The Goth Club

I don’t know if you’ve been paying much attention to the news this week. Religion’s a big part of it again… At least for once it’s not due to kiddy fiddling ministers, that was last week’s big thing thanks to the death of Michael Jackson. Anyway, it seems we have a lot of people, who apply a religious label to themselves, being fucking idiots lately. I know this is a regular thing for people that actively say “I’m a Denomination-X”, but it usually at least applies to their religion, and they tend to act rationally otherwise.

Anyway, let’s go have a look at China. China’s not exactly the most liberal country about, but by and large, it can be said to be a fairly stable society. Admittedly this is done via ruthless supression of their civilian populace, but their internal economy’s going ok, so they must be doing something right according to Margaret Thatcher… and a woman that sexy must know.

So what’s China got to do with religion? Are falun gong whining again?

Would you argue with a squad of guys that have orders to beat you with sticks for standing up for yourself? That's what I call stupid. In her defence, they seem to be paying attention as she has a sweet ass.

No, actually, thousands of Han Chinese have taken to the streets to form lynch mobs in Xianjiang, because the local muslim population did the same a week ago… Because they didn’t like the fact that the US is trying to palm off some of their locals back to them after they fled to the middle east and got wrapped up in that whole War on Terror thing (that’s still going by the way).

Sorry, but why the fuck would you protest an international decision by vandalising shit locally? It’s like saying “Oh, hey, I don’t like Nikes… Let’s go break the window of that cafe to show a message to The Man!” It’s like being involved in all those protests in highscool again.

Jews don’t escape my wrath this week either. Well, more specifically, zionistic Jews. Goddamit, there was a nice chunk of Australia on offer, but noooo, just had to take the one place where you’re going to be surrounded by people that loathe you. Getting back to the highschool analogy, it’s like a nerd that normally squeals on other kids at school finally getting detention, and electing to sit in the middle of the room before the teacher arrives.

What’s wrong with zionism? Don’t jews deserve a place to go as well? Sure they do. They have a horrid little dirt clod that they’ve actually amazingly managed to turn into a well done piece of agriculturally viable land within a set border as defined by the British government and U.N. in the post war period. I’ve no issues with that, and a hell of a lot of sympathy for those people within those set borders that are attempting to eke out their lives with a semi-constant fear of a car-bomb, or a bus-bomb, or a retarded-14-year-old-boy-bomb… I’ve got issues with Settlers though.

For those that are unaware of semitic politics, the Settlers are ultra nationalistic zealots that continue to expand Israel’s state boundaries further into other territories by squatting on land, and then getting government grants to rehabilitate it into viable agricultural or commercial zones. The problem with this is that the land is usually already occupied, and the Settlers are taking it under claims it was captured during the Six Day War (irregardless of the fact that the Israeli Government handed back all the captured territory). They then continue said war in running skirmishes with the locals, and complain when the locals start firing mortars and home made rockets at them.

This is an entirely self defeating measure as it destroys any sympathy they might actually garner. The Israeli military is sick to the back teeth of having to come in and break up these petty squabbles, which also doesn’t help because it’s seen as the army cracking down on Palestinians in the eys of the rest of the world. It’s just completely fucked, and  according to stats, most Israelies agree with me too. So why is it an issue this week?

His name is Hussein. He must be hiding teh terrorists!!11one!

Because Barack Obama has finally put a foot down and quit that shit… and the response has been to basically tell him he must be an anti-semite, ignore what has been the soundest piece of advice the US government has given the region since the 90s, and carry on antagonising neighbours that aren’t too friendly in the first place… because god said it was ok.

Fuck, even Pentacostals are trying to get me to stop using empirical evidence. Every time I read the news online, invariably one of the ads that shows up seems to be for “biblicalgeology.net”, telling me that Surprise! There is a connecton between geology and the Bible… I’m sure they asked the finest scienticians and doctors of divinity..

The Catholics have at least managed to stay out of the news this week… Good for you. Here are some potatoes.

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Oh, and before any of you schmucks out there that go “Oh, hahaha, judeo-christian religion… So inferior and barbaric, and this is why I’m a wiccan!”, you don’t get off the hook either.

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