Revolutionary Rants

I got the Guardian yesterday (it had ‘The Wicker Man’ on DVD free in it!!!) and one article that really stood out for me was this.

Once again, in the post-Irving weekend quiet, the words ‘free speech’ rear their ugly heads… I can’t get away from them at the moment, and this case, as with a great many others recently, highlights the great difficulties we have with ‘granting’ complete liberties in this huge, global, plural world of ours [America's].

First off, don’t get me wrong, I think people that hurt or threaten other people because of the (however awful and disgusting) things they do to animals is akin to pro-lifers killing people in abortion clinics - i.e. it seems to stamp out any point they had in the first place - and I think this kid should be free to say what he wants. However, it is amusing - at best - and creepy -generally -that Professors and pharmaceutical companies are hiding behind a 16-year-old high school drop out (it was ‘too boring’, he apparently wants a fast track to neurosurgery via his blog…) rather than defending their Oxford lab themselves.

Well, typical, really, isn’t it?

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I was just faffing around on the BBC West Yorkshire website and found this interesting article on Huddersfield’s best spot, Castle Hill.

Should you ever be in Huddersfield, do try to get up there: the views are stunning (I remember winning my Dad over to the charms of ‘the Hudd’, when he came to visit me in my first year, with a walk up to the top!). It was my favourite place to go to chill out when I was stressed in the first and second year by University or bloody idiots!!! In fact, I think I might go up there for a walk again sometime soon.

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