Offence and plastic bricks

Lego is anti-Islamic. Who knew?

Why marriage equality has been an important issue for reasons beyond same-gendered folk getting married

A look at some of the broader ramifications of the marriage equality issue.

Bob Katter forms party of like-minded bigoted simpletons

For readers outside of Australia, we have an independent MP known as Bob Katter, aka The Katt in the Hat, The Mad Katter, or simply The Mad Hatter, for his penchant for wearing his cowboy hat everywhere. It's been a little while since he went off to form his 'Australian Party'. Let's see what the crazy old coot is up to.

Human Rights - you keep saying these words. I don't think they mean what you think they mean.

A quick boot into the soft nuts of Australia's proposed religious exemptions to the draft Human Rights Bill.

Burchill, Moore and Transphobia, a sitcom where no-one laughs

A piece about the relatively recent transphobic tirades of Suzanne Moore and Julie Burchill.

My last words on God

Throughout this blog I have occasionally directed ire and venom at the zealot and the religious idealogue. The lazy pragmatism of politics, when combined with the fanaticism of the religious zealot can be frightening. I have been an atheist for a long time now. It is that worldview that informs my distrust and sometimes outright loathing of organised religion. I would like to explain why.

The following post outlines my reasons for being an atheist. It is not a description of every atheist, nor intended to be an authoritative guide to why atheists think the way they do. It is simply my reasoning, and why, when faith collides with governance, science, history or human rights, I find the religious model a sometimes absurd hindrance to finding a better way of doing things.

It's the end of the world as we know it

A small post about all things apocalyptic.

Nibiru. An artist's interpretation, not a photo. Sadly some people - usually the ones who think the moon landing was faked - probably think this is an actual photo.