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Author Archives: Charles Lambert
Croatia. The Mediterranean as it once was?
Thinking of going to Croatia on holiday? Read this piece by Diamond Walid and see if you fit into the rather narrow range of sexual and racial acceptability demanded by Croatian youths on the lookout for victims (you know, the kind … Continue reading
Posted in church, holiday, homophobia, race, ratzinger
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Lèse majesté
This is the Spanish tourist who went for a skinny-dip in the moat of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Clearly not a wise move…
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Naughty Peter (update)
If you’re on Facebook and really don’t think Peter Mullen should still be in business, or whatever its called, you can join the Sack the Rev Peter Mullen group. Go on, you know it makes sense.
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Naughty Peter
The unsavoury Peter Mullen, (so sorry, the unsavoury Reverend Doctor Peter Mullen) may have been obliged to delete his blog, but the offending passage about tattooing gays can still be found in a cache. (I have ZeFrog to thank for … Continue reading
Posted in homophobia, hypocrisy, peter mullen, religion
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Jam and jewels
The EU is looking into why religious education teachers in Italian schools receive preferential treatment: less rigorous selection (they’re handpicked by the local bishop) and better salaries. Not that they do teach religion, any more than a geography teacher who … Continue reading
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Millstones
Margaret Drabble claims that her publishers, Penguin, are trying to persuade her to dumb her work down and increase sales. She spoke to the Independent: “I do feel publishers are under very strong pressure to sell books rather than encourage … Continue reading
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Fellatio kills
According to the Rev Peter Mullen (click here for more info and a picture), gay people should have government health warnings tattooed on them in the appropriate place. He wrote on his blog: “Let us make it obligatory for homosexuals to … Continue reading
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Where do I begin?
From BBC News: A Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia has called on women to wear a full veil, or niqab, that reveals only one eye. Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan said showing both eyes encouraged women to use eye make-up to look … Continue reading
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Creative Accounting
The last three posts come from a collection of poems I wrote some years ago called Creative Accounting. At the time the expression was new and I was thrilled to be able to use it. Now, of course, as the … Continue reading
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A Letter Home
What’s said remains in the idea of a certain generosity of saying it, of speech. The sink’s been blocked for a week and not until yesterday did we get some acid. I’m glad you’re in love. Will it last … Continue reading
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