You may have noticed...

... that Sparky appears to be absent. There are 3 words to explain this:

Blood Elf Mage

That is all.


Well not quite, because there is a moment of shock that is just inexcusable:

Behold the Blood Elf Mage. See the hunger in his eyes, the power in his hands and the magic in his blood. Gasp at his anger, his majesty and yea, even his beauty. Fall to your knees before his might, his will and his hair (got to love the hair). Behold his great staff, his flowing robes and his noble steed - the Chocobo.

CHOCOBO!

My elf is riding a damn chocobo!

When you picture an elf mage you do NOT picture a bloody WARKING awkward OSTRICH!

Can I at least breed a bloody BLUE one or have we replaced the Carrot on a Stick with Millet Greens?! *growl*


And what's worse is the cloth quartermaster in Silvermoon says "you just want a Sunstrider!" NO! I DON'T! I weant a fiery steed or an elegant unicorn or something with more dignity than a freaking EMU! *fume*

And in the extra anger department

The Catholic Church and the Anglican Church have found some common ground to agree on in Britain.

Unfortunately, this common ground is the rather typical bigotry against homosexuals.

The law has now being passed ensuring there is no discrimination against homosexuals when it comes to adoption and adoption agencies - children need a loving home and there are an ever increasing number of gay couples in the country who have loving, nurturing homes to offer and hate should not be a barrier for these families.

Of course, the churches disagree and want an opt out for any adoption services they provide (thankfully the government has refused) on moral grounds. Because it is MORAL to put your prejudice before children. because it is MORAL to use hatred to prevent families forming. And they want the government to recognise, in legislature, that their hatred is MORAL. Thank the gods that never happened

This isn't about their private religious faith and private religious services - this is a public need and public service they are providing - and homosexuals are PART of the public, no matter how much they'd like us all to crawl into a cupboard and die somewhere. And these kids - and these families - need what is best for them - NOT what best suits a 2,000 year old book

The Cartholic church has expressed that if they are forced to consider homosexuals parents they may stop offering adoption services altogether.

Frankly, GOOD! Because if an organisation is this twisted by prejudice I don't WANT them to be messing with the poor kids.

Gah, it's things like this that just confirm my wariness around Christianity. I just have a reflexive flinch whenever I see a cross or hear someone loudly proclaiming their faith in Jesus because I know that there is a good chance that this person hates me for existing.

And it's sad because there are so many good, decent, happy, friendly Christians out there who wouldn't dream of hurting me and mine and recognise my equal rights and the rights fo all homosexuals. I tell myself that the loud ones who hate are just a vocal minority and just stand out more than the good ones.

But then i look at this and wonder if I am just kidding myself? This isn't some lunatic fringe group like Rev Phelps. This isn't even an organisation like Pat Robertson's with untold thousands of followers - this is the Cardinal of the Catholic Church in England and the Archbishop of Canterbury. These are virtually the heads of the Christian church in England. These are the leaders who the others follow and respect - not some fringe firebrand, but major organisations presenting most of the Christians in this country.

It's just so depressing. I don't know whether to fear Christianity for the inherent hostility of the majority towards me or sorrow for it that so many people are getting such a bad name from the bigoted few.

And in the added amusement catgeory

Prescot has revealed that, back in 1957 when he was in the merchant navy, he was nervous about sharing a room with homosexuals.

I think I can safely say, on behalf of all homosexuals (and heterosexual women for that matter) that there is no chance of you been sexually harrassed Mr. Prescott (ewww, that mental image makes me feel dirty. And scarred).

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3526.html

However, as the article says, I wouldn't call him homophobic as he ahs been a partciularly vehement defender of gay rights legislation


If you want to see a homophobic MP, look no further than Ruth Kelly

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=106742007

As an added bit of irony, this bigoted cow was our Women and Minorities minister (now amalgamated into Women and Local government minister). To put it another way, this devout homophobic Opus Dei member (who require oathes that should run quite contary to her position) has been appointed as chief advocate and defender of homosexual equality (among with equality of all other minorities and women). I don't know about women heairng that, but I personally find that troublesome.



And in the "huh?" category, it would seem Gordon Brown and David Cameron have both been voted in as 2 of Britain's 100 sexiest men.

*blink*

Ok, either power is an EXTREME aphrodisiac or there are some sick sick people out there