The Blood is The Life 04-04-2012

[miss_s_b]

• Walking: it’s time to take action on this major terrorist threat | Mark Pack
  Count Packula illustrates the absurdity of the CCDP proposals
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• The Fireplace Delusion : Sam Harris
  Today seems to be a day for good analogies
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• EHRC - Commission's statement on privacy
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• BBC News - Pupils 'made more violent by computer games'
  Surely the headline on this hould be "Pupils made more violent by crap, inattentive parenting"? Who do the daft bloody media think supplies the computer games/internet connection/games console/etc.
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• Taking potshots at Labour is not enough
  AC McG makes more sterling points about how we should be behaving in government
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• Letters: Liberal Democrat MPs stand up for data privacy | Law | The Guardian
  I see mostly the same names as stood up for the NHS and voted against tuition fees on that list.
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• Could this be a defining moment for Clegg and the Coalition? | Gareth Epps
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• Ink and Thunder: DRACULA!!! Ah-ah-aaahh.
  It looks like I'm going to have to buy ANOTHER edition of Dracula.
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• Some unsolicited political advice for Nick Clegg
  Jonathan Calder: more incisive than a Spad. I can say this for certain after also being a participant in the phone call he refers to in the post.
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• David Cameron attempts to conciliate Christians over marriage equality - PinkNews.co.uk
  Ugh. This is just vile.
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Comments

[pmoodie]

Ooh, that edition of Dracula looks very pretty. Methinks I'll have to shell out for that! :)

[miss_s_b]

Yes. Becky Cloonan is one of my favourite artists.

[pmoodie]

I hadn't really been aware of her before, but I've been Googling her and I like her style.

[miss_s_b]

* nodnod *

I have been turned on to lots of cool artists by watching Ladies Making COmics and DC WOmen Kicking Ass the last year or so. I follow the blogs of the ones I really like, like Becky.

[pmoodie]

I am horribly out of touch with the world of comics now. I'm sure I'm missing lots of great stuff.

[gwenhwyfaer]

Am I alone in finding myself strangely devoid of resistance for the whole "burning wood is bad for you" thing? It's well-reasoned, well-argued and persuasive, regardless of what emotional associations I might have to a roaring fire. Do people really sputter and go "but, but..." when confronted with something that makes perfect sense? (The only thing I'd have liked to see added to his argument are some links to verifiable evidence, but I'm not sufficiently sceptical of his argument to insist.)

Of course, it's entirely possible that I've missed the point altogether... or maybe all I've done is demonstrate why I'll never hope to be "like a normal person"? *shrug*

[miss_s_b]

No, that was my reaction too BUT I was brought up to respect evidence and scientific method and such by my science teacher daddy AND I'm on the spectrum. Both of these things make it unlikely that I will react in the same way as a "normal" person.

[pmoodie]

On the woodsmoke/religion analogy, I think there are important differences - people who like log fires might be resistant to the idea that the smoke is bad for them, but they're unlikely to go around telling people who don't like log fires that they're going to suffer torment for all eternity, nor do they try to use their political clout to have "Why Woodsmoke Is Good For You" taught in schools.