10.18.2006

 

World of Warcraft Players Wear Hugo Boss!

My idea of stereotypical World Of Warcraft players: they have mundane jobs, probably of a clerical/office nature for which they have no passion. Once the working day is over they rush home to hit the PC. They leave the accumulating washing up until the weekend and probably never freekin vacuum their rented accommodation. Nerdy, male and pale. I want to be proven wrong! I happen to think, after trying the free 14-day trail, it's great fun especially team based stuff with other human players in this hugely open fantastical world of pure escapism. Most GQ readers won't go near it I presume! But, do lawyers and doctors play it? Do professionals play it even just a bit? Do they toss aside their Hugo Boss suit, shove their Waitrose ready-made meal in the microwave and make a direct run for their PC after work? I dunno! I just wanna know if professionals play it! Leave a comment if you know someone!

10.09.2006

 

British TV documentaries. The Damilola killers.

There are so many documentaries, like dispatches, that uncover terrible things in our society and within institutions. Massive corruption, indifference and suffering. Yes we watch the programs and think oh how awful. The perpetrators at the end of the program apologise for whatever major flaw was revealed usually with some written statement, and the media scope moves on. All is forgotton within a few weeks. Maybe that spied-on individual institution is given a sharp kick, but I bet they gradually return to how shit it was originally. The media got what it wanted: good viewing figures – we all love controversy. Of course there is passion in the media too but with weak government and a highly tolerant society (the people) not a lot really fucking happens that is gonna make a significant difference. Too many factors. The Japanese film 'Ikiru' speaks so much.
Onto some recent news: The Damilola killers, Danny and Rickie Preddie, got a pretty pathetic sentence today. The Judge spoke of how they showed no regret or remorse. One of them showed defiance. Mr Taylor, the father of Damilola, said: "From the outset this case has been a catalogue of failures - failure by the system to keep young people in school and off the streets, failure to prevent them from committing crime and failure by their mentors to give good direction and failure by the authorities to catch them sooner."
The jury heard they had convictions for robbery, some at knifepoint, and witnesses claimed the brothers had confessed to the killing some time ago. DNA evidence got them in the end. The BBC believes they may be out after just 3 years of youth custody. How can this be so? It is truly unbelievable and I feel so sorry for the dignified parents who have waited so long for so little.
May Danny and Rickie Preddie fall on spikes.

10.07.2006

 

It does not add up. Hate crime verses violent crime.

The racist Neil Martin who posted obscene comments on a website in the memory of black teenager Anthony Walker was given almost 3 years in prison. He also got 6 months for child pornography. Now Martin clearly is an evil shitbag, but this does not seem to add up. You can stab someone and get considerably less than this. Teenagers can beat and kill middle aged men and get less than this. You can be drunk and in a stolen vehicle, kill some promising young person and get less than this.
Now let me be clear: 3 years for this hate crime is fine, but if you get 3 years for this then I want to see 10-20 years for stabbing someone (but not killing) and 20 for the teenage killer and 20 for the drunk vehicle-thief killer. It makes sense! Logic must dictate. Words cannot harm people, especially so clearly immature and stupid-sounding, but stabbing can; which I'm pretty sure really fucking hurts and with that rather nasty possible side effect of death too.
The law is an ass.

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