I've kinda been neglecting my duties as the righter of wrongs in this world - at least as far as this blog goes - but there's a good reason for it... I've been writing a new game for the iPhone!
It's called Linx and it's available NOW on the iTunes App Store! You can get it here.
The point of writing this game was to get some money to buy a house. In London, this means I need about £500,000. If you spread the word to everyone you know who's got one of those lovely iPhones or iPod touches, I'll be able to beat the credit crunch and get that house within a few months.
No, seriously, it was an exercise in writing a fun app and expanding my Objective-C skills. I think you'll enjoy it. Please do go and buy a copy of Linx. You've spent more money on far worse things :)
From The Telegraph:
Islam is the fastest-growing religion in Britain: the number of Muslims has grown from 1.6 million to two million since 2000. Moreover, every major public institution has changed its policies to accommodate the demands of Islamic "community leaders". The Government, the Opposition, the police, schools, the Church of England, the BBC and now Channel 4 are all helping Muslims construct a parallel Islamic state.
Early next year, the think tank Civitas will publish a survey of 100 British Muslim schools. Entitled When Worlds Collide, it will argue that some of them are pushing pupils into ghettos. Young women, in particular, are forbidden to pursue career opportunities. "Every year, an incalculable number of Muslim young women are lost to the wider world," says the report. One school website links to al-Qaeda; another directs pupils to a scholar who advocates the murder of Jews.
Until recently, these radical mullahs were blamed for turning disaffected youths into bombers. But, in August, a leaked MI5 report revealed that Islamist terrorists tend not to be obvious religious extremists. The Muslim community usually knows nothing about them.
For years, the Government has offered Muslim leaders self-governance in return for information about "dangerous" elements. But if terrorists cannot be accurately identified, this is a waste of time. Unelected community leaders extend control over Muslims, yet society is no safer.
Self-censorship is crucial to this growing separatism. The BBC's director-general, Mark Thompson, says that Muslims should be treated more sensitively than Christians.
In America, Random House cancelled publication of Sherry Jones's novel The Jewel of Medina, about Mohammed's six-year-old bride Ayisha. But Martin Ryna of Gibson Square in London did agree to publish. Three men were subsequently charged with conspiring to damage his home. Islamic groups have threatened Borders bookshops with violence if they sell the novel.
Although most Muslims do not condone such attacks, many support the proposal that Islam should enjoy privileged status. After the 7/7 terrorist murders, the Home Office commissioned reports from Muslim working parties. Their recommendations included "Muslim teacher accreditation" to ensure special treatment for Muslim children; Muslim oversight of policing methods; and a new verbal etiquette in which Islamist terrorism should be referred to as "criminal" rather than religiously inspired. There were also hints that British Muslims should be allowed an unofficial veto over foreign policy.
In the event, the Government backed away from the more extreme demands. Others have been quietly met. A National Association of Muslim Police was set up in 2007 and is regularly consulted by senior officers.
Government ministers rarely put the words "Islam" and "terrorism" in the same sentence. Conservative front benchers follow the same practice, except when addressing the Conservative Friends of Israel. "I have been told off by three members of the shadow cabinet for using the phrase 'Islamist terrorism' when I have appeared with them," says Douglas Murray, director of the Centre for Social Cohesion.
The major development, however, has been the encroachment of Sharia law into public life. Last February, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, declared that British Sharia was "inevitable." In fact, instruments for expanding it already exist. A network of Muslim Arbitration Tribunals (MATs) has been set up with Home Office support. In theory, these bodies are just a form of "alternative dispute resolution". They are "unable to deal with criminal offences", says the MAT website. Yet it also confirms that they can "assist" the police with domestic violence, sometimes "with a view to reconsidering criminal charges".
MATs also deal with wills, where Sharia discriminates against females. The Government is also anxious to attract Muslim investment by regulating British Islamic banking; the only way to do that is to grant legal recognition to Sharia.
According to Murray, "what we are seeing is the state deferring to a seventh-century Arabian tradesman as a source for secular law". He was speaking on Christmas Eve. The next day, Ahmadinejad spoke to the nation. Yesterday it was reported that Baroness Butler-Sloss, one of Britain's most senior legal figures, wants Sharia divorces to be enshrined in law. For the first time in decades, religion is moulding public life in this country; but that religion is not Christianity.
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Time to stop Muslim immigration to this country. Time to stop the pandering of our lefty-liberal politicians to Muslim 'sensibilities'. Time to stop changing our secular laws to accommodate 7th century idiocy. Time to get rid of the politicians who think all cultures are equal. This is the UK. It is not UKistan.
I'm fed up of seeing how Islam is encroaching on our culture and turning civilisation into a dirty word. Labour need to f*ck off out of government and give the people of this country their country back. No, I'm not a member of the BNP; I'm simply someone who's getting f*cked off with having to pander to the idiotic bonkers notions of certain people. YOUR god has nothing to do with me, so keep it out of the laws of my country.
Ahmadinejad show 'causes offence'
From BBC News:
Allowing Iran's president to deliver Channel 4's Alternative Christmas Message will cause "international offence", the UK government has said. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was shown telling viewers of the British TV channel "the general will of nations" was for a return to "human values".
The decision angered some MPs, who branded him a "dangerous fanatic" with anti-Semitic and anti-gay views. Channel 4 said it had offered viewers an "alternative world view".
The speech, in Farsi with English subtitles, was the channel's 16th alternative message and was shown after a brief introduction to Mr Ahmadinejad contextualising his views. In it, Mr Ahmadinejad congratulated the people of Britain on the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ. He said that problems in society were rooted in the rejection of the message of the prophets of God, including Jesus.
And he criticised the "indifference of some governments and powers" towards the teachings of "the divine prophets".
However, a Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokeswoman said: "President Ahmadinejad has during his time in office made a series of appalling anti-Semitic statements. "The British media are rightly free to make their own editorial choices, but this invitation will cause offence and bemusement not just at home but amongst friendly countries abroad." Labour MP Louise Ellman, chairwoman of the Labour Jewish Movement, said: "I condemn Channel 4's decision to give an unchallenged platform to a dangerous fanatic who denies the Holocaust, while preparing for another, and claims homosexuality does not exist while his regime hangs gay young men from cranes in the street. "Who will deliver next year's alternative Christmas message? Will it be David Irving or Robert Mugabe?"
Conservative MP Mark Pritchard, a member of the Commons all-party media group, said: "Channel 4 has given a platform to a man who wants to annihilate Israel and continues to persecute Christians at Christmas time. "This raises serious questions about whether Channel 4 should receive an increased public subsidy for their programmes." Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor said: "In Iran, converts to Christianity face the death penalty. "It is perverse that this despot is allowed to speculate on the views of Jesus, while his government leads Christ's followers to the gallows." He said Channel 4's decision to broadcast the message was a "scandal and a national embarrassment" and in "its search for ratings and shock factor, Channel 4 had lost its ethical way".
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell joined the attack, calling the president a "criminal despot, who ranks with Robert Mugabe, Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and the Burmese military junta as one of the world's most bloody tyrants".
'Enormously influential'
But Channel 4 defended its decision to broadcast the message. Head of news and current affairs Dorothy Byrne said: "As the leader of one of the most powerful states in the Middle East, President Ahmadinejad's views are enormously influential. "As we approach a critical time in international relations, we are offering our viewers an insight into an alternative world view." A spokesman added: "Channel 4's role is to allow viewers to hear directly from people of world importance with sufficient context to enable them to make up their own minds." He said the channel had not asked for increased public funding, rather an indirect subsidy to overcome a funding shortfall caused by the digital switchover. Channel 4's first alternative message was delivered by gay icon Quentin Crisp in 1993. Others to have given the broadcast include French actress Brigitte Bardot, former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne and TV chef Jamie Oliver. Last year's message was given by Sergeant Major Andrew Stockton, a British soldier who lost an arm fighting in Afghanistan. Unlike previous years, the president's message was broadcast at night and not at the same time as the Queen's speech.
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Channel 4 gave a bonkers loony despot a platform to spread a bonkers loony message about how the West has decided to give up on religion. They shouldn't have broadcast this message. He said some trash about the "divine prophets". Right, firstly, there is no evidence they were divine; and secondly, there is no evidence they were prophets, since nothing they have had written down or about them has come true. Thirdly, the 'holy' books they refer to are about as holy as a pork pie, and they contain errors, contradictions and downright stupidity.
This loony freak (who looks like a character out of Planet of the Apes) wants to wipe Israel off the map PURELY because they are Jews and not Muslims, yet he wants us to embrace religion? F-off! He kills Iranian gay men for being gay. He denies the holocaust ever happened. He's a f*cking retard.
Channel 4, if it weren't for shows like The IT Crowd, you would lose me as a viewer. In fact, when this series is over, you probably will. Big Brother is cr*p.
Muslim lawyer Anjem Choudary brands Christmas 'evil'
From The Telegraph:
The lawyer, who recently praised the Mumbai terror attacks, urged all Muslims to reject traditional Christmas celebrations, claiming that they are forbidden by Allah. The 41-year-old shocked Christians and even those of his own faith by branding yuletide festivities as "the pathway to hellfire".
Choudary, who is chairman of the Society of Muslim Lawyers, ruled out all celebrations, including having a Christmas tree, decorating the house or eating turkey. In the sermon posted on an Islamic website, he said: "In the world today many Muslims, especially those residing in western countries, are exposed to the evil celebration Christmas. "Many take part in the festival celebrations by having Christmas turkey dinners. Decorating the house, purchasing Christmas trees or having Christmas turkey meals are completely prohibited by Allah. Many still practise this corrupt celebration as a remembrance of the birth of Jesus. How can a Muslim possibly approve or participate in such a practice that bases itself on the notion Allah has an offspring? The very concept of Christmas contradicts and conflicts with the foundation of Islam. Every Muslim has a responsibility to protect his family from the misguidance of Christmas, because its observance will lead to hellfire. Protect your Paradise from being taken away – protect yourself and your family from Christmas."
Choudary is Principal Lecturer at the London School of Shari'ah and a follower of the Islamist militant leader Omar Bakri Mohammed. Earlier this year, he led a meeting at the heart of the area where the liquid bombers lived, which warned of a British September 11.
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So, this guy praises the deaths of innocent people in Mumbai, and he's still allowed to stay in this country?!
Anyway, if Christmas is "the path to hellfire", then grease up the pavement as I've just finished wrapping my last Xmas present. Better still, grease it up with PORK FAT, just to p*ss off this idiotic c*nt Muslim lawyer.
How does he know it's the pathway to hellfire? Oh, his 'holy' book says it is. Riiiiiiiight. Well, there are other 'holy' books that say it isn't the pathway to hellfire. Thus, which one is right? NONE. They are ALL a load of BOLLOCKS!
To me Xmas is NOTHING to do with Jesus. He probably never existed, or if he did he wasn't divine. NO ONE is divine. All religions are a load of crap. I'm fed up with religious pillocks who think their own religion is the be all and end all of life. Wake up fools!
darkpaw: "The very concept of Islam contradicts and conflicts with the foundation of the UK. Every UK citizen has a responsibility to protect his family from the misguidance of Islam, because its observance will lead to dhimmi status. Protect your Paradise (the UK) from being taken away – protect yourself and your family from Islam and Muslims."
Pope puts stress on 'gay threat'
From BBC News:
Pope Benedict XVI has said that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour is just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction. He explained that defending God's creation is not limited to saving the environment, but also protecting man from self-destruction.
The pope was delivering his end-of-year address to senior Vatican staff. His words, later released to the media, emphasised his total rejection of gender theory. Pope Benedict XVI warned that gender theory blurs the distinction between male and female and could thus lead to the "self-destruction" of the human race.
Gender theory
Gender theory explores sexual orientation, the roles assigned by society to individuals according to their gender, and how people perceive their biological identity.
Gay and transsexual groups, particularly in the United States, promote it as a key to understanding and tolerance, but the pope disagreed.
When the Roman Catholic Church defends God's Creation, "it does not only defend the earth, water and the air... but (it) also protects man from his own destruction," the pope said. "If tropical forests deserve our protection, humankind... deserves it no less," the 81-year-old pontiff said, calling for "an ecology of the human being." It is not "outmoded metaphysics" to urge respect for the "nature of the human being as man and woman," he told scores of prelates gathered in the Vatican's sumptuous Clementine Hall.
The Catholic Church opposes gay marriage. It teaches that while homosexuality is not sinful, homosexual acts are.
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This is coming from the Catholic Church - an institution that has bred and trained 'an elite army of child molesters' (Quote from Sam Harris).
To put it in another light, "Crazy old b*stard who thinks a magic man in the sky talks to him says you can be gay but you cant do anything gay". That's right. The Catholic Church says homosexuality isn't a sin, but homosexual acts are sinful. So, you can be gay, but you can't ever be gay? Okaaaaaaaaaaaay... Is it really up to me to point out the ludicrous nature of this old fart's comments? If you're a Catholic, then you shouldn't ever have homosexual sex because that's a sin (in the eyes of the Catholics). End of. If you're not a Catholic, however, why should the sins of that religious group have any bearing on your life? If Mr. Pope the Deluded MCMXCVIII wants to protect the members of his cult from homosexuality, then apply that message ONLY to members of that particular cult. For example, does the fact that Muslims and Jews don't eat pork (because of their own pointless views on pigs) have ANY bearing on a Catholic? No, because it's okay for Catholics to eat pork. So why should the idea of a sin to a Catholic have any bearing on a non-Catholic?
All this old grumpy b*stard's comments are doing is serving to instill intolerance into others' minds.
I'm not gay myself, but I have a relative who is, and some friends who are, too. Bigoted, intolerant old c*nts like this fool are not what a modern society requires. Perhaps the world should be saved from 2000-year-old dogmas about sexual identity, and religious ideas that are provable nonsense?
PROVE to me the following, and then I'll follow your religion:
- That there is a creator of the universe. (And, while you're at it, fill in the application forms for the inevitable Nobel Prize you'd win.)
- That it is exactly the same creator as described PERFECTLY in your 'holy' book.
- That it approves of everything in that book.
If you can't do that, then you don't get my support. However, if you can prove that, you still won't get my support because I've read some of those 'holy' books, and I don't want to worship anything that thinks it's okay to kill in its name. If there is a god, it's looking down at us right now and wondering where it all went wrong. Was it when Abraham bumped his head and dreamt up the stories that later became the three monotheistic plagues we see today? Or was it when this lame, useless god failed to set the story right after it sent so many different books to a race of idiotic tribespeople? Oh, who knows? I don't really care anymore. I just wish religious fools would F*CK OFF and keep their barmy notions to themselves.
There are stories in the news today about thousands of people complaining to Ofcom about unfair practices in the "download a ringtone to your mobi" market. People are complaining that they downloaded a ringtone and then kept getting texts about the service, only realising when their bill came, or their credit ran out, that they had actually signed up to a subscription service.
What is Ofcom's answer to this? Teach schoolchildren to read the small print. Brilliant. I guess the 30,000 complaints Ofcom received about the Brand & Ross obscene phonecall fiasco means our children will be having lessons in how to not listen to Radio 2 on a Saturday night?
If you are too stupid to understand the words on the TV screen advertising the offer, then you should not be allowed to have a mobile phone.
I wonder why this market exists at all. You can buy a full song - the proper song - from iTunes for 79p. You can convert it to a ringtone in a number of ways, and then send it via Bluetooth or file copy to the phone, and set it as the ringtone. The software is out there, and it's free. Why do people pay £1.50 for a crappy MIDI version of 30 seconds of a song anyway? It's absurd.
I am yet to be shown beyond reasonable doubt,
That there's a man in the sky, up there on a cloud.
Watching over all that I do and think,
Convicting me of thought crimes before I can blink.
Won't someone provide evidence once and for all,
Just a picture and a miracle, maybe a phone call?
Just to say hello, and prove that he's there,
Just to tell us that he really does care.
Does the magic man in the sky actually give a damn?
Aren't we all part of some wondrous plan?
I keep getting told that, by religious types,
But we still suffer tsunamis, earthquakes, mudslides...
"Oh," say the same ones, "it's a test!"
Who, when given children to care for, molest.
To say so isn't wicked, or at least not as bad,
As the ones in charge who are really quite mad.
"There was a garden of Eden, and a talking snake!"
A chatty, limbless, scaly, elongate reptile?! Give me a break!
Their nonsense knows no bounds, but they demand respect,
Proselytise at my door, and expect to be decked.
"A global flood was wrought on this world!"
Yeah, by a 'loving' god whose creations he killed.
And what's his next trick to cleanse us again?
He's fresh out of water, he's a has-been.
His holy books are childish, and full of hate,
This isn't a god that I would call 'great'.
And he didn't know pi, 3.14159...
The Greeks knew it long before the Bible's time.
His son died for our sins, and I have to repay?!
I wasn't alive back in the day!
I had no say in his sacrifice,
To have been asked if he should, would've been nice.
But arrogance is his passion, and intolerance his way,
God forbid if you turn out gay!
Adulterers are to be stoned, he's such a nice guy!
Follow this maniac?! Why should I?
I'm really quite happy living without him,
An evil, ego-maniacal, inventor of sin.
His morals are base, mine are much better,
I suggest you ditch this childish bed-wetter.
You'll feel much happier, not living in fear,
Of a god you think exists, but is nowhere near.
His existence is a myth, your blind faith is just odd.
I'm not sorry to say this, but there is no god.
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By darkpaw, 14/11/2008.
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I've kinda been neglecting my duties as the righter of wrongs in this world - at least as far as this blog goes - but there's a good reason for it... I've been writing a new game for the iPhone!
Muslim lawyer Anjem Choudary brands Christmas 'evil'
