Watching a programme about Live Aid and the famines still plaguing Sub-Sarahan Africa, I had to wonder about ways to solve this terrible dilemma. Long-term, there are always condoms. But in my search for a more immediate solution to the continent’s woes, I drew inspiration from another group in crisis: The Catholic Church. You...
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I guess I’m a bit behind the news on this one but apparently the Frogs have decided to ban the Burka. Now let’s get one thing straight here, I hate the fucking Burka, whenever I see someone wearing the thing I think ‘dang I wonder if she’s hot?’ Such a fucking waste … then...
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So Pope Benedict XVI is commencing his tour of the UK today. Unfortunately he’ll have to do so without his right hand man. Yup that right, this guy Cardinal Kasper (seriously that’s his name) was supposed to be Pope Benedict XVI’s main man in his tour of the UK however that was until Kasper learned...
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When people think of the dark side of religion, the first things that come to mind are usually Islamic terrorists or paedophile priests. Some people regard western “Crusaders” as the big threat. When someone is invoking the name of their god when they’re screwing you over, you’re not going to be too fond of...
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So basically this guy Terry Jones wants to stir up shit and get a bit of publicity by conducting a good old fashioned book burning. Well he’s got both now. He stated his reasons as the following: ”How much do we back down? How many times do we back down? Instead of us backing...
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The biggest environmental issue facing our world. What is it?
Global warming and climate change wreaking havoc with the planet’s weather systems? Deforestation, leading to soil erosion and collapsing ecosystems? Water shortages, leading to crop failure and resource wars?...
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Christ almighty will this shit never end? Now when most people look at the Israel/Palestine situation they normally come down heavily on one side or the other. This is because said people are unable to see things from two perspectives. Over here the one sided view is usually the Palestinian side, (i.e. the Israelis...
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I’m sure most of you are aware of Ireland’s utterly retarded, backward and embarrassing blasphemy law. According to the Irish Constitution it is unlawful to blaspheme. So to commit blasphemy in Ireland is to break the law and therefore make you a criminal. But what exactly is blasphemy? I’ve looked up a number of...
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So I think most of us can agree that Pope Benedict’s tenure in the Vatican has been about as successful as Wayne Rooney’s tenure at the World Cup. But is Ratzinger really that bad? How does he compare to his illustrious predecessors? Well let’s have a look. Pope John XII I’d take Ratzinger over...
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Ireland, a hub of modernity. My ass. Our national mindset more resembles those of grovelling peasants, bowing and scraping to our “betters” in the Daíl, the banks and the churches...
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