Posted by Ben @ July 14th, 2010 8:58 pm. Filed under: Abolish This!,Anything I Want Is A Human Right,Batshit Mental Rants,Clearly You've Thought This Through,Don't Worry About What THEY Want,Duplicate Petitions,Hanging's Too Good For 'Em!,Is Research The Same Thing As Making Shit Up? Good.,Please State The Nature of the Medical Emergency,Sexism,Stand Back! I'm Going To Try SCIENCE!,Stop Spending My Money On Things I Don't Understand.,Unreasonable Demands,What A Dick,Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children?,You Know - We Haven't Banned Anything Lately. — Tags: AndyCC, ngreer —
Abortion. Touchy subject. Touchy enough for at least two petitions on YourFreedom.
Someone decides to have sex, they should live with the concequences. Abortion should be banned for all social economic reasons.Life is a sacred thing, whether you believe it is from God or not, people these days think that you just pop-out of the womb on the day you are born, but it starts before that within the womb.
If people disagree with banning Abortion for social economic reasons, could they please explain why it is differnt to killing a 5 year old because they are not an Adult yet?
Abortion is just legalised mass murder, wrapped up to make everyone feel good about it.
Why the contribution is important
Why should an innocent unborn child be murdered simply because of a “bad” choice to have sex?Why should the taxpayer pay for this? And for the clumsy decisions of others not to use protection?
Why the contribution is important
The right to life is a fundamental human right. The unborn are human. At the moment of conception they become, by any reasonable definition, human. They are genetically members of the species homo sapiens, and between that moment and birth, there is no clear dividing line when a change occurs. If there is no clear dividing line, then no change occurs (if it is illegal to kill at some precise moment and not before, that must be because a significant change occurs at that moment).It follows that to kill the unborn is murder, and the clear denial of that unborn child’s right to life. We will not execute murderers and rapists because of this principle, but we will inflict a particularly brutal killing on defenceless, innocent children. This is unnacceptable in any society that aspires to be civilised.
let’s ignore all of the bollocks pseudo-science and half-arsed presumptions in these petitions and jump to the crux of the matter: making abortion illegal.
What about where protection is used? What about rape? What about incest rape? What about instances where the baby won’t survive childbirth? What about instances where the mother won’t survive childbirth? What about where the baby will be born without a brain? Or, rather simply, what if the woman simply isn’t ready to be a mother? It’s her body, her choice, and she shouldn’t be forced into motherhood against her will, be it because she was attacked in the park or because she just doesn’t want to have kids.
Even taking all of these variables out of the picture, making abortion illegal isn’t going to help. The women that want abortions are still going to find ways of getting them, being it going abroad to somewhere else in Europe where it’s still legal. Or, if that’s not an option, they’ll seek out a “back alley abortion” where statistics show they will, in fact, wind up dead.
So, long story short, it seems AndyCC and ngreer hate women, they don’t think a woman is entitled to ownership of her own uterus.
Posted by Ben @ March 24th, 2010 9:46 pm. Filed under: Democracy? Isn't That The One Where You Do Everything I Say?,Don't Worry About What THEY Want,Is Research The Same Thing As Making Shit Up? Good.,It Says So In The Daily Mail,Join the Fight Against Nebulous Bad-Sounding Things!,Racism,We Don't Take Kindly To Your Type Rahnd These Pahts,What A Dick,Xenophobia — Tags: Mr Garry Smith —
Garry Smith is a forward thinker. And by that I mean he looks at the future of the EU and thinks to himself, “It’s full of foreigners!”
And the notion of adding more foreigners to the ever-growing throng does not fill him with the warm fuzzies.
by Mr Garry SmithBlock Turkey entering into the EU. 1) Human rights in Turkey are not up to recognised EU standards and may never be despite any promises. Turkey has reluctantly agreed to end its death penalty in a bid to join the EU, but only in peacetime, and this is a country that has had to be forced to outlaw people smuggling to join the EU, it has had to be forced to outlaw this despicable act, it wouldn’t have outlawed it on its own. Turkey is not part of Europe, it is in the Middle East, and has its borders with Iraq, Iran & Syria, who next to join, Iraq or Iran or Syria or all 3? 2) The EU club is big enough and not one British citizen (except the PM) has ever been given the vote for this to happen 3) This will cause an influx of Turkish people to the UK as happened with Poland 4) The majority of British people do not want the EU any larger or Turkey to join it. 5) Its about time the PM went with the majority in his own country and not because it makes him look popular in Europe.
Ah, the “slippery slope” argument. “If Turkey get in, that means Iraq, Iran and Syria will all want to get in! At the same time! They’ll all get stuck in the door as they try to come through! It’ll be anarchy!”
Did Turkey have to be forced to stop capital punishment and bring in tougher laws against human trafficking? Maybe. Sometimes people need to have their arms twisted to do what is ultimately best for them. But to dismiss their entire worth as a nation because of it? To say that they may never reach EU standards? That’s an impressive piece of dickery, Mr. Smith.
Also, I hate the arrogance of assuming that every bloody thing that happens in Parliament or in the EU needs to be voted for by the British public. Personally, I’m overjoyed that “not one British citizen (except the PM) has ever been given the vote for this to happen”, or indeed for any other manner of thing to happen. If the British public were able to vote on every major thing to happen to the UK then they wouldn’t be part of the EU in the first place, nor would gay couples be able to have civil partnerships. Women probably wouldn’t be able to vote, either. And you know why? Because people like things the way they are. Oh yes, there are individuals and groups who rally for social change, but the masses are quite content to plod along in their uneventful little lives, going to their uninteresting jobs, eating their decidedly dull meals and watching their wholly bland but remarkably high-definition televisions.
But of course, this doesn’t have anything to do with any of those points, does it? It’s more to do with the fact that if Turkey gets into the EU Turkish citizens will be able to come and go from the UK as they please. They’ll be able to move here, seek employment, start businesses, own property, just like the Polish. And you don’t like the Polish, do you Mr. Smith? Oh no, of course not. They’re not local. They talk funny, and have strangely uniform haircuts, and eat pastries with odd names spelt with bizarre letters that look like they might be good, sturdy, British letters. But they’re not! And the worst thing about the Polish? They’re white. You can’t even identify them by sight. Anyone you know could be Polish. You could be living next door to a Pole right now and have absolutely no idea!
What this boils down to, Mr. Smith, is your deeply-rooted racism and distrust of anyone who isn’t from a town you can pinpoint on a map of the Great British Isles.
I’m just speculating, obviously.
Posted by Ben @ January 12th, 2010 6:56 am. Filed under: Batshit Mental Rants,I Could've Looked This Up But Instead I Watched Countdown,I'm serious!,Is Research The Same Thing As Making Shit Up? Good.,There's No Time For Thinking! — Tags: Nicholas Fox —
by Nicholas FoxThe world is not facing a threat from global warming, but global cooling.
In Europe, most of the USA and even in Asia, including China, many of us in the early days of 2010 are currently experiencing extreme cold weather.
I call on the government to increase taxes – and to spend the revenue on sun farms. A sun farm would use electricity to power huge lamps that might heat an area the size of a small town.
I have studied temperatures globally over the last few months and if the world continues to cool at the current trend the whole of humanity is threatened.
Of course! It’s all so simple!
Posted by Ben @ December 23rd, 2009 7:08 pm. Filed under: Abolish This!,Can't someone else pay the tax?,Clearly You've Thought This Through,I Could've Looked This Up But Instead I Watched Countdown,Is Research The Same Thing As Making Shit Up? Good.,It Says So In The Daily Mail,Stop Spending My Money On Things I Don't Understand.,Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful,That's SO UNFAIR! I HATE YOU!,The Nasty Television Upset Me!,There's Already A Solution But Don't Let That Stop You From Bothering The PM,This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me!,Unreasonable Demands,spelin an grammer — Tags: Mr Richard Moore —
Oh dear, we have another “scrap the TV license” moron in our midsts. And this one is armed with misinformation! Let’s get this over with…
by Mr Richard MooreWhy should the BBC be given free money, whilst other TV channels gain no funding from the BBC TV License?
Why also is it satisfactory for the BBC to outsourse it’s published programs to e.g. BBC Americas for viewing abroad.
Why also is it satisfactory for the BBC to use UK License holders money to spurn products for their own profit from the UK public, i.e. childrens toy product etc…?
With the current economic state the country has been placed into, would it not enable families with a lower income to utilise the monies used for a TV License on more benificial items, i.e. feeding their family?
Is it not fair to the other broadcast network’s such as ITV, Channel 4 etc… to not recieve monies from the TV License.
Support the scrappage of the BBC TV License, sign the petition!
Okay, let’s dissect this one, shall we?
Why should the BBC be given free money, whilst other TV channels gain no funding from the BBC TV License?
Because the BBC is a public broadcasting service, and ITV, Channel 4, Channel Five, Sky etc. are businesses supported by advertising.
Why also is it satisfactory for the BBC to outsourse it’s published programs to e.g. BBC Americas for viewing abroad.
Actually, haha, they don’t. What happens is this: BBC Worldwide, the business arm of the BBC, is given the rights to distribute the shows to other territories. What happens then is that BBC America has to bid for those rights, and if they succeed then they get the show. You probably don’t know this but until recently BBC America didn’t have the first-to-air rights to Doctor Who – the American SciFi Channel (now called SyFy) outbid them for the rights to series one through four, and they let those rights lapse this year for the one-off specials.
Additionally, BBC America (which, I need to reiterate, is a business much like ITV and British Sky Broadcasting) actually co-funds some BBC productions such as Robin Hood.
So, y’know. Research.
Why also is it satisfactory for the BBC to use UK License holders money to spurn products for their own profit from the UK public, i.e. childrens toy product etc…?
Again, this is stuff that is all handled by the BBC’s business arms and is not funded by the money they get from the TV license, you frog’s gusset.
With the current economic state the country has been placed into, would it not enable families with a lower income to utilise the monies used for a TV License on more benificial items, i.e. feeding their family?
Considering that television is a luxury item and not a utility, they could always put the TV in the loft if they can’t afford their license.
Is it not fair to the other broadcast network’s such as ITV, Channel 4 etc… to not recieve monies from the TV License.
There is some debate about this, but once again it’s worth noting that ITV, Channel 4 etc. are supported by advertising. The BBC is not.
Thanks for playing.
Posted by Ben @ November 27th, 2009 5:37 pm. Filed under: George Orwell Had The Right Idea,I Could've Looked This Up But Instead I Watched Countdown,Is Research The Same Thing As Making Shit Up? Good.,Join the Fight Against Nebulous Bad-Sounding Things!,Xenophobia — Tags: Ian Dobison —
by Ian DobisonThe current position at UK border points is that visitors who are allowed to enter the UK who have had to apply for a Visa are not then actively counted back out again when they are required to leave. For example if they were to overstay their visit nobody would actively go to seek them, or even be aware they hadn’t left the country.This effectively means that once they are admitted they could stay indefinitely. The USA has a proper system in place for all visitors who enter their borders with visa’s and they have, as a result, much better control of their Borders and Immigration Issues.
You’ve never actually been to America, have you?
Posted by Ben @ November 24th, 2009 12:12 am. Filed under: Duplicate Petitions,I Could've Looked This Up But Instead I Watched Countdown,Is Research The Same Thing As Making Shit Up? Good.,My Other Car Is Another Car — Tags: Mr Christopher Bristow —
Christopher Bristow really likes his hydrogen-powered cars.
by Mr Christopher Bristowto combat climate change by the introduction and eventual change over of an alternative and non polluting feul of hydrogen gas.
by Christopher Bristowmore than 20% of uk CO2 emissions are produced from the nations car exhausts. The thought behind this petition is to advise the government to create a bigger incentive to car manufacteurers in producing hydrogen feul cell cars and to feul stations in providing hydrogen fill up points, to the eventual event of a switch over to hydrogen cars when a growing trade produces as if not more efficent hydrogen car than the standard petrol and deisel cars.
As pointed by Robert Llewellyn, who is famous for playing a square-headed robot in a sitcom and is therefore an expert on such things, hydrogen power actually expends more energy than is collected. You have to use a ridiculous amount of electricity on rather a lot of water to get a halfway decent amount of hydrogen and that, to me, seems rather wasteful.
Posted by Ben @ November 18th, 2009 1:20 am. Filed under: Is Research The Same Thing As Making Shit Up? Good.,My Other Car Is Another Car,The Nasty Television Upset Me!,You Know - We Haven't Banned Anything Lately. — Tags: E Charrington —
by E Charrington of 1Many car adverts encourage people to speed ‘with their cool image’ and this attitude can kill other people. It should not look cool to speed and drive recklessly. Cars also contribute towards obesity, congestion and pollution that causes cancers and lung diseases. Police, Ambulance and medical staff have enough to deal with as it is than have even more people on the road causing accidents.
Why not proceed to the next logical step and just ban cars entirely?
Posted by Ben @ November 17th, 2009 10:18 pm. Filed under: Don't Worry About What THEY Want,Is Research The Same Thing As Making Shit Up? Good.,We Don't Take Kindly To Your Type Rahnd These Pahts,Xenophobia — Tags: Major Robins —
by Major RobinsBritain does not need to belong to the EU in order to sucessfully trade with them. At £40 million per day we cannot afford to support the dregs of the rest of Europe. Get out now, rule our own country, look after ourselves. Charity begins at home
It started off as an anti-EU petition and ended as the death rattle of a self-involved wanker who thinks that Britain should just look after its own. Love the unsourced “£40 million per day” claim, by the way.
Posted by Ben @ October 7th, 2009 8:09 pm. Filed under: Is Research The Same Thing As Making Shit Up? Good.,Why Should I Have To Go To Work?,Work Around My Delusions Dammit! — Tags: Michelle Layden of Paganism —
by Michelle Layden of PaganismPaganism is the oldest religion known to man older than Christianity but people and work places still refuse to recognize our religion and holidays. We have the right to celebrate the eight festival days or Paganism and Wicca.
You have two options, here: You can book the time off as holiday, which a lot of people of a lot of other religions do anyway, or you can do what my Pagan parents have done (and what they continue to do) and celebrate it at the nearest weekend. In my entire life I think we’ve had maybe one or two Yules that actually fell on December 21st.
Posted by Andrew @ August 30th, 2009 12:05 pm. Filed under: Duelling Dumbos,Hanging's Too Good For 'Em!,Is Research The Same Thing As Making Shit Up? Good.,Rejected Petitions,What Would Idiot-Jesus Do? — Tags: irene taylor, simon white —
I think Simon White, who we met not long ago, has problems bubbling away under the surface. His barbarian lunatic idea is pretty common, but his demented attachment to the cruellest bits of religious imagery and his choice of URL suggests to me psychosis:
To show No forgivness or mercy for all
Peadophiles,Rapists and child killers.
Any religion that empowers a faith that forgives these monsters Is misinterpreted,misunderstood and Wrong
Anyway, he’s quite clearly delusional, because of course no religion would ever protect paedophiles.
This petition has been set up because More and more Christians in this nation are under attack and are being threatened in their jobs, in their churches and neighborhoods .
We feel more and more pressure on us as believers to be silenced. By Islamic, secular and humanistic rights groups.
This nation was established with Christian roots and it is our heritage if you choose to look back in history,
Our Christian heritage has brought change to this nation, hospitals, and schools, anti slavery and community to name but a few. In addition, we are ignoring and forgetting all of this and much more has been forgotten and it is persecute Christians to keep the political correctness.
We can and are offending Christians and God but nothing is said about that. We Christians cannot speak biblical truths what we believe because they say it offends people and we are losing our jobs when we do and threatened with the Law. The sad thing is we think persecution only happens in other nations but Christians are being persecuted here in this nation.
Thanks for that, Irene. I did look back in history, and I have to say, Christianity has certainly never been anything other that totally against slavery.
One last time: qualified medical staff offering to pray for a reasonable patient will make him feel uncomfortable, convince him he’s going to die, and inspire exactly zero confidence in your abilities to heal him. It’s not about persecuting Christians, it’s about firing people who are awful at their jobs.
Posted by Ben @ August 27th, 2009 10:28 am. Filed under: A Rose By Any Other Name Would Be Less Funny,I AM TALKING!,Is Research The Same Thing As Making Shit Up? Good.,Just Like That!,Rejected Petitions,Stand Back! I'm Going To Try SCIENCE!,There's No Time For Thinking! — Tags: MARK WHITING —
Mark Whiting has some ideas that I think we should pay some serious attention to. Well, it’s hard to ignore them really, considering he communicates solely by YELLING.
USA HAD 911.ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONVINCED NOW THAT TERRORISTS ARE CONVINCED AN ATTACK ON THE UK WILL HAPPEN ON 9/9/9,OUR EMERCENCY NUMBER
We have been presented with a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get the entire nation in a panic over something which might possibly happen! What kind of fools would we be to pass it up?
THE CHANCES OF A TERRORIST GROUP GETTING HOLD OF ASBESTOS ROOFING AND GRINDING DOWN TO A FINE POWDER IS HIGH.THIS POWDER COULD THEN BE SPREAD IN PUBLIC PLACES IE USED FOR A TERRORIST ATTACK THIS IS INEVITABLE
Well it’s high now that you’ve put the idea in their heads, yeah.
ILLEGAL MEANS ILLEGAL,IT IS AN OFFENCE.IS THE LAW NOT TO BE UPHELD FOR ONE SECTOR OF THE POPULATION?
TEESIDE CAN BE RENAMED TONY BLAIR AIRPORT AS WELL
Oh good. We wouldn’t want Tony feeling left out.
Posted by Ben @ August 3rd, 2009 10:11 pm. Filed under: Is Research The Same Thing As Making Shit Up? Good.,Lord Knows I Ask Not For Myself,Not actual justice -- just what I wanted. Which is basically the same thing.,spelin an grammer — Tags: miss paula mckay —
the reason for my petition is because on the 11th july 2009 i gave birth to a baby girl faith and because i was 23 weeks pregnant and 6 days i was told that i had a miscarriage and not a still birth. My daughter never got to breathe outside my womb but she had breathed inside for 23 weeks and 6 days, she weighed 1 pound 3 ounces and 3 quarters and was 30cm long. She was perfect in every way and i didnt know that this law existed until she was born. I would like to say how very disgusted i am and shocked that you could even put my daughter into this category. I know babies who have been born before 24 weeks and survived so its a disgrace that this law even exists. I will do everything in my power to get justice for my beautifull baby faith
This petition is not for the People. It’s a selfish petition by and for an individual who has suffered a loss and isn’t coping well with it. So I’m not going to laugh at her, and I’m not going to make fun of her. But I will say this: Accept it and move on. You’ve lost something special, and that’s going to stay with you for a while. But is this going to help? Really? Even if this rather silly request were accepted and the law changed, what then? What actually happens then? Nothing. Nothing changes. You’ve still lost a daughter, a child you never even knew.