August 2007 – Page 2

The end is nigh

Someone’s dared to stand up to Roy Keane. And the poor woman is only 18. Far too young to die the hideous death of a martyr. I’ll have to figure out how to patch ShowSports a hundred or so feet down into the earth, to the fall-out shelter.

To expand on something Umar Lee said

I have been, a number of times, propositioned by “conservative” Muslim men. The ones who, like Umar says: “date non-Muslim women strictly for sexual purposes, then go home to marry a good girl from the village” (read his whole post, it’s very interesting, as usual). In fact, a guy tried to grab me in theContinue reading “To expand on something Umar Lee said”

The case for (?) Diana

I’d hate to see what kind of bile Germaine Greer would dump on my life if it were as scrutinized and well-publicized as the late Princess Diana’s. Here’s an uncomfortable truth: Almost everyone’s life is a mess. Perhaps there are monks on Aphon, or totem pole carvers in Alaska who have things figured out –Continue reading “The case for (?) Diana”

Ali Eteraz does it better…

… And by that I mean coverage of the Harun Yahya debacle that just got WordPress banned in Turkey.

If you’re in Turkey, you can’t read me (or any other WordPress blog)!

This “slander! Waaaah!” rhetoric is pathetic, considering the fact that it’s coming from a developed nation with some serious EU aspirations. Not only is it silly, it’s sort of humiliating for the Turkish government. Did I say sort of? I mean totally. And deleting the “slanderous” blogs in questions would, indeed, set a horrendous precedent.Continue reading “If you’re in Turkey, you can’t read me (or any other WordPress blog)!”