The Sign Of The Cross

Spotted this on Google Plus recently. Sad to see that reasoned argument and debate only go so far with some people. Anyways, gives me a chance to pull out my 'tolerance' card!

I've used this image in a post previously as it seemed to make a good point. However there was something about the word 'tolerance' and how it's being used today. We can have a look at the Oxford English dictionary definition to get an initial thought of how tolerance is defined: Definition of   tolerance noun 1  [ mass noun ]  the ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behaviour that one dislikes or disagrees with: the tolerance of corruption an advocate of religious tolerance 2 the capacity to endure continued subjection to something such as a drug or environmental conditions without adverse reaction: the desert camel shows the greatest tolerance to dehydration [ count noun ] : various species of diatoms display different tolerances to acid diminution in the body’s response to a drug after continued use: the body’s  tolerance to  Ecstasy builds up very quickly 3 an allowable amount of variation of a spec...

Seeing Ed Miliband getting booed at the TUC organised Anti-Austerity march for his cuts-lite remarks reminded me that...

New release from the excellent Captain Ska. Coming soon to an NHS™ near you. Don't say we didn't have our eyes open.

There's one or two subjects that spring to mind where a card like this will come in handy!

Foie gras factory project in China scrapped after Roger Moore's campaign against 'torture in a tin' | Mail Online Dead chuffed that Creek Projects Investments have succumbed to public pressure and have withdrawn from the building of a Foie Gras factory in China’s Jiangxi Province. Apparently eight million ducks and two million geese would have been tortured and slaughtered every year to produce 1,000 tonnes of foie gras. When James Bond says "Don't eat Foie Gras" then one would be wise to listen. Related articles Sir Roger Moore urges shoppers to boycott Fortnum & Mason until it stops selling 'torture in a tin' foie gras Foie to a kill: Roger Moore campaign stops slaughter of millions of geese Sir Roger Moore: boycott Fortnum & Mason until they stop selling foie gras Foie gras factory project abandoned Foie gras factory project abandoned Firm cancels investment in Jiangxi foie gras farm

Yes I know it's an Anarchist stereotype but  Popular Tunisian children's magazine faces prosecution over article on how to make a Molotov cocktail | Mail Online Makes the Beano look like, well, The Dandy. (Me Arabic's not up to much so I'm assuming that the Daily Mail isn't doing it's usual butcher's job)

Time to treat myself to another book to go on my Kindle. Problem is choosing one! Any book that catches my eye I add to my Goodreads.com account so I have a continually growing list of books to choose from. What I choose depends a lot on how I feel so at the moment I have a list of three books. So which one do I choose? Viral Jesus: Recovering the Contagious Power of the Gospel by Ross Rohde The End of Religion: Encountering the Subversive Spirituality of Jesus by Bruxy Cavey, Jim Petersen Jesus: A Theography by Frank Viola, Leonard Sweet Any suggestions most welcome! Related articles "Jesus: A Theography" by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola

This Land Is Mine from Nina Paley on Vimeo . That is one weird video!! H/T Richard at  http://theconnexion.net/wp/?p=12974#axzz28eF9qisM

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Sebastian

University atheist society ordered out of freshers' fair for displaying 'blasphemous' pineapple called Mohammed So said the headline in the Daily Mail . University of Reading (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Apparently the Reading University Atheist, Humanist and Secularist Society (RAHS) said they wanted to celebrate free speech and promote their upcoming debate 'Should we respect religion?' So they popped a pineapple on their stall and labelled it 'the Prophet Mohammed' but they were ordered to remove the offending fruit by union staff who said their actions were causing 'upset and distress' to a number of Muslim students and other societies. I think that they've answered their own question with a big, fat no. But I do wonder why people seem to take delight in deliberately causing offence under the banner of 'free speech'. It's not as if there's a historical trend in naming pineapples Mohammed, or that all pineapples a...

A parody, but of course how much truth lies within the parody?

Now that the West Coast Main Line franchise is up in the air again it seems that Richard Branson has reviewed his bid to make it more profitable for shareholders provide a better deal for taxpayers. Bet it's a non-union driver as well!

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin My rating: 5 of 5 stars You probably look at this book and think it's a sci-fi novel, and you'd be right and you'd be wrong. It is a sci-fi novel, and a very good one, but it is just a vehicle for the main theme of the book. The main theme being the interaction between Anarchism (anarcho-syndicalism) and Capitalism. for good measure Socialism is thrown in as well. The story is centred around a character called Shevek who is a citizen of a planet called Anarres. Anarres is a desolate planet where society functions under anarchistic principles. Anarres was colonised by people from Urras who left and fled to Anarres to escape the rampant capitalism of Urras. They were anarchists who followed the teachings of Odo, a woman who had put developed a concept of anarcho-syndicalism. Apart from these two planets a number of other races are intertwined in the novel which represent Socialism and other forms of civilisation. I have to say t...

This is so true.

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) I've tried my best to ignore the antics of 'Pussy Riot' since they came to the mainstream media's attention with their ridiculous stunt in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ The Saviour. Their stupid arty-farty behaviour has somehow gathered a large measure of support amongst certain sections of the left. I think there's a special name given to this type of arty protest, can't for the life of me remember it though. Not really sure of what they stand for or are protesting against either. Perhaps it's a case of "What are you rebelling against?" "What have you got?" Johnny Strabler, The Wild One (1953) So Yoko Ono, with the backing of Amnesty International is bestowing upon them the LennonOno Grant for Peace and the EU is nominating them for the Sakharov Prize. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-pussy-riot-support-20121001,0,727830.stor...

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