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Oct. 27th, 2004 10:28 amStill feels weird adapting to a world without Peel, as though we'd lost the Moon or something. The light was suitably washed-out this morning; time to grab something post-apocalyptic from the To Read pile, I think.
edit: from Momus' LJ, Paul Morley's Peel tribute.
Finished The Maxx last night ( Read more... )
The new farmer-shoots-burglar case concerns Ockbrook, the village where I used to live and where my parents lived until earlier this month. As such, I've even more sympathy with him than I had with Tony Martin. Good on you, Judge Andrew Hamilton.
The proposed law against forced marriage is, needless to say, an eminently sensible idea. However, I dislike Baroness Scotland's assertion that "Forced marriage is part of no one's culture and I think some people conflate arranged marriage, which is consensual and perfectly proper, with marriages where people are forced into it. No religion, no cultural norm says that is OK. It is a breach of human rights,"
This is clearly an attempt at a gloss of cultural sensitivity, but as with renaming AD and BC CE (Common Era) and BCE, all it does is demonstrate a naive and condescending false objectivity. There are interpretations of religions which are fine with forced marriage. There are certainly cultural norms which say it's OK. Denying this won't change that. Be honest. Say: "There may be religions and cultural norms which disagree with this law, but you know what? Fvck 'em."
Yesterday's poll seems to represent a comfortable victory for those of us who are not rac(ial)ists and simply enjoy being nasty about the more distasteful members of the proletariat.
edit: from Momus' LJ, Paul Morley's Peel tribute.
Finished The Maxx last night ( Read more... )
The new farmer-shoots-burglar case concerns Ockbrook, the village where I used to live and where my parents lived until earlier this month. As such, I've even more sympathy with him than I had with Tony Martin. Good on you, Judge Andrew Hamilton.
The proposed law against forced marriage is, needless to say, an eminently sensible idea. However, I dislike Baroness Scotland's assertion that "Forced marriage is part of no one's culture and I think some people conflate arranged marriage, which is consensual and perfectly proper, with marriages where people are forced into it. No religion, no cultural norm says that is OK. It is a breach of human rights,"
This is clearly an attempt at a gloss of cultural sensitivity, but as with renaming AD and BC CE (Common Era) and BCE, all it does is demonstrate a naive and condescending false objectivity. There are interpretations of religions which are fine with forced marriage. There are certainly cultural norms which say it's OK. Denying this won't change that. Be honest. Say: "There may be religions and cultural norms which disagree with this law, but you know what? Fvck 'em."
Yesterday's poll seems to represent a comfortable victory for those of us who are not rac(ial)ists and simply enjoy being nasty about the more distasteful members of the proletariat.
