Friday, May 18, 2007

For about 8 years now, one of my favourite movie gossip websites was Ain't it Cool News.

Alas, after today I shall not return to that website. Evidently, the site was having a joke contest, and one of the jokes was racist, in both it's language, and perpetuation of stereotypes.

Saddens me when this happens, a website that supposed to be fun, has become a breeding ground for hate.

This has been a mixed week for your correspondent, a hand pump went into the air when Jerry Falwell died alone in his office. Rare someone comes along who perpetuates hate like him. His god was a nasty creature, who wanted people to conform to his narrow standards of morality. He corrupted the teachings of Jesus to forward a political agenda that sought to put large portions of the US population under a jackboot. But now he's dead and the world is a much brighter place with his absence.