Ok, so I REALLY need to get better at keeping to a set schedule, trying to do this on a daily basis with a full-time day job isn't the easiest, as a result I think I'm going to try cutting this down to a once a week type deal.
So there area a few things I wanted to chat about, firstly if you remember I was talking a while ago about rapist Bob Hewitt and his appeal to the constitutional court to try and block his incarceration after being convicted of rape, well thankfully sense has prevailed and his appeal has been overturned, meaning that he now has seven days to present himself to a police station to be put into prison.
Next up is the American Baptist Pastor Steven Anderson who had applied for a visa to enter the country on a soul winning mission. For those who don't know, Stevie boy is a bit of a cunt, in his own words he celebrated after the shooting in Orlando left 50 gay people dead, "there are 50 less paedophiles in the world". More than that, he has also publicly called for the execution of all homosexuals. So you know, all round great guy!
Well the South African Minister of Home Affairs has denied his visa application on the basis that he will most likely incite social violence. personally I'm very much in two minds about this, is the guy a complete twat? I don't think there are many that would disagree. Does that mean that the South African government has the right to restrict his travel and free speech? Technically yes. According to the South African constitution, freedom of speech can be limited if it discriminates and incites violence, lines that Anderson clearly crosses.
My problem is that I have a very difficult time whenever free speech is impeded, I think that the argument could definitely be made that neither Anderson, nor any of his ilk would have the balls to actually DO anything and thus doesn't actually pose a danger. That's just my view though and certainly doesn't line up with the constitution.
In other infuriatingly ironic news Richard Keenen, formerly the mayor of Hubbard, Ohio, who was quoted as saying "I'm a Christian. Dedicating my life to Jesus has changed my life," going on to say "Don't preach it, but live it". That was back in 2010 after being sworn in as mayor holding the position for two years. So what's the wanker been up to lately? Why nothing other than raping a four year old of course! He voluntarily admitted to this after checking himself into a psychiatric facility after feeling suicidal. Even worse the arsehole blames the victim, saying that she initiated the acts and was a willing participant. Here's a free tip Richard, I'd actually respect you if you had gone to a psychiatric ward and admitted that you had an attraction to kids BEFORE you raped a four year old, that way you could at least get some help!
Well, that's all folks, as usual, comment and subscribe. Have a good one!
Ta,
G
Showing posts with label Bob Hewitt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bob Hewitt. Show all posts
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
A self perpetuating cycle
Evening all,
I feel like I'm harping on a bit about this but with the latest news coming from Orlando I can't help but feel I need to share my opinion. To those who haven't seen the latest, it turns out that the shooter was most likely gay, and had been frequenting the same bar the incident happened at. Now please don't take this as sympathy for the shooter, loads of people have been through similar circumstances and not walked out the other side guns blazing, but at the same time I think that society needs to at the very least take a long hard look at how we accept discrimination of the LGBT community.
Here is a man who despised who and what he was with every fibre of his being. Despised it enough that he felt the need to end a large number of people's lives with the knowledge that his would most likely end as well. The more I read and learn about this man, the more I can't help but find his story sad. Do I think he's a piece of shit? Without a doubt, but one can't help but wonder what would have happened if he would have been supported by his family rather than ostracized.
So rapist Bob Hewitt (Fuckit, the doos is no better than rapist Brock Turner) has applied for his bail to be extended so that he has time to appeal to the constitutional court for his sentence of 6 years, (yup, 6 years of his life for ruining the lives of two women, pretty fucking pathetic if you ask me). As you may have gathered from my tone, I have little sympathy for rapist Bob Hewitt, the man is a pedophile, yes I commend him for not acting out for decades but that by no stretch of the imagination excuses him for his past crimes. Let the fucker rot!
For us here in South Africa, tomorrow is a public holiday, Youth Day to be exact. The holiday is to commemorate the youth uprising that began in Soweto on the 16th of June 1976. The crux of the matter was twofold, firstly Afrikaans had just been introduced as a compulsory subject nation wide, this brought the main reason for the uprising to boiling point, inferior education for the native black population.
The march began peacefully enough with students simply wanting to voice their grievances, however the police soon arrived and the situation was exploded into violence that lasted almost a year. The official death toll claimed that only 23 students were killed. By the time that the violence simmered down there were close on 700 people dead.
I think it's important to remember and reflect on the reasons that we have these public holidays, especially in a time where racism in South Africa seems to be rearing it's ugly head again. We as the people of South Africa need to remember the pain and suffering that racism has brought us in the past, we need to remember the brave students who gave their lives on that fateful day so that all of us could live free and happy.
Well I think that's enough rambling from me tonight, I'll leave you with a video featuring a very talented spoken word artist named Prince ea:
Please remember, I don't own the content. If you like what you watched please visit his website: http://www.princeea.com/
As always, please feel free to comment and follow, also remember to like the facebook page above.
Ta,
G
I feel like I'm harping on a bit about this but with the latest news coming from Orlando I can't help but feel I need to share my opinion. To those who haven't seen the latest, it turns out that the shooter was most likely gay, and had been frequenting the same bar the incident happened at. Now please don't take this as sympathy for the shooter, loads of people have been through similar circumstances and not walked out the other side guns blazing, but at the same time I think that society needs to at the very least take a long hard look at how we accept discrimination of the LGBT community.
Here is a man who despised who and what he was with every fibre of his being. Despised it enough that he felt the need to end a large number of people's lives with the knowledge that his would most likely end as well. The more I read and learn about this man, the more I can't help but find his story sad. Do I think he's a piece of shit? Without a doubt, but one can't help but wonder what would have happened if he would have been supported by his family rather than ostracized.
So rapist Bob Hewitt (Fuckit, the doos is no better than rapist Brock Turner) has applied for his bail to be extended so that he has time to appeal to the constitutional court for his sentence of 6 years, (yup, 6 years of his life for ruining the lives of two women, pretty fucking pathetic if you ask me). As you may have gathered from my tone, I have little sympathy for rapist Bob Hewitt, the man is a pedophile, yes I commend him for not acting out for decades but that by no stretch of the imagination excuses him for his past crimes. Let the fucker rot!
For us here in South Africa, tomorrow is a public holiday, Youth Day to be exact. The holiday is to commemorate the youth uprising that began in Soweto on the 16th of June 1976. The crux of the matter was twofold, firstly Afrikaans had just been introduced as a compulsory subject nation wide, this brought the main reason for the uprising to boiling point, inferior education for the native black population.
The march began peacefully enough with students simply wanting to voice their grievances, however the police soon arrived and the situation was exploded into violence that lasted almost a year. The official death toll claimed that only 23 students were killed. By the time that the violence simmered down there were close on 700 people dead.
I think it's important to remember and reflect on the reasons that we have these public holidays, especially in a time where racism in South Africa seems to be rearing it's ugly head again. We as the people of South Africa need to remember the pain and suffering that racism has brought us in the past, we need to remember the brave students who gave their lives on that fateful day so that all of us could live free and happy.
Well I think that's enough rambling from me tonight, I'll leave you with a video featuring a very talented spoken word artist named Prince ea:
Please remember, I don't own the content. If you like what you watched please visit his website: http://www.princeea.com/
As always, please feel free to comment and follow, also remember to like the facebook page above.
Ta,
G
Thursday, 9 June 2016
Nkandla was a bargain! (Let's just be grateful there were minimal protests about it)
Evening all,
Blade Nzimande announced on Wednesday that the price tag associated with the #FeesMustFall protests have reached an astounding R460 million Rand. To put that into perspective, old Jacob could have built two Nkandlas for the same price! Now don't get me wrong, I have absolutely no problem with student protests, which have a long history of changing the world for the better, (just look at the protests in the America during the sixties). What I DO have a problem with is the rampant violence and destruction by the protestors. As far as I'm concerned, the idiots that are causing damage should be locked up and made to contribute to the restorations required, a percentage of future earnings to be taken, for the rest of their lives if necessary.
In an update to the Jesus Dome saga, there are reports about scammers creating false social networking adverts to raise money to help rebuild the Dome, something that the church leadership is less than happy about. Apparently the church wants exclusive rights to people's wallets, saying that they never solicit funds using social media, and if anyone wishes to donate money that they should contact the church directly. Not funny when the shoe is on the other foot I suppose, (though one church official was quoted as saying that the scammers should go to their church, perhaps he's wanting to recoup some of their losses?)
This leads me to wonder why government lets itself be scammed by religious institutions, just look at some of the mega churches or some of the bigger mosques, surely if they can afford to build something that has capacity for thousands of people they can afford to be taxed on it? As far as I'm concerned we need to remove "Religion, Belief or Philosophy" from the list of Public benefit activities, I'd love to hear how any of those things are of benefit to the general public.
In good news, the former professional tennis player, Bob Hewitt's appeal against his six-year jail sentence has been dismissed by the Supreme Court of Appeals in Bloemfontein. I will say that the hugely troubling thing about that is the fact that the sick fucker only got 6 years for two counts of rape and one of sexual assault, all on minors. Also troubling was the fact that the judge considered Hewitt's age, health as well as the length that had passed since the crimes were committed when considering sentencing. Personally I feel that none of these things should play any contributing factors when determining the term of a prison sentence. six years for ruining three (that we know about) women's lives? Doos should have had his cock chopped off.
The comedy clip comes from George Carlin again, a brilliant piece from him about the best bullshit story ever, religion:
Please note that the content isn't owned by me, I also figured it might be a good idea to post a link to the official George Carlin homepage:
http://georgecarlin.com/
As always, please feel free to comment, and subscribe. I've also started a facebook page, just follow the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/theangryafricanatheist/
Thanks for reading,
G
Blade Nzimande announced on Wednesday that the price tag associated with the #FeesMustFall protests have reached an astounding R460 million Rand. To put that into perspective, old Jacob could have built two Nkandlas for the same price! Now don't get me wrong, I have absolutely no problem with student protests, which have a long history of changing the world for the better, (just look at the protests in the America during the sixties). What I DO have a problem with is the rampant violence and destruction by the protestors. As far as I'm concerned, the idiots that are causing damage should be locked up and made to contribute to the restorations required, a percentage of future earnings to be taken, for the rest of their lives if necessary.
In an update to the Jesus Dome saga, there are reports about scammers creating false social networking adverts to raise money to help rebuild the Dome, something that the church leadership is less than happy about. Apparently the church wants exclusive rights to people's wallets, saying that they never solicit funds using social media, and if anyone wishes to donate money that they should contact the church directly. Not funny when the shoe is on the other foot I suppose, (though one church official was quoted as saying that the scammers should go to their church, perhaps he's wanting to recoup some of their losses?)
This leads me to wonder why government lets itself be scammed by religious institutions, just look at some of the mega churches or some of the bigger mosques, surely if they can afford to build something that has capacity for thousands of people they can afford to be taxed on it? As far as I'm concerned we need to remove "Religion, Belief or Philosophy" from the list of Public benefit activities, I'd love to hear how any of those things are of benefit to the general public.
In good news, the former professional tennis player, Bob Hewitt's appeal against his six-year jail sentence has been dismissed by the Supreme Court of Appeals in Bloemfontein. I will say that the hugely troubling thing about that is the fact that the sick fucker only got 6 years for two counts of rape and one of sexual assault, all on minors. Also troubling was the fact that the judge considered Hewitt's age, health as well as the length that had passed since the crimes were committed when considering sentencing. Personally I feel that none of these things should play any contributing factors when determining the term of a prison sentence. six years for ruining three (that we know about) women's lives? Doos should have had his cock chopped off.
The comedy clip comes from George Carlin again, a brilliant piece from him about the best bullshit story ever, religion:
Please note that the content isn't owned by me, I also figured it might be a good idea to post a link to the official George Carlin homepage:
http://georgecarlin.com/
As always, please feel free to comment, and subscribe. I've also started a facebook page, just follow the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/theangryafricanatheist/
Thanks for reading,
G
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