Rant

Still heavily into Oz band The Church and have just secretly found the elusive album, Seance which is supposed to be great.

Must push folks to listen to The Forum on BBC Radio podcasts. The philisophical debates are amazing.

However, the problem that I see is making the money grabbing bankers and corporations release control and their view to lay claim to resources on the land of native inhabitants. Did you know that the jungles in Borneo are being cut down faster than the Amazon forests? Aljazeera did a report on the indiginous people there being forced out by the Malaysian government to make way for resource extraction. This monster that is devouring the Earth, so self justified and self protecting. I heard recent report on the use of Cost Analysis placed on everything to avoid any moral or ethical decision making. So all decisions really, and I mean really, come down to "will it make a profit?". Whether it be Philip Morris cigarettes to the Chech Republic or removal of a sub culture hidden in the jungle. Obsurb decisions are made at the highest level regarding all sorts of issues and based purely on economics. Check out The Reith Lectures if you want to know more (Thanks, Matty).

Now I hear that Tony Blair is going for President of Europe. Holy Fucking Christ. Is this club just open for a few at the top? I think so.

As I wander around Hat Yai I witness how selfish most people are. Snotty people in expensive cars. There is a great docu out there called China Blue about a peasant girl in China who heads to a factory job in the city. The clothing factory where she works for 0.4 Yuen an hour is owned by an ex-policeman and the main customers are Levis etc. The owner is a hoot. Completely self-congratulating that he made it and relates to his staff as sub-human and not appreciative of culture, as he does a bit of Caligraphy to show the cameras he has culture. The show makes him out to be a complete wanker obviously - and he is.

And of course in the vast majority of cases the higher up the tree you are, the more you believe in it and buy into it and argue viciously to anyone who questions it, and of course spouts off a load of fluffy crap to justify unethical practise.

Did you know that 20% of the worlds coral reefs are now dead, and 50% close to extinction.

And of course (Peter knows about this) other problems are occuring in the ocean. Real bad problems, relating to the acidity of the ocean and the carbon dioxide absorbed by it.

Another interesting show was on the growing level of intolerance people are expressing upon one another and the constant noise that we surround ourselves with.

Anyway, back to Empire Total War. The irony!