Ehhh, Switzerland??

I think this is my first politics related post, even though political rants were one of the main reasons for setting up this blog. So I'd like to thank the people of Switzerland for provoking me into action...

If you are unaware of the referendum in quesetion, Switzerland's right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) collected 100,000 signatures of Swiss people who were worried of 'political Islamization'. That's the requisite amount to put a matter of national concern to referendum. The proposal in question? To ban the building of minarets... I myself was unsure of what a minaret is. They are (in most cases) a dome structure on top of Mosques that act as a visual cue for praying Muslims. Harmless non??

Not in the opinion of the SVP and 57% of the turnout for the vote. Ulrich Schluer, member of the SVP justified the absurd measures taken to ban the building of the traditional Muslim structures.. “We do not forbid Islam -- we forbid the political symbol of Islamization, and this is the minaret,” Schluer said. “The minaret has nothing to do with religion; the minaret is a symbol of political victory [of Islam]. The first thing the Turks did when they conquered Constinople -- they installed a minaret on the top of the most important church.” I'm sure the 5% Muslim population of Switzerland are damning their thwarted plans of Islamicizing the country little by little by building minaret after minaret until the country was theirs. Back to the drawing-board boys. Nice effort but the bigots have scoped you out...

This, in my humble opinion should act as a warning shot across Europe and the world. This vote legitimizes Islamophobia. In an era of increasing integration across Europe, as well as the troubles in the Middle East, this vote will give credence to the scum in the BNP, the PVV in the Netherlands and the Freedom Party in Austria as well as hosts of other far-right nationalist parties across Europe to propose and most likely successfully implement other far reaching racist policies.

Amnesty International have been quick to condemn the results, warning that the ban would violate Switzerland's obligations to freedom of religious expression. Even 'Ol Man Pope Ratzy in the Vatican has also expressed his concerns too. That says quite alot.

All in all, this vote is a manifestation of intolerance, hatred and fear conjured up by the SVP. Such tactics I predict will be deployed by other far-right nationalist parties across Europe over the coming months and years. French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner has called on the Swiss people to go back on the decsion, sooner rather than later... "I hope that the Swiss will go back on this decision rather quickly," he told France's RTL radio. "It is an expression of intolerance, and I detest intolerance."

Perhaps the Swiss should take a leaf out of Ireland's book. Hold the referendum again. It works. Then us do-gooder lefties will be friends with you again.

Facebook is a vampire, sent to drain...

Secret destroyer... blah de blah. I wonder does Billy Corgan have a facebook? If he did and he were to talk to me about stuff then I wouldn't have deleted my account.

It's been a couple of days now since I've deleted FB. Early withdrawal symptoms swiftly subsided and I haven't an ounce of regret. Once I realised it was possible (and cool) to incorporate 'LOL' into speech I realised- I don't need facebook anymore.

And it doesn't need me.

So do it too.

You are facebook's bitch.

Blogging is way radder. Today I've been mostly listening to Death Sentence: Panda! I picked up on them on a deadly blog called fecalface. It's a San Francisco based blog that has loads of great music, design, fashion and other wacky things the kids are into these days

http://www.fecalface.com/SF


This is Death Sentence: Panda! doing a pretty cool version of their song Yao Yao Tou in a japanese club called Helluva Lounge. Check out their stuff on hypem.com too..

Dublin Fucking City

I don't want to sound like Hitler or anything but recently I've been thinking alot about selective breeding and how it would be a good idea in Dublin to have central control of breeding activities. Unlike Mr. Adolf though- the aul bitch, I don't invision a super-race where Ireland will one day win an Olympic medal without it taken off us for doping, but there is a generation of mindless scum out there walking the streets like zombies, that simply should not be allowed to procreate.

Just last night as my girlfriend and I walked home from dinner, we witnessed an example of this. Two tracksuit-clad slouching, leering, sneering, spot a young Asian woman across the road. One makes his move as the other keeps sketch for Gardaí (as if they'll be around anyway) or any would-be hero. He creeps up behind her, wrestles her bag off her as she wails in despair.

Welcome to Ireland.

The other scummer leers "fuck off or I'll stab ye te bits".

I wonder how many more bags did they steal that night, or how many bags across Dublin were stolen by these remorseless and malicious excuses for human-beings.

It's not even the muggings, if I had a Euro for everytime I was started on for looking like a faggeh by these scummers I'd have enough for a burberry cap anyway.

It's worrying too, you look at gangs around the world, members are attracted by status, a fraternity, security... These zombies in Dublin aren't looking for that. Their ample social welfare packet isn't enough. So they wreak havoc on you, me, your mother, your grandmother, because they can.

If this generation is as bad as this, it makes me sick to the stomach to think of what the next generation is going to be like. That's why the zombies should not be allowed to procreate. They have nothing to offer society. They drain the system. It's all well and good to try and rehabilitate them but in this day and age of tabloid culture, our Jeremy Kyle and Jade Goody followers, it's not only acceptable, but it has become the norm to be fucked up and to fuck things up.

Apologies for the coherency of this blog, I know I'm typing as if I'm talking but when I'm passionate about something I tend to wax lyrical a tad.

C'mon everybody, let's cull the scum..

sure....

sure i cut myself, and burnt myself,
but that's how i learnt things were sharp and hot.

Blog-Party

So this is my maiden blog, how fricking exciting!? Basically I set up this account because Derm, Suri and Anusia have done so recently and I'm a shameless trend sheep at times. Also it's three o clock in the morning and my bed is all the way upstairs and I don't want to brush my teeth just yet. I will use this entry as a swift introduction (and disclaimer) of what one can expect from my blog in days to come. Links that I think are funny, jokes I think are funny, incoherent political rantings, new music and art I think is worth sharing and anything else that's interesting, contraversial, dangerous, sexy and if your lucky, all of the above in the one post.

I'll leave a link to a Billy Mays Kaboom dub. It cracked me up.

Also, what's brown and rhymes with Snoop?

>Dr.Dre