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Oct 16
2007

Posted by richard

Today (tonight actually) we learn that alcohol is bad for you. Pretty much ANY alcohol is bad for you. That’s what the news report said. Specifically it said that those people living in a middle class neighbourhood (then proceeded to show us houses worth £3.75 million) drinking one glass of wine a day are drinking ‘hazardous’ levels of alcohol.

What the f***!?

First of all, £3.75 million house-owners don’t drink cheap plonk. Oh yeah, and aren’t ‘middle class’ by any stretch of the imagination.

Second, what evidence did the BBC and ITV present? Oh yes, that’s right, none. They said a report said it was bad. That’s it. No less days in our lives, no claims about new cancer worries, nothing whatsoever.

Third, one glass of wine a day!? ONE? Give me a break. That’s barely touching the surface of ‘relaxed’…

And that’s what really bugs me. What about car exhaust? What about warning pregnant mothers about that? They can hardly avoid going outside can they? But do they (or we) get warned about that? What about junk food? Do we get warnings about that? Just the mild protestations that it could be bad and we need to watch out.

Surely the news organisations in this nation have something better to do than to scare the crap out of normal people who, let’s be honest, need a drink or two a day just so survive the inane drudgery of life, the skyrocketing mortgage payments and the less than ideal wages we all earn?

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    object to being served by a Muslim Oh, that would be sweet!
 

Oct 2
2007

Posted by richard

And in the world of the insanely sublime, muslims are objecting to selling alcohol at the checkout:

Islamic workers at Sainsbury’s who object to alcohol on religious grounds are told to raise their hands when encountering any drink at their till so that a colleague can temporarily take their place or scan items for them.

How ridiculous is that?

But, some Islamic scholars do believe that it is:

Sainsbury’s said this weekend it was keen to accommodate the religious beliefs of all staff but some Islamic scholars condemned the practice, saying Muslims who refused to sell alcohol were reneging on their agreements with the store.

Let me ask a question of those that object: are you objecting to selling pork products?

What’s next, I wonder? Products made by wholly-owned Christian corporations? What about products made by Jewish companies, I just know that the Muslims love Jews, so that has to be coming soon…

And here’s another question: what about a consumer at the store, can they object to being served by a Muslim? How would that go down, I ask you?

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