me going to this! we've been asked for manifesto suggestions, me and a certain person (clue: messy) have come up wiv some, here they are, let's see if you can do better!

1. We should focus on aims not beliefs.

belief systems are inherently fixed doctrines that cannot change. the only constant in the universe is change, for the successful evolution of humanity we must stive forward without doctrine or dogma but with a clear aim for a better world; willing and ready to adapt and modify the path where needed.

all belief systems of the 20th century have become outdated, the 21st century needs new ways of organising thoughts, the world does not stagnant. although the above point may seem to rely upon semantics, as chomsky says, we create our world with words.

2. The right to rave.

this policy is based on the human right to enjoy life. the need to dance, listen to music and come together in social spaces*, should never be subject to licensing, legislation or law. in fact, every human should have the freedom to spend half their year persuing whatever they like. work will take up the other half, whatever work is, this will also be a choice (training available on demand). this would create a world where full employment is a reality and a pleasure.

*this may not be your definition of rave, if so change as you like

3. food is family, love it

we are one. we are family. evolutionary theory shows us, quite clearly, that we are all related. we are, all of us; the plants, the insects, the birds, the mammals, the bacteria in your stomach, the fungi on your genitals, one family. we should treat each other as such, this should be demonstrated in the policy to ban any act of cruelty to animals, to keep any life form in any less than the basic minimum of standards (space to roam/wash/act a bit freaky) should be illegal.

this most importantly needs to be implemented in the farming industry and the human industry.

4. third world protectionism as standard.

this policy needs no explanation, other than the right for all peoples to defend their trade and industry from the exploitations of the world market. put people first.

abortion, the moral choice.

i've always held that the only positions worth holding are those of the extreme. the (very good) reason for this is that by taking the extreme position you change the terms of the debate. take the issue of drug legislation. simply calling for cannabis to be decriminalised will do you very little good (if that's what you want) saying, on the other hand "legalize all drugs" and suddenly decriminalising a little bit o' weed becomes almost reasonable by comparison.

the same is true of abortion. it's no good framing the debate in terms of pro-choice vs. pro-life. this just means your middle ground (i.e. the consensus view) is highly-controlled access to abortion that your doctor can refuse to perform. if, on the other hand, you come out actively in favour of abortion (say pro-death?) the terms of the debate shift without anyone noticing, like the rocks beneath our feet, and the pro-choice view (easy access to abortions, when and where you want it) becomes the reasonable consensus choice. for those who like to have a half-baked argument to back up their views (useful for dinner-parties, bar-fights etc) please, dear reader, read on.

let's look at the evidence shall we? in the blue corner we have life, in all it's technicolour (and yes colour does have a 'u' in it, you yankee language manglers) glory and in the red corner death, the grim reaper. now it's not often that those nominally on the side of life (i.e. the living) support death, but thinking outside the box is my kinda thinking, so let's see where it takes us...

first up: life, & what can we say about this little experiment in self-replication? survival of the fittest, winner takes all, red in tooth and claw, nasty, brutish and short. not exactly what one could call good, beneficent or something one could ascribe any of the positive adjectives to. still we persevere. but why? maybe it's time to say "no more!", "not in my name" or any other sundry hippyism. suffice to say life just ain't all it's cracked up to be.

now death, what do we usually say about those of us lucky enough to achieve the nirvanic state of no longer living? they are "at peace", "resting in peace" or "sleeping with the angels/fishes". you may have noticed a theme here. that theme (for the less astute amongst you) is peace, no longer struggling, finally able to relax and let go. so why, i ask, are we inflicting this torture on successive generations? what, i ask, is the point?

the answer is that there isn't one. so let us all join together in an effort to stamp out life altogether, even the bacteria, although in lacking a central nervous system they can't technically suffer. they will though, no doubt, get together again to form multi-cellular life (they've done it the once and i, for one, don't trust 'em not to do it again) so let us all firstly, focus on eliminating life on this planet before building an intergalactic star-ship, donning feathery masks (fake feathers, obviously) and ensuring that life is eliminated throughout the universe!!! bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaaa!

funny ha ha

more funny video shit and shit. lazy, i know, but i haven't had an original thought in weeks...

me old dear

my very sainted mother (not so) recently went into hospital as she was one of the many people coming down wiv cancer (there's a jade goody joke in there somewhere, but i've yet to get a laugh from it yet, so i'll leave it for now)

she was recovering from one of the many procedures she suffered in a valiant (and, thankfully, successful) attempt to escape the clutches of the horseman we all like least, when she was visited by a well-meaning christian friend (many of my mother's friends are of that persuasion, i've tried telling her, i really have..) who, whilst discussing (for some bizarre reason) the finer theological implications of my mother's suffering, said:
"we don't know why god had this in his plan for you?"
to which my mother (quite innocently) replied:
"somebody thought this was a good idea?"

kinda sums up my entire argument against any kind of theism/deism/paganism really...