I just realised that I've forgotten to blog about my new job!
so yeah, I finally got a job. It's not bad, considering.
I'm still learning, and it's not busy and we can browse the web, cause there's no restrictions, well, within reason.
so yeah, got a job, and it's all good.
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Terrorism - written by someone who's too self righteous for their own bloody good
**DISCLAIMER - I DO NOT SUPPORT ANY TERRORIST GROUP NOR DO I SUPPORT TERRORISM IN ANY WAY**
So this post is all about Terrorism. To clarify, in case you misread the title of this post, I am infact someone who is too self righteous for their own bloody good. Well according to some of my family from the Cayman Islands anyway.
So I'll start by giving a bit of background on this one.
As far as I am concerned, I'm not in support of terrorism, I think it's awful and sad, and certainly not something to joke about.
Recently a young member of my family made a joke, or rather posted a joke on facebook that she heard elsewhere. It goes as follows "o0hh, jingle bombs, jingle bombs mines blew up you see.. where are all the virgins that binladin promised mee? lmfao"
To me, this just isn't funny, it's bad taste and offensive. Terrorism is not a joke, however in voicing my own opinion (which I'm pretty sure I'm allowed to do, what with living in a country where freedom of speech is allowed) my family, in particular this young girls parents, have said i'm too self righteous for my own bloody good.
I am however wondering if they know the meaning of "self righteous" considering their poor spelling and grammar, but whatever. I know that I'm not self righteous.
Just because I think that Terrorism isn't a joking matter, doesn't mean that I'm smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others. I appreciate and welcome the opinions of others, I may not agree on some of them but I appreciate that each person has the right to his or her own opinions. I just think that there are some things that shouldn't be made fun of. Terrorism is one of them. I could list a few more things, but I won't.
Personally, I'm not the type of person who is very jokey, I don't tell racist jokes, I don't take the piss out of the dead, I don't make jokes about child abuse or child abusers, but I know people who do. Many of these jokes are in very bad taste, and perhaps it's because I live in a very PC world now (although I'm not always PC, and sometimes make faux paux's) but in the UK, making un-PC jokes could land you in a lot of hot water.
Perhaps this is where my family in Cayman are different.
Grand Cayman is a very pretty country, the beaches are gorgeous, the waters are crystal clear, the food is amazing, the locals are friendly to tourists, but it's very different culturally to the UK.
When my cousin moved over to the UK, we we're driving down the road, there were 4 of us in the car, and my cousin freely used the "N" word. We were shocked, and the driver almost had an accident, not to mention one of the passengers was a policeman! You just don't use that word in the UK, it's offensive. However in Cayman, it's used by pretty much all the younger generations, quite a lot of the time. Nobody bats an eyelid.
So is it down to culture? Is it only me that thinks terrorism isn't a joking matter because my country is over the top PC? Because I'm keen to know. Do you live in a PC country? Do you think it's acceptable to make fun and jokes about terrorism and terrorists? Please do let me know, cause I fail to see why a family in the Cayman Islands thinks it is and why they say that I'm too self righteous for my own bloody good, because I think it's not.
Is it at all funny that on the 11th of September, terrorists attacked the World Trade Centre in NYC, killing over 2000 people?
Does this picture make you laugh?
Well it shouldn't.
and if it does, then you should be ashamed of yourself.
And if my opinion on this matter makes me "too self righteous for my own bloody good" then so be it. It's a hell of a lot better than being a person who thinks that terrorists killing innocent people are in any way amusing.
So I say good luck to my "family" in the Caymans, please, feel free to make as many jokes about terrorism as you please, but I won't be associated with you.
And I hope you think about your joke every September the 11th during the 2 minute silence to mark the lives of those lost in the attack on the world trade centre. and I hope you feel ashamed for it.
This post is dedicated to those innocent people who lost their lives on the 11th of September 2001 due to the terrorist attack on the USA. May you rest in peace.
So this post is all about Terrorism. To clarify, in case you misread the title of this post, I am infact someone who is too self righteous for their own bloody good. Well according to some of my family from the Cayman Islands anyway.
So I'll start by giving a bit of background on this one.
As far as I am concerned, I'm not in support of terrorism, I think it's awful and sad, and certainly not something to joke about.
Recently a young member of my family made a joke, or rather posted a joke on facebook that she heard elsewhere. It goes as follows "o0hh, jingle bombs, jingle bombs mines blew up you see.. where are all the virgins that binladin promised mee? lmfao"
To me, this just isn't funny, it's bad taste and offensive. Terrorism is not a joke, however in voicing my own opinion (which I'm pretty sure I'm allowed to do, what with living in a country where freedom of speech is allowed) my family, in particular this young girls parents, have said i'm too self righteous for my own bloody good.
I am however wondering if they know the meaning of "self righteous" considering their poor spelling and grammar, but whatever. I know that I'm not self righteous.
Just because I think that Terrorism isn't a joking matter, doesn't mean that I'm smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others. I appreciate and welcome the opinions of others, I may not agree on some of them but I appreciate that each person has the right to his or her own opinions. I just think that there are some things that shouldn't be made fun of. Terrorism is one of them. I could list a few more things, but I won't.
Personally, I'm not the type of person who is very jokey, I don't tell racist jokes, I don't take the piss out of the dead, I don't make jokes about child abuse or child abusers, but I know people who do. Many of these jokes are in very bad taste, and perhaps it's because I live in a very PC world now (although I'm not always PC, and sometimes make faux paux's) but in the UK, making un-PC jokes could land you in a lot of hot water.
Perhaps this is where my family in Cayman are different.
Grand Cayman is a very pretty country, the beaches are gorgeous, the waters are crystal clear, the food is amazing, the locals are friendly to tourists, but it's very different culturally to the UK.
When my cousin moved over to the UK, we we're driving down the road, there were 4 of us in the car, and my cousin freely used the "N" word. We were shocked, and the driver almost had an accident, not to mention one of the passengers was a policeman! You just don't use that word in the UK, it's offensive. However in Cayman, it's used by pretty much all the younger generations, quite a lot of the time. Nobody bats an eyelid.
So is it down to culture? Is it only me that thinks terrorism isn't a joking matter because my country is over the top PC? Because I'm keen to know. Do you live in a PC country? Do you think it's acceptable to make fun and jokes about terrorism and terrorists? Please do let me know, cause I fail to see why a family in the Cayman Islands thinks it is and why they say that I'm too self righteous for my own bloody good, because I think it's not.
Does this picture make you laugh?
Well it shouldn't.
and if it does, then you should be ashamed of yourself.
And if my opinion on this matter makes me "too self righteous for my own bloody good" then so be it. It's a hell of a lot better than being a person who thinks that terrorists killing innocent people are in any way amusing.
So I say good luck to my "family" in the Caymans, please, feel free to make as many jokes about terrorism as you please, but I won't be associated with you.
And I hope you think about your joke every September the 11th during the 2 minute silence to mark the lives of those lost in the attack on the world trade centre. and I hope you feel ashamed for it.
This post is dedicated to those innocent people who lost their lives on the 11th of September 2001 due to the terrorist attack on the USA. May you rest in peace.
Has Justice really been served?
Today I came across a post on the Guardian website of a teenage sex offender who raped a 5 year old boy, only days after being given a 3 year community order for a previous attack on a 7 year old. You can read the story here.
Today he was jailed with a sentence of 3 years and 4 months, but with the time he has already spent in custody taken into consideration, he will serve a minimum of 2 years and 359 days before he is eligible for parole.
Can somebody please explain to me where Justice has been done here?
This absolutely sickens me, it really does.
Today he was jailed with a sentence of 3 years and 4 months, but with the time he has already spent in custody taken into consideration, he will serve a minimum of 2 years and 359 days before he is eligible for parole.
Can somebody please explain to me where Justice has been done here?
This absolutely sickens me, it really does.
Sunday, 8 November 2009
For Eliana Densmore 17/05/2007 - 08/11/09
Today, a small child was taken away from her family and friends, her name was Eliana. She was 2 and 1/2 years old.
Eliana was born May 17, 2007 with a very rare metabolic condition. Inborn Error of Metabolism, Fatty Acid Oxidation Defect. Specifically Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency. Her condition affects her ability to break down long chain and very long chain fats. (taken from the Praying for Eliana facebook profile page)
Doctors described her as a miracle baby because she continued to fight against her condition and survived longer than they had expected.
From birth she spent a lot of time in hospital, her parents Melody and Brian, both wonderful people, spent their time between home and the hospital. They spent time caring for their two young sons Benjamin and Joshua at home, and time caring for Eliana in the hospital.
It was very clear that Eliana was a much loved little girl. During her long battle with being ill, her family took the time to update everyone who cared about her, via a facebook group called Praying for Eliana, today this group has 738 members. 738 people across the world praying and sending love and support to her and her family, not to mention those people who knew and loved her that didn't have facebook.
I never met Eliana, however a few weeks ago I said to her aunt Angela (a close friend of mine) that I wanted to come and visit, because I felt I needed to meet Eliana, and sadly I'll never get to meet a little girl who captured my heart. She will, however, always be in my thoughts and will always hold a place in my heart.
Having never been a parent, I can't possibly imagine the pain they are experiencing from losing a child. At the moment I feel a little lost and distraught that she has passed away and extremely sad. Their pain must be a million trillion times worse, and I don't think I could ever know what that would feel like, in fact I hope I never have to experience that pain.
My thoughts and my love and support go out to the Densmores in Colorado.
Eliana - you are such a loved little girl, who has captured the hearts of so many people. May you rest in peace, never be forgotten and always be loved.
Doctors described her as a miracle baby because she continued to fight against her condition and survived longer than they had expected.
From birth she spent a lot of time in hospital, her parents Melody and Brian, both wonderful people, spent their time between home and the hospital. They spent time caring for their two young sons Benjamin and Joshua at home, and time caring for Eliana in the hospital.
It was very clear that Eliana was a much loved little girl. During her long battle with being ill, her family took the time to update everyone who cared about her, via a facebook group called Praying for Eliana, today this group has 738 members. 738 people across the world praying and sending love and support to her and her family, not to mention those people who knew and loved her that didn't have facebook.
I never met Eliana, however a few weeks ago I said to her aunt Angela (a close friend of mine) that I wanted to come and visit, because I felt I needed to meet Eliana, and sadly I'll never get to meet a little girl who captured my heart. She will, however, always be in my thoughts and will always hold a place in my heart.
Having never been a parent, I can't possibly imagine the pain they are experiencing from losing a child. At the moment I feel a little lost and distraught that she has passed away and extremely sad. Their pain must be a million trillion times worse, and I don't think I could ever know what that would feel like, in fact I hope I never have to experience that pain.
My thoughts and my love and support go out to the Densmores in Colorado.
Eliana - you are such a loved little girl, who has captured the hearts of so many people. May you rest in peace, never be forgotten and always be loved.
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