Opinion

Being intelligent and aware of what’s going on in the world, I have opinions. Or I am opinionated, or something like that. Occasionally something gets my goat so much I vent some spleen here; from time to time something stimulates me to quieter musings, too. Here, then, are my rants (think frothing Viking coming at his target with a bloody great battleaxe) and opinions (more sitting in the library with some alcoholic beverage of my choice talking as the mood takes me). I haven’t separated the rants from the opinions in the list below because there is some overlap between them — sometimes a subject will provoke a rant (or an opinion) which will get followed up with an opinion (or a rant) on the same topic.

No, I don’t expect you to agree with everything I say here. Do feel free to tell me you don’t agree. Or that you agree. Or that I’ve let the whining bastards concerned off too lightly…

By the way, the first rant here, on political correctness, was the stimulus for the entire site. I had this web space which had been used for another project which I had moved elsewhere, so I was doing nothing with it. Then the vacant blonde tart (read the rant) did her stuff — in fact she did more than is referred to in the rant — which left six or so people seething, myself included. So I ranted online, and the whole rest of the site sort of flowered from that. I like to think of her as the the site’s manure.

They make it a desert… – We have killed and maimed thousands of innocent Iraqis, and we are celebrating victory.
Not in our name… – Specious arguments against opposition to the war.
Insufficient respect? – Politicians think they don’t get enough respect. Seriously.
11th September 2001
The fool who shaped the world – did one lost battle almost 2000 years ago determine the history of modern Europe?
3 rants – for the price of one…
Kennedy’s last chance? – Musing on the general election, I’ve started to think that the next few years will be crucial for the LibDems…
Save the groat! – “We must keep the Queen’s face on our money!” Oh dear, must we?…
Oh, belgium, man! – Douglas Adams’ sad death provokes some memories…
Not apathy – the election campaign is under way, and TB is concerned about voter apathy…
Sauce for the gander – Scottish MPs can vote on matters affecting England, English MPs cannot reciprocate; they don’t like it…
A land fit for babies? – Channel 4 have been forced to move Angel to a later slot. But why can’t adults watch programmes made for adults at a reasonable hour?
Reflections on a fat lady – Ah well, for those of us outside the USA it was fun while it lasted…
All in it together? Not US! – America doesn’t want to cut back on greenhouse emissions, and some of our politicians seem happy to dance to their tune…
No end in sight – And still the result of the US elections are unknown, and the wrangling goes on. Altogether now, “According to my brother Jeb it was a done deal…”
From the dark dungeons of the Internet – Will a truly stupid man get elected president of the USA, or will the very slightly better man win?
Nothing to do with me – The History of Britain series is, it turns out, nothing more than a history of England. The histories of Scotland and Wales, it would seem, are not part of the history of Britain in Simon Schama’s eyes.
The return of GRRR! AAAAAARGH! – The BBC’s reply to a complaint bears no relation to the complaint, and Channel 4 get scissor-happy.
The full story – The BBC is about to start a new series by Simon Schama on the history of Britain. But will it be a history of Britain?
GRRR! AAAAAARGH! – Once more unto the breach to tilt at the windmills of TV scheduling…
Real v. Net – There’s been a lot of waffle recently about ‘real-world’ businesses being threatened by Internet companies…
Get your finger out, Dyke! – the BBC keeps putting out very self-satisfied ads., but it doesn’t care about what its customers want.
I hate ‘political correctness’! – put possibly not for the reasons you might imagine…