Been a while, hasn't it

Browsing BBC, as you do, I came across a few news stories that had been commented on, but not had any depth involved before I left this morning, so I read them online. Which means you, as if anyone reads this, gets the bulk of the feedback.

First thing that I came across was an article about junkfood being banned in schools. On the whole, it makes sense. No problem with the idea what so ever, kids are turning into little fatties these days. However, I must argue with the point of banning things like junk food. In my experience, regardless of school rules, students in secondary school will always find a way to get junk food from external sources. In my experience, only the first years eat in the cafeteria, because they don't know where else to do. However, once they do know, the cafeteria becomes abandoned. And what about the lunch pass system, which I am sure exists in other schools too. Does that mean people over the age of 16 can eat what they want when they want because they're in sixth form, or college? Yeah, that makes sense. It's an idea similar to that of the drinking age. Kids will always get their hands on it, one way or another. Banning things just makes them do it more, I know, because it wasn't so long ago that I was among them.

Of course, that isn't the end of it. No no, I carried on. I came across an article regarding the UN and the US. The UN has said the US 'must end secret detentions'. Okay, human rights is an issue, and if they turn out to be innocent, they're going to be pretty fucked up for the rest of their lives. However. What if they don't turn out to be innocent? The UN seems to be trying to ban everything that might be dangerous. I think the UN should be seen as Health And Safety of the battlefield. As it's on the battlefield, the Americans can do something they're very good at. Shooting their own side. With the UN dead, hopefully Hans Blix, we can continue to shoot at people with depleted uranium bullets, and kill them, rather than be shot at with depleted uranium bullets and be killed by them. It's easy for the tree hugging, pacifist pansy hippy human rights people to sit there and shake their heads, but they didn't get blown up, shot at, or mentally raped by some Arabs. Oh, on the note of the Arabs, they're doing the same as, if not worse, than the US in terms of torture, so bug them for a while, that way you might get shot and leave the way things work alone. We're not in magic land now, you know. This is the real world, and a bullet will kill you.

Ho ho ho, more. A report about Big Brother, oh how I loath that show, and one of the house mates. Apparently he has diuretic syndrome. And the leading member/chairman of the Tourette's Association is worried about this house mate. He's worried not only for the housemate and his condition with the lack of medication (Something I'm sure would be immediately attended to if it got to a dangerous level, even Channel Four aren't that stupid), he's concerned about the effect on children who also have tourette's. Apparently the most common thing about tourettes is should twitching/clicking of the tongue, so fairly noticeable things. Apparently, young children watching Big Brother who know someone with tourette's may be pushed to mock, and tease them. Okay. It's understandable that it's not fair to the children being mocked, teased, whatever kids do these days. However. With something as noticeable as a shoulder twitch, or a click of the tongue, constantly, kids are already going to be picking on the kid with tourettes, so, sorry Roy, that argument is utter rubbish, now go away and stop bothering my news browsing.

Hmm. Apparently, police are tricking men into telling them information. Tricking? What? Sorry, no. Two men were arrested under suspicion of robbing a bank. The two men were placed in adjacent cells, apparently, which were rigged with recording tools. This wasn't known to the accused, of course. Now. While the accused were talking, they shared information which they would not normally have shared with the Police, leading to their trial for the accused crime. Now. Some people are up in arms saying that the prisoners human rights were violated by the recording without concent. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that the same as an undercover officer wearing a wire? Shouldn't these hippies be protesting about that, too? Seeing as they apparently have nothing better to do than to abuse the police for doing their jobs. Sorry, protesters, but no. You just do not have a leg to stand on here, go the fuck away and stop moaning. You'd be fine with it if it was to catch someone who'd shot your family, so you can just fuck many miles of off.

Coming to a close on a somewhat positive note, twelve UK cities are getting huge wireless zones courtesy of BT, fucking wee! Pay as you go, or subscriber payment plans will be available. This means I no longer have to go to the Apple store to scab internet, and neitehr do you. If BT keep the costs of the subscription down, similar to those of the US, I can imagine this idea taking off just as well as it has done in America, what with the hugely internet driven younger people and students of today, not to mention business people.