. There is no editor, there is no set focus and every contributor is equal in publishing and administration rights.
Because of the lack of focus there can be so many different directions that 'Dear Prudence' can take. It could become an interesting weblog, or a forum or a complete mess. The end product is not set in stone.
Get in touch with me if you fancy getting involved!
The point is, there is no point....
Stu
Is this for real?
http://scottishbritishandproud.blogspot.com/
I'm still trying to get to grips with this blogger thing and I've been searching for blogs that might interest me. I googled 'Aberdeen' and 'blogger' this morning - wanting to see If I could find any blogs based in Aberdeen that might be pretty interesting. I was pretty shocked with the first blog I found.
Scottishbritishandproud is a blog written by a man in Aberdeen, with quite clear cut far-right sentiment and a solid link with the BNP in Scotland. It is a well-written blog and is kept up to date - much better than my own and in places it is very articulate. However, this discounts the racism, xenophobia, ignorance and disturbing opinions displayed in Scottishbritishandproud. The vitriol and venom in the tone of the articles is nauseating, the grasp of historical fact is loose at best and the lines of arguments so overtly far-right that at times I wondered if this was for real.
The far-right can flourish in times of economic trouble. When the going is hard it is easy to blame the 'other'. Our history cannot be hijacked for the gain of racism and xenophobia. The threat of the BNP is very real and by hiding behind a banner of 'free speech' they spit venomous opinion and distorted world-view. Education, realisation, knowledge and ethics can show up these people for the very wrong and very dangerous individuals that they are.
When Scottishbritishandproud explains 'that our Fathers fought for Britain' it might do him well to remember what they fought against. Alongside people of many colours and ethnicity, they fought fascism. Neo-nationalism is fascism. It is up to us to make sure that fascists such as Scottishbritishandproud don't discredit the sacrifice that so many men of different ethnicity made.
Golden Anniversary...
It is 50 years since the failed uprising that led to the Dalai Lama's exile from the country. 50 years Tibet has been subject to oppression, attack on it's culture, it's people and it's spiritual existence. 14 years since the Panchen Lama disappeared.
This list could go on...
Monday, 9 March 2009
Hot sauce
My friend and I have got involved in a silly macho bet to see who can eat a burger covered 'in mega death hot sauce'. The date has been set as the 2nd of April, so I've got a bit of time to prepare.
It's very hot sauce so it is...
... I had a terrible experience once before with said sauce and I am going into this stupid male dare with some trepidation.
Sunday, 8 March 2009
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