h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I loathe all religions, so much hatred, so little love!

Not true. The vast majority of religious people are full of as much love as non-religious people, because they *are* people.

Oh, I'm sure you could find some atheists who do evil stuff too. I've posted a report of the march I was at in my Journal. Please excuse the horrible formatting, it's all ugly but I don't feel like re-doing it again a third time. http://h2g2.com/user/U9937105/conversation/view/F8387085/T8312244/ It was very lively and not angry at all. It didn't last very long, about 2 hours, with 1/2 hour of actual marching. There were families with kids, too.

(Ah, the formatting is fine in Ripley skins, I guess it's just Pliny acting up. Here's a brunel link : http://www.h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/brunel/F8387085?thread=8312244 ) I really *am trying not to flood.

My apologies in advance for re-posting this but...

WTF do they find these ejits.

http://t.co/1r6CWnZng4

Warning fox news stupidity / deliberate misinformation.

Well, he did say "actually" a lot so it "actually" must be true.

Charlie Hebdo fired a guy two weeks ago because he had been charged with making anti-semitic remarks which is apparently against the law in France. He was not there the day the others got shot so there may be a deeper moral lesson to be learned. Damned if I know what it is though. And if I did I wouldn't dare say so in a public forum.

~jwf~

I'm pleased to see the internet responded to the Fox piece in it's usual style.
#foxnewsfacts on twitter for example.
to the extent that Fox news issued an apology.
http://t.co/Gd9od44vaA

I just checked that hashtag, #foxnewsfacts, and at the very top was a tweet from our fords.

Small world.

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Maria, I wasn't referring to anyone's post here in particular. I was actually thinking of posts and articles I was reading on another site, reddit. I find it curious that you assume I was speaking to or about you. I wasn't. You do make some assumptions on what posts I'm reading or possibly ignoring. Please don't.

I don't even necessarily disagree with the points you're making on this subject.

You are a very passionate writer and I do appreciate hearing your point of view.

Here's a very intimate perspective on this situation. Robert Crumb, if you don't know him, is a renowned underground comic artist. He's THE prototype of underground comic artists. He's famous for Fritz the Cat (which he later killed because of the character's commercial success). 20 years ago he left the U.S. for France where he's lived with his family since. He recently released an illustrated Book of Genesis. He didn't make it intentionally controversial or sacrilegious, he illustrated it very literally (in his own style, so... the women have large derrieres).

He was asked by /Liberation/ magazine for a cartoon regarding the Charlie Hebdo attack.

He made one, not reservedly, but with trepidation.

http://observer.com/2015/01/legendary-cartoonist-robert-crumb-on-the-massacre-in-paris/

Here's a link to the image itself.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/animationscoop/r-crumbs-response-to-charlie-hebdo-incudes-swipe-at-ralph-bakshi-20150109

brilliant!!

David Cameron still refusing to join in a political sideshow:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30808252

The major broadcasters have agreed to let UKIP (a right wing fringe party) in on the televised debates, but refuse to allow the Greens (an established, growing, left wing party) to partake.
Cameron has stated that unless the Greens can be involved, he's not taking part.

I'm with him on this one. The televised debates are supposed to be just that, yet by only invited the right wing lot they're catering to the a media circus, almost certainly drumming up hatred and bile. Very little politics will be involved.

But the other leaders are still crying foul, saying that Cameron is running scared. Maybe he just doesn't want to take part in what would obviously be a childish slanging match.

Cameron's motivation is that he sees UKIP as splitting the Tory vote, so wants the Greens there to split the left-wing vote. It's nothing to do with inclusivity.

But for all that, I agree that the Greens should get a platform. In our first-past-the-post system, it's extremely difficult for a non-established party to get an MP and have any sort of parliamentary representation. The fact the Greens did this certainly earns them a seat at the table.

Here is an excellent defense of Charlie Hebdo for any that care to read it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lliana-bird/charlie-hebdo_b_6461030.html

To be honest, like many of us, I really didn't know much about Charlie Hebdo in particular and French satire in general before this tragic attack, so I could only offer my general defense of free speech and expression. This article provides much more context.

A message of unity after the terrible events in Paris, especially for those feeling scared and vulnerable, from and for all cultures and religions. http://s1140.photobucket.com/user/Lusus-Saule/media/Walk-512-2c.png.html

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Oh Pastey

Can't see anything in pointy brackets.

How did you know it was there, then?

I can see the pointy brackets, just not what is inside them.