My Little World10

I've come to realise how much I hate left-wingers - once again I will have to defend myself as not being right-wing, i hate them both equally, immediately speak out against something politically correct and you're a racist or a fascist or something, even if it's line with basic liberal belief on equality

i am very angry  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7473568.stm

now to be honest this isn't a rant against age discrimination, it's the stuff at the bottom:

"Under plans to make workplaces more diverse, Ms Harman wants to allow employers to appoint people specifically because of their race or gender.

The proposals would only apply when choosing between candidates equally qualified for the job.

But it means, for example, women or people from minorities could be hired ahead of others in order to create a more balanced workforce."

now is that or is it not discrimination?? I firmly believe in equality, if i was employing you frankly i don't care what you or your genitals look like - but because the statistics aren't even we have to just reverse the situation and discriminate against the majority?? i'm sorry but two wrongs don't make a right

firstly - ethnic minorities - Britain is over 85% white-British, and another 6% are white-other, many irish - that's over 92% - let's think statistically here - if you have 10 candidates, chances are only 1 should be from an ethnic minority - but does he/she get the job? should the other 9 even bother showing up because frankly the other guy has an advantage being born the way they were - that is racism, pure and simple - and what happens - is there a quota of ethnic minorities? if only 8% of the population isn't white then how does every company recruit from that group - does it try to get 8% of its workforce  to be 'ethnically challenged'? - everybody wants to be seen as recruiting from a diverse background and every company will put pictures of female workers from an ethnic minority (preferably in a wheelchair) on their website as their 'face' to say 'we're diverse' - but you are overshadowing an absolutely huge majority here, it's not fair to over represent a minority

when i walk into a job interview I don't want to feel at a disadvantage purely because i'm white and have a cock - how is that fair? some groups need a leg up? if they're competing with me then they have a degree and aren't exactly facing a wall of racism/sexism against them, but oh no, they're first choice - welcome to socialist hell based on flawed concepts and statistics - but don't worry because all we nay-sayers are intolerant right-wingers

gender is of course a different kettle of fish - 50% of the pop is female, nothing wrong with that - and indeed few would argue that the workplace isn't dominated by men - but do they have equal opportunities? i would say yes - girls get better exam results at school, there were plenty at university, more girls than boys on my course - that's an opportunity

but it's really hard to get respect in employment - is it? they have exactly the same educational opportunities, and no work is denied to them (bar certain military roles etc) - but the pay gap is still 13p!! so we must force men out of high paid jobs

can you honestly say that there are women out there in britain who are saying society has denied them? - i readily admit this may be a generational thing - maybe i don't see the lines, for example my mother was restricted because of older policies - so therefore maybe we could just wait and see when people born in the 70s/80s become the elderly and see how it's evened out - certainly there is a chasm between opportunities in the older gens, but now? maybe we should wait this out, give it 30 years, because for me having an equal start is the most important - and we have to wait for the old order to go because that can't be changed now - we can't send my mother to college to get a-levels and a degree and be allowed to study physics, but she's still in work, she is disadvantaged - but were she born now? no, i don't think so

of course, do the gov want 50% of binmen(people) to be women? they are predominantly male and nobody cares, how about builders? millions of self-employed men, so the gov gives out grants to self-employed women to up the figures - completely ignoring the fact that maybe women don't want to be tradesmen, which accounts for the majority of self-employed - but no they're all 'entrepreneurs' and women must be equal

women are different, but equal - to steal a famous phrase - it may have been wrong when it was applied to race but can you honestly say it isn't true for the sexes - we are different! end of, it's biology not social darwinism and unfortunately labour have slipped into the left wing beast that blair had to hide in a cupboard and have these ridiculous views on 'society'

all i want is a fair chance - militant feminists like hariet harman just have a chip on their shoulder and can't accept reality, i see an equal society - i see the remnants of one that wasn't - and i also see an interfering government that promotes racism and sexism underneath a politically correct tablecloth of socialism

but of course, i am a nazi (and now i'm on a government list somewhere) - and were these views expressed to certain people i want be shouted down and decried as such, being intolerant and oppressing women - i would actually seriously consider jeremy clarkson politically now - common sense and stop all this bullshit!

oh and on that age thing - insurance going up for oldies? - pretty sure they use statistics that show over-75s cause more accidents - of course they do! old people do have worse health, reactions and eyesight - yes i can show you one 80 yr old who still is as fit as a fiddle - but majority rules here, it's risk assessment

will they stop discrimating against under 21s? they are statistically more likely to have a crash - ive never had one and i'm 22, but i had to pay more - exactly the same but i guarantee that won't be changed (of course if it was it would just be changed to 'new drivers statistically...blah blah')

the best line had to be old people shouldnt be told that health declines as you get older - really? don't these 'health professionals' realise that we are meant to live forever??? i'm 70 but my declining eyesight and hearing can be restored, as can my ailing heart - of course health declines!! - seriously, this isnt worth my effort in arguing against (but of course it sounds great, i'm a miserable cynic who lives in reality) - gordon brown and his crack team of feminist nazis out! 

So unsurprisingly the Irish rejected the Lisbon Treaty that has been hanging around like a bad smell for about 3 years, the ghost of the EU constitution that was killed by the French and Dutch before it made Tony Blair blush

now firstly - i am not a right wing hater of the EU, neither are the Irish - they like the EU, and they're in the Euro, they just didn't like this treaty

the pro-Lisbon lobby will see this as an attack by the ignorant haters of progress, but was it really?

the Lisbon Treaty is a remnant of the failed constitution, which was rejected by the FRENCH for god's sake, thus saving Britain from any responsibility and stopping us being the villain - now the treaty is just a partially watered down version of the constitution (as admitted by every european leader bar Brown) - so do you really think the French, and the Dutch, who voted against it in the first place, accepted the 'treaty' instead?

the answer is of course they didn't, why do you think they haven't bothered with a referendum again? (and no it's not because it's just a treaty, that's the whole reason for doing it as a treaty though)

so basically the european leaders refused to accept defeat and kept pushing, as they did back in 92 - you really think that convinces people like the french to support the thing instead? - no, because it smacks of being undemocratic and elitist bigots in brussels forcing through unpopular constitutional changes

now we british of course love to associate the EU with the dirty french, and we love to feel victimised by seeing them as the big bad guy in the EU who are orchestrating our downfall, so french opposition to it is a particular boost to british euro-scepticism

so we're actually in tune with our old enemy, or at least its people - and that's my main point, it's not that the EU is doomed - look around Europe, and more importantly western europe, the big boys and you see solidarity - the Irish are heroes in the netherlands and denmark, being called 'heroes of democracy' - this is not just the british refusing to play along as we are so often told - the people of europe do not want this and that is what my title refers to - europe is actually united on a popular level, against the actions of the EU - ironic huh?

the french, dutch, british, danish, germans etc do not resent Ireland, and they do not hate each other - we're all in the Union and the desire to remain in it is still the majority feeling but the anger is against the so-called bureaucrats and fat cats sat in brussels trying to make the EU into something that most of the European people do not want - this isn't just some brits resentful of the EU - it's a popular feeling across europe

and that to me is a good thing - i see solidarity and unity across europe, all because these people want to keep their sovereignty - allies, yes, but not a super state - the liberal consesus across (at least western) europe remains and the willingness to co-operate is there, but they don't want more power in brussels, they want europe to be a happy, but individual place

and that is why I, and many people across europe thank the Irish for voting No on this bollocks, because this treaty has been attempted to be implemented through the back door, against the wishes of the people and is thoroughly undemocratic

i guess this appears fairly right wing - but as you can see my main opposition is the whole undemocratic thing, this should be a consesus of opinion, not pushed through by politicians who think it's right

they're arrogant and won't concede defeat - they don't want a decade of work flushed down the toilet and so now the issue will be what to do

two-tier europe is being bandied about, obviously for Ireland and if that were to happen almost certainly Britain - the one good thing ive heard gordon brown say (or rather his aides) has been that he won't sideline Ireland, so the two-tier thing looks pretty desperate

it's frustrating for the european politicians, they have to get 27 members to agree to something and little old Ireland, essentially a minor player with about 6 million citizens, may have put the boot in - it helps that the big boys are popularly against it too but for the EU to ignore one country, no matter how small, would undermine the whole point of it - the idea of 'one europe' would be completely destroyed were the EU to leave out the skeptics amongst its members, there needs to be agreement, from the people especially - if it's going too far and cannot progress then that's where it should be left

hopefully the Treaty will be put out of its misery (probably to return as the vienna treaty or something next year), what i want to see is the whole idea being taken back to the drawing board - it's not as if this is essential work, it's a super-national union, there's no rush or need to increase its powers - ask the people what they want, chances of them agreeing are slim but at least there will be some democracy instilled

i realise this is wholly unrealistic - the EU big wigs will simply continue to decide things their people don't like and try and force it on them - i see that as a mistake, and could well bring it down eventually and if we have to reconsider the whole EU then why not? it's not worth having something lingering over it  

ahh, life can be a bitch sometimes

so we're back on the topic of kiwi girl, and it's something i haven't written about for ages, mainly because i tried to put it out of my mind while i was at uni,

until recently when we had a big chat and opened up, our feelings and what not and realised we both cared far too much - and since then we've been spending hours chatting, maybe about 2 whole nights a week

she gives me subtle hints about how she feels, her best friend, she's my best friend too, but it's sort of like when you marry someone and say theyre your best friend - i'm beginning to understand that now

thing is, she lives around the world and we won't be seeing each other for at least a year

we had probably the most open conversation yet this morning, and she nearly said it - and i wish i could say it myself, but i'm scared of ruining it if she doesn't say the same thing, but weve found we often hide these things that we actually both feel, and im feeling fairly confident she does - setting myself up for a fall

she said that we've reached the limited of what we cant say in person, it's true, i want to be with her, just hold her and nothing i can write can do anything about that, unless it earns me a few thousand quid

i hope she's just holding back for that very reason, it's pointless to take something so seriously over the internet and if we can't be together then she doesnt want to get hurt - i truly hope that's how it is, because that would be great

she also said she was scared we might not both feel the same way in person - now that to me suggests she's worried i wont reciprocate, rather than thinking i love her when she doesn't want me, which would be pretty horrible for her 

she's guarded, and can be hard to read, but all the things lately point the right way - but i just want her right here, right now, i want to tell her and it feels so bad, of course what happens in person also worries me, i hope she feels the same way - she also said something about how we feel in a year, hoping neither of us finds someone else, which we both worry about - surely she feels the same??

i just want to say it! and how am i supposed to wait over a year to do that! i keep saying grab the moment to her, but i do exactly the same thing because im not jumping on a plane right now

oh and then tehre's living arrangements if it works out...i'm hoping to get over the love part first and see what happens - is this the ultimate sexual tension???