When in Rome…
Feb0
Recently there’s been a bit of a furore over if Sikhs should be allowed to wear the Kirpan, a small dagger of religious significance, in schools and other public places. A prominent judge (incidentally a Sikh himself) seems to think they should.
Oddly, quite a few people take a dim view of this proposed exception from the law of the land on religious grounds. Now, I’m all in favour of religious tolerance – I honestly don’t care which faith someone is. I have no problem with religious practice such as obligatory prayer at specific times of day (as long as they don’t stop to pray right where I intend to walk). You can wear whatever combination of clothing, charms, symbols and paraphernalia you want – as long as (and here’s the important bit) it doesn’t break the rules.
Maybe China Have It Right?
Dec0
Has anybody stopped to consider that maybe China have the right approach in executing a man who was found entering the country with 4kg of heroin? He broke the law, he must suffer the consequences. If anybody involved in the case thought he was suffering from a mental illness which clouded his judgement or made him susceptible to carrying something through for someone else then they should have brought some evidence to the case
Climb out the window instead?
Jul0
Apparently, it is against Orthodox Judaism to activate motion-sensing lights on the Sabbath. The result? A couple are suing an apartment for installing one.
From the article (Mail Online):
Dr Dena Coleman and husband Gordon claim they cannot leave their holiday flat on the Sabbath because when they do they automatically trigger the light in the communal hallway – contravening a religious ban on turning on electrical items from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday because it constitutes ‘creating fire’.
They say their human rights are being breached and are now suing the flats’ management company – their neighbours – for failing to accommodate their religion.
WARNING: Excessive exposure to politicians can lower your IQ!
Jan0
For those fans of Jack Thompson, it seems we have a new contender in the bit for Most Pointless Video-Game Violence Law Ever. Joe Baca wants to add cigarette-packet style warnings to game packaging.
This is so monumentally, mind bogglingly idiotic that I’ve even included a link for you to Digg the offending article and increase views amongst the technical elite, the gaming community and the sane minded. For once I’ll let the original article and the comments on it (along with the comments about it on Digg) do all the ranting on my behalf – it’d take me too long to list all the counterpoints and views that other people have come up with.
Jack Thompson – The Saga Continues
Jul0
So, the judge has decided that Jack Thompson is guilty of being an idiot (That’s technical law-speech), but now instead of the 10-year ban on practising law in Florida she is now recommending a permanent disbarment. On top of that, she’s recommending he pay $43,675 in costs as well.
Excellent.
Jack Thompson Does It Again
Jun0
Apparently our favourite gaming-related “lawyer”, Jack Thompson, has walked out of a hearing, claiming that the judge doesn’t have authority to preside over aforementioned hearing. Associated is a rather verbose letter, in which he seems to perform his usual trick of going off at 7 different tangents at the same time using bizzare language and repeatedly referencing how he, The Mighty Jack Thompson, has saved the world.
This is the same person who seems hell-bent on banning any video game which is more violent than The Adventures Of Fluffy Bunny Rabbit in Cotton Wool Land (not a real game) since it scars the poor children and makes them want to go decapitate police officers using chainsaws and then urinate down their throats.
This is the same person who throws legal threats at anybody within 100 yards who mentions his name, the name of anybody he has sued (which is an extensive list) or the name of anybody he has sent a legal threat to (an even longer list).
This is the same person who goes off his nut about how God has sent him on a mission to clean the world of the violent smut which is degrading today’s society every time that somebody points out that he’s talking bollocks.
You get the idea. Please, hurry up and debar him so we can finally be rid of his endless rambling about how far up his own backside he is.