28 weeks later

I have to say, that other than two big plot holes, this film was okay. I doubt I am going to watch it again though. Compared to the Night of the Living Dead, this falls short, but it is okay for a Zombie plague film.  I have been watching the series The Last Of Us with my daughter and the human side of the apocalypse is presented much better there.

The film however has its good points. I am always a sucker for films set in London. And for those who watched the first film and enjoyed how the army decimated zombies, watching the same again, but on a larger scale would have appealed to them.

It has some great scenes, notably the helicopter in Regents Park, but the two plot holes I do not like are how one character had a security pass, and how Scarlet was able to outrun zombies despite her wound.

But as I said, I will not be watching this again. 

JK Rowling and censorship

As time goes on, I find that the radicalisation of JK Rowling has made her less appealing to me.  As posted before, while I agree with many of her views, her insistence on misgendering people, is rude and I find myself disagreeing with her more often. 

Like her, I do not consider Transwomen to be women, any more than I consider Rachel Dolezal or Ali G to be black, even though they identify as so.  For the record, while I know it is considered transphobic by many, I consider transwomen to be transwomen, and then I subdivide them into those with or without a penis. Due to this view, others consider me to be transphobic, and I accept that label, though I do so reluctantly.

Anyway, back to the reason for this post. A bookshop has made the news for censoring JK Rowling. It has chosen to do so due to her support for certain legal cases and her views on certain aspects of transgender rights. It has every right to do so and continues the tradition of censorship of her work which precedes her essay, when those on the religious right wanted to restrict access to her books.  Book burning took place back then and has continued since. In fact she topped a leaderboard for censorship attempts befoe…

It is interesting how many tran-rights activists who disagree with JK Rowling now agree with some religious groups that censorship is needed.  The ultimate irony of course being that JK Rowling would decline to censor those who disagree with her on transgender issues even if she had the power. 

Farage and helping the rich

This week, Nigel Farage has proposed a policy to help the rich.  Not the poor, the super rich.  To be fair, I do think that his plan the Britannia Card, has some merit, but I think that the fee that he suggests the rich pay is way to small.

While ideally I would like the super rich to be taxed more, when nations do that, they leave. Nations have agreed on coordination on this, but later, not now.

Keir Starmer, Palestine Action and terrorism

The past record of Starmer as a lawyer is being used against him.  This time, by the left.  He has had his past work used by those on the right in the past, those on the right pointing out that he had represented Abu Qatada but forgetting that he did so due to the 'cab rank rule' before he started to prosecute terrorists.  Now the left are doing the same when it comes to the actions of Palestine Action.  

While there is debate as to if the actions of Palestine Action should be considered terrorism, an overlooked issue is how much force should be used to defend bases.  It is thought that Russia is launching attacks on logistic centres across Europe.  While some on the left and the right will deny this, the simple fact that a lot of arson has taken place.  

So while I think that it is wrong to consider Palestine Action to be terrorists, I do think that those who carry out such actions should also face the risk of being shot when on a base.  While it was protestors this week, looking at what has already taken place in the UK and more recently, Germany, it can be Russian agents next time. 

Starmer and supporting the USA when it attacked Iran

People have been complaining that Starmer has either not shown the USA enough support in attacking Iran, or has shown too much.

If Starmer backed the USA striking Iran, he would have allowed them to launch the attacks from Diego Garcia, the joint base in The Indian Ocean. He did not and the attack therefore involved the bombers taking off from the USA. 

When Starmer calls for Iran to negotiate with the USA, he also is stating that he expects the US to engage with Iran if Iran takes up this call. This is a call made by other leaders as well. 

LGB rights

As posted before, I am a transphobe.  At least I am deemed so by many. My children, who are aware of my concerns disagree but I see them flinch if I talk about LGB rights as they want me to include the T.

Like JK Rowling, I think that Transgender people exist. I want them to have many rights protected. I do not believe that people should be murdered just for being Transgender. I agree with the Supreme Court ruling about biological sex, but disagree with some aspects of how it is being interpreted, such as with segregated toilets. I do not think anyone with a penis should be allowed to change in communal areas for women. However, I do not consider a transwoman to be a woman. I accept that they are biologically a man and that they deserve many of the rights of a woman, but not all. Due to my view that Transwomen are transwomen and not men, this puts me on the transphobic side of this debate. That and agreeing that more research needs to be done on children who wish to transition also means that I am guilty of transphobia.

I don’t want to be lumped with people who refuse to respect pronouns (which now includes JK Rowling) or deem transgender individuals as being mentally ill. I do think that more research is needed about treating children with puberty blockers and surgery, but I do not agree with any outright ban which forbids this research. But I accept how many will group me with others because of this.

The attack on Iran by Israel and the USA has divided social media. Many are on one side or the other. As I have posted before, I consider both nations to be vile, Iran being the more reprehensible until Israel overtook them with the mass-murder of civilians in Gaza. 

One aspect of this is with rights for transgender people. Iran, unlike many other Muslim countries, recognises that some people are not going to be binary. Some argue that it is better for transgender people to live in Iran than in the UK. They forget two things. One is the oppression and the death penalty for LGB individuals. The other is the second class status of women and the way the Morality Police ensure that women dress in an appropriate manner.

So, Iran offers people the right to transition to women to be treated equally as other women, who are not treated equally! 

See You Next Tuesday

There is an interesting swear word which many women are offended by, but I think is a good thing. Calling someone a cunt to me means that the person has warmth, depth and gives pleasure. It is a good thing, not a bad word and people need to remember that. In fact, a while ago my daughter called me one during a heated argument and I thanked her for the compliment. 

Saying that, there is one exception which is celebrated by many who loathed (or in my case, still loathe) him.