A lack of proportion

A jokey blog post of mine on Friday about a dog with two noses, questioning whether it counted as “intelligent design” resulted in the furious response “Are you planning to purge the Lib Dems of Christians?” This rather extreme reaction is remarkably common. An article posted on the Guardian’s Comment is Free website yesterday by… Continue reading A lack of proportion

They come over ‘ere and ban our abattoirs…

Via Lynne Featherstone and Natalie Hayne‘s article in the Times today about the teaching unions’ attempts to ban YouTube, I came across this press release on the BNP’s website: “Pork rain” complaints from pushy Muslims More evidence that Muslims haven’t settled in Britain to adopt to our ways, but instead continue to push their own… Continue reading They come over ‘ere and ban our abattoirs…

The Church of England: Sheffield is so gay…

I don’t just make this stuff up, you know: THE floods which claimed seven lives and deluged thousands of homes were the result of “moral degradation”, claims the Bishop of Carlisle. The bishop, who is a leading evangelical, said that people should heed the stories of the Bible, which described the downfall of the Roman… Continue reading The Church of England: Sheffield is so gay…