That Was The Week That Was

There are times when I simply have no idea where to begin. This week of ours has been one of them with so many things going on it makes it hard to decide on what to blog about. The list is a mighty one over the last few days.

42 day detention without trial, David Davies resignation, the Irish cure for homosexuality, the appalling incident for the two Iraqi visitors and some moody tart on Big Brother starts another furore that the press will gobble up and the sheep headed watchers will gawp at then support through the telephone call rip off.


Phew, take a breath man.


To me, the notable thing about all these cases is the intrinsic presence of stupidity and the obvious absence of common sense. Yes, even Davies, brave though his actions are, they are just to late. So many liberties have been taken from us by now that he must have been at least a little daft to have not done this before. To be so close to the action, able to influence those in power, and he waited till now? I admire what you did David but to not do it before when you can provide such a long list of what has been eroded from our liberties is a tiny bit stupid.

The 42 days detention will not make it through the lords I envisage and thank goodness for that, the stupidity and lack of common sense being shown by so many MPs is extraordinary. If the public believe this will only be used for terrorist then they are equally stupid. Remember good old Walter Wolfgang at the Labour conference?

The extraordinary arrest and subsequent invasion of the two Iraqi's privacy beggars belief. The two officers involved should be dragged before a jury to answer for their crass stupidity and to explain the fear they had from threatening Arabic music!

Furthermore the comments from Assistant Chief Constable David Morris, of South Wales Police are hollow and heartless in tone when he should be apologising, not rattling off standard police speak rhetoric.


“Two men were arrested on Wednesday under anti-terrorism legislation, following reports they were acting suspiciously in the centre of Cardiff.

“Both men were detained while enquiries were undertaken to establish their backgrounds. Once we were satisfied they posed no threat to the safety of the public, they were released from custody and no further action was taken.

“South Wales Police has a duty to thoroughly investigate all suspicious incidents to protect all communities throughout the South Wales area.”

Yeah Right. Filming or photographing anywhere is not illegal, use some common sense stupid.

Well England and Wales obviously have there fair share of lunatics this week and Ireland is no exception. Step up to the podium Iris Robinson MP for Strangford. Whom, not content with using the classic bigot ideology that "being gay is a psychological condition" then goes on to justify herself like some rabid 13th century female Torquemada!

"I stand by my faith and the word of God that man was created in the image of God and that woman was created from the rib of Adam to be his help mate and companion. That is the natural progression of procreation."

"The word of God says that procreation is through a man and a woman."

"We are moving mountains to facilitate immorality and to bring the rights of lesbians above all others in this country."

"It is a shame, and honourable Members ought to hang their heads in shame."

All this religious verbosity and grandiloquence (yes I do that too!) used as a political and personal punt for her own agenda which seems to be against Lesbians in particular.

The real shame is that she has done this on the back of some chap who suffered a homophobic beating. Some would say the stupid woman should use some common sense and resign. Lets hope she does soon because god only knows how the nutter ever got in power in the first place.

So finally to Big Brother, stupid on every level, stupid people, stupid ideas and a stupefied audience to boot. Stop watching it. Then it may go away.

Unfortunately that is more than can be said for the control freaks, warmongers, bigoted zealots and incompetent police storm troopers that litter the landscape of 21st century Britain. It will take more than an off switch to deal with them.