The eugenic implications of embryo screening technology are obvious.
Unlike the ugly reality of Nazi eugenics which sought to destroy fully formed human beings to arrive at an allegedly ‘perfect’ human race, screening technology
Continue reading →Monthly Archives: July 2010
Sexuality and the State continues…
Another step deeper into the ‘charmed circle’. Gay asylum seekers cannot be deported to countries where they would have to hide their sexuality in order to avoid persecution.
Whilst I am against the piecemeal admission to the
Continue reading →Honk if you sympathise….
BEND, Ore. (AP) – A memorial service is planned to mourn the 109 Canada geese euthanized to keep the birds from overrunning parks in an Oregon city.
The service will be held Thursday evening at the
Continue reading →Stoning
I am so flummoxed by this horror that I can’t really find anything useful to say, other than please read it and do whatever thing you can, be it great or small, to try and stop this.
Continue reading →Moving to France?
La Trellis, Issigeac
A chance conversation yesterday with someone who is contemplating moving to France has set off a train of thought; I had never before thought abut the
Continue reading →Blogger v Journalist VI
Alan Rusbridger, editor of London’s Guardian, said at a 2007 meeting of the Organization of News Ombudsmen at Harvard: “Since a free press first evolved, we have derived our authority from a feeling – a sense, a pretence –
Continue reading →… and Rock and Roll
Partly inspired by the fact that we’ve already had sex and drugs this week and partly inspired by “The Woodsongs Old-time Radio Hour“, I was reflecting on the change in music.
The Woodsongs Old-time Radio Hour features
Continue reading →Parish Notice
Unfortunately, Anna is having difficulty getting on-line. I fear this means you are all left in my tender care until normal service is resumed.
Continue reading →Sexuality and the State.
Mr G tore his eyes away from the motor racing for a nanosecond, curiosity overcoming him as I sat hunched over a small book, reading it through Dad’s old magnifying glass. “What are you reading?”
“Erotic Book of the Year,
Oh! G’orn then……..
Click on the graphic above and it will tell you what to do and how to vote.
Last year we didn’t even enter, and we did well, let’s see what entering does for us this year. (Last???)
How not to end the drug war
Gett off (your face)
A legal acquaintance and I were discussing drugs the other day. He is a bit of a lad in this respect, someone who indulges in the occasional line
Continue reading →Preview Wikio Rankings….
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