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when are M.A going to realise they should be paying as much attention to their songwriting as their production ??? Dark gloomy & frequently dull, nothing wrong with dark & gloomy as Mezzanine was but M.A should never be dull.The choice of vocalists is also questionable, i mean Guy from Elbow, C'mon? We waited 7 years for this ?
PC Shiny Buttons and his madness as an over-zealous officer of the so-called law. What a prat. Imagine having the audacity to issue a fine to a motorist for blowing his nose whilst stationary in a queue of traffice.
Is it any wonder that a large number of the ordinary man has little faith in the Police force ? I think not. Its coppers like PC Stuart Gray that are making this attitude from the public worse and their attitude to their errors, or lack of admittance to error, is increasing public anger.
THe driver of the vehicle is correct to refuse to pay the fine, and in a normal democratic country one would think that the powers that be, the prosecutors in law. But no. In their wisdom, they are supporting PC Shiny Buttons with their chase of the fine and upholding the law as dealt out by the Police Force of Scotland.
What makes this worse is in the same paper, the story of other Police Officers being let off with a slap on the wrist, not even that, for causing an accident with an Ambulance whilst driving recklessly and at high speeds. This is irresponsible madness and if this had been a member of the public, they would surely have been imprisoned. They are lucky the paramedics in the vehicle were not killed or more seriously injured. And what about the time spent cutting the coppers out of the police vehicle.
Crown lawyers are sailing dangerously close to allowing the Police free reign to terrorise the public and no matter what they do, they have the support of the Crown. A bad day indeed for the Police.
So Margo MacDonald MSP, who has Parkinson's disease, has put forward a bill to make it legal for someone to seek help in ending their life. At the moment, its not illegal to commit suicide in Scotland, but someone who assists can be charged with culpable homicide. The bill is to enable those who have a degenerative condition to ask a doctor to assist in helping them end their life.
The doctors, who are placed in an awful position, may refuse if they have reservations on religious or moral grounds.
Margo MacDonald said "This bill is meant to redress that unfairness to give those people the autonomy to exercise some control over how they die to give them the legal right to seek assistance and to protect the people who would give them assistance."
Im not sure how i feel about this as I can see how Margo is in a position and this is close to her heart, but i have an awful feeling that this could be a slippery slope which, if in law, could be challenged by those who are seeking to end th elife of relatives without their consent. I know thats not the point of the proposal, but challenges to law are often made. It would be horrendous to think that our old folk feel threatened by a law made in good faith, but the good faith of the lawmaker is easily altered through the self-serving greed of some individuals.
Im not sure if im against this or not, but im swaying in that direction. Pro-life groups are against it but i dont side with their relentless rallying against abortion and the women and doctors who abort. Discussion is required on assisted suicide and may clarify the proposal and put in place more robust safeguards for those who are in need of help.
One of the founding fathers of the USA, Benjamin Franklin said
"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
There is a man that knows a thing or two !
I was reading about Myleen Klass and her brush with a couple of burglars/neds/whatever. They were staring at her through a window of her home and so she grabbed a knife and banged on the window to scare them off. After calling the police, she was informed by the officer that she could be charged with carrying an offensive weapon even in her own home!!
I am astonished at that as I thought that a home owner in this country could protect their property with some force. Bloody sure that if somebody appeared at my window and I felt threatened by their actions I would be prepared to kick the living shit out of them and have no qualms about it.
My family and I were leaving my Mother in Law's house in East Kilbride on Boxing Day at around 21:00 hours and my son ( 5 years old ) looked up at the sky and noted 4 bright orange lights in the sky. They were bright, silent and moved at a uniform distance from each other. They seemed to be remaining at the same height and were moving at a uniform speed. It was very strange.
Last night, Hogmanay, I saw a similar sight in the sky where I and my wife saw two orange lights. One was at a high altitude and the other was lower, but again they were silent and moving at a fair speed.
Im not saying these lights were UFOs, but it was a strange sight. I have heard of people getting Chinese lanterns, which are lit and then released, but not having seen these I am unable to comment.
Im sure the lights were not planes or helicopters as they only had one visible light, whereas aircraft of any type have a number of lights, though I am no expert.
Anyway, it was a strange sight and one that must have been witnessed by a large number of people across Glasgow.
