My Name Is Ursula, But Call Me Urs
I Am From The UK, But Moved To Australia In July 2006
I Am A Pacifist, Anti-War, Anti-Military, Feminist, Vegetarian, Strong Supporter of Animal Rights, Athiest, Anti-Racist, Anti-Homophobic, Basically Anti-Discrimination Against Any Group In Society.
I HATE Smoking
I Have Never Eaten Meat, Smoked A Cigerette Or Touched A Drug, Although I Do Love My Alcohol.
I Am A Socialist, Although Recently I Have Opened Slightly To The Idea Of Libertarian Socialism.
I Have An Amazing Boyfriend, Luke ♥
He Seriously Means The World To Me, And Makes Me So Happy :)
I Don't Know What I Would Do Without Him.
We Are Damn Sexy
I Also Have Amazing Friends
I Miss My Best Friend Shelley So Much
Anarchy/Chaos
Not referring to libertarian socialism.
I don't really believe in anarchy. It's believed that by getting rid of order, you destroy the elite and you'll reach equality. This is rubbish. Instead of power being in the hands of the elite, it will be in the hands of the strong. Once again, it's the workers who will suffer. Big Business's, if they still exist, will crush the chances of any small business getting anywhere, and competition will grow out of control. If they don't exist, what are we to do?? Grow our own food? Doesn't sound like my idea of eutopia.
Anarchy gives everyone the right to do what they want. The police and the army will still exist of their own will, and will be unleashed to do what the hell they want to whoever they want.
And what happens when someone 'destroys the peace'? Say there's a murder in your nice little community? Anarchy says we should let them get away with murder, but our moral instinct tells us they need to be punished. So we punish them, so already there's one law in place. Don't murder. And who decides on the punishment? One person? Dictatorship? Or how about a vote? Democracy?
It sounds good at a distance, but i for one can't be bothered growing my own vegetables, waiting for the right weather to come along or else i'll starve. I'd have nothing to do all day cause no-one would make anything, so no TV or computers or books or whatever to fill the time.
Anarchy Won't Work.
Socialism
Socialism basically means production is owned by the workers rather than by a rich minority. Such a system of ownership benefits both society and the individual.
Society as a whole benefits because we can control production unlike the economic chaos of capitalism, and production is for the common good rather than for individual profit.
It is also individual because workers are no longer a 'collective' mob employed by a minority of owners. Work becomes fulfilling for each worker, who in turn receives the full fruits of their labour. The capitalists and their servants no longer control production nor grow rich from other's hard graft.
All jobs need filling. Society couldn't function without the binman or the milklady, so why the hell should the top dogs reap all the benefits for having a cushty office job? Why are footballers (ie. the millionaires club) paid such ridiculous amounts of money, when a nurse is on 20,000 a year? Is this fair!? Damn right it's not! By vastly increasing tax on the rich, and dropping that of the poor, we will create a happier society for everyone.
We have been ruled by capitalist pigs for far too long now, it's time that the working classes took a stand and rose up against the rich! STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
Libertarian Socialism
A form of governmentless society which is held in the hands of the people, ie. workers unions and communes. In theory this could work, but only on small scales in order for everyone to have their say. Before it could be achieved however, I believe a socialist government is neccessary to form the groundwork, then once society is settled and have things worked out, then government may eventually dissolve.
War
War is wrong. War is sick.
All wars result in the deaths of innocent people. Those who start the wars are never in the firing line, and don't really give a damn about civilians. In the governments eye, as long as we get rid of the other countries leader (and replace them with an equally tyrannous or incompetent one), then it doesn't really matter how many villages are destroyed, how many innocent bodies are massocred. Leaders see it as a game, moving little plastic soldiers in and out of countries at their leisure. Well this isn't a game, these are lives we are playing with; your not children, your supposed to be adults! What example are we setting children, they tell us violence is wrong, then they use bloody conflict to settle their own scores!
Let's look at two of the most recent major wars - Iraq and Afghanistan. They're all happy now aren't they, now the Taliban and Saddam Hussians gone. They feel nice and safe, yes? No! A report to the UN human rights commission in Geneva has concluded that Iraqis were actually better off under Saddam Hussein than they are now! There has been a doubling of child malnutrition since the dictator was overthrown, which is obviously a major blow for the UK and USA! But of course they won't admit it. Afghanistan, which seems to have been swept under the carpet, is still in a complete mess.
Biological and chemical weapons have become standard military arsenals of so many nations, the destructive capacity of even a single combat has grown to such proportions that no one can remain unaffected. If worst comes to the worst and nuclear weapons are used, then we have destroyed the world. It is a terrifying thought, but the cold war has shown us that it is not impossible. Don't worry though, the top dogs in charge have their cosy nuclear bunkers, so they'll be safe. Ah good, that's cleared my mind. Bastards!
Sexism
I can't believe that, in such a "modern, liberal" society, sexism still exists. Not only does it exist, it seems to be floureshing! Adverts on TV use our bodies as objects to sell their products. Do we really need a naked women groping herself in a shower to tell us that shampoo cleans your hair!? Adverts are also sending out a message to guilt trip mums into staying at home! Supermarkets, with lovely slogans such as "that's why mums go to iceland" and "ASDA mums pocket the difference" are trying to poisen us with ideas that women should do the shopping and be mums, whilst dads out at work! What is this, the 1920s!? SPAM also has a great line in the song; "open a tin of spam to feed your man". It's repulsive, and its giving society the wrong impression.
Magazines. They discust me. All you have to do now is step inside a newsagent and you'll catch site of hundreds of half naked/naked women. Not only are mens magazines doing it, but womens too! Anoerexicly thin women with stupidly huge boobs on the front of every cover, signalling us as just commodities for mans desire. They give the impression that women are easy, and those of us with less "attractive" bodies feel even more self conscious, when why the hell should we!? We are PEOPLE, not objects! The fact that magazines and newspapers feature us this way indicates that this is a male dominated society. Men read newspapers, not women, so we'll give them some fun with "girls, cars and football". VILE! If society was fair, there would be naked men on half the magazines, but that would just be "wrong."
Women are strong. We live longer than men. We are more intelligent. We can't get as many diseases, and we have a much higher pain threshold. So why do men feel the need to "protect" us!? It's rubbish! We're not weak, we don't need protection!! If a woman hits a man, he has every right to wollup her one back! Almost 40% of domestic violence is done TO men, but society doesn't want to recognise that!
WE ARE ALL EQUAL! TREAT US AS EQUALS!
Racism
I am against racism of all kinds. How you can be judged on the colour of your skin makes absolutly NO sence. Its like discriminating against someone based on the fact they have brown hair or blue eyes! It's ridiculous. People blame ethnic groups for problems such as gun crimes, but it is not the group that is to blame, it is the individual. People need to understand that every one person is different and unique. But one that most people don't (or don't want to) recognise is that against asylum seekers.
Less than 1% of immigrants come to the UK compared to the rest of europe. The only reason we know or even care about immigrants is because the media tells us to. The likes of the Daily Mail and The Sun poisen our minds with ideas linking asylum seekers to terrorists, and scare monger us into thinking they're taking over our jobs! This is RUBBISH! In fact, the NHS is so short staffed, we are practicly begging people from abroad to come over. About 300,000 work for the NHS, some 200,000 are in the private sector. So that scraps the idea that they are taking our jobs, in fact it seems we don't actually want to fill them!
What gives us the right to go round "liberating" (ie. destroying) other countries, then turn the citizens away when they ask for our help? How dare we invade iraq, place perminant troops there, and then kick them out of our own country when it's obvious they need aid!? We want to "liberate" people from evil dictators (who we put there in the first place), then at the same time send them back to their place of birth to be tortured! NICE! We don't care cause we're not in their shoes. We are SELFISH and NASTY.
What really annoys me is the fact that we are arguing over LAND. What's more important, life or land!? There should be no option! Why should we be able to say who can and who can't live on a certain bit of land!? It's ridiculous! People should get a life and stop with this discrimination against asylum seekers. It's pathetic, and it's only pandering to what the media wants us to believe. The government is looking for scapegoats to blame our economic and socio-economic problems on, and people are falling for it.
BRING THE RACISM TO AN END.
Animal Cruelty
Animals have as much right to life as human beings.
UK Government statistics reveal that every year over 2.5 million animals suffer and die in British laboratories in experiments "likely to cause pain, suffering, distress and lasting harm". An additional 8 million are bred and then destroyed as surplus to requirements. Dogs, cats, monkeys, horses, cows, pigs, mice, rabbits and rats are used. To deliberately exploit, torture and murder another living creature, be they human or nonhuman, is an evil abuse of power.
Scientifically speaking, experimentation on animals is a fundamentally flawed approach to learning about human biology and disease. Differences between the complex biological systems of different species of animals mean that data gained from experiments on nonhumans are unreliable and dangerous. For example, in the 1960's and 1970's, the drug Thalidomide passed safety tests done on animals. It was made to stop morning sickness. However, when used on humans, the effects were catostrophic and as many as 10,000 babies were affected. In many cases, babies affected by thalidomide did not survive. Those who did often had shortened limbs, deafness or blindness. Experiments on animals persist because we need to be seen do be doing something, and a lot of money is saved and profit gained by doing so.
I'm a life-long vegetarian, and believe in this day and age there is no need for us humans to eat other animals. There are plenty of healthier alternatives that don't invlove immence pain, suffering, breaking up of families and also damage to the environment.
Cops
Between 1990 and 2000, in the UK alone there were 548 deaths in police custody, that's more than one per week. No police officer has ever been prosecuted for it.
They are power hungry and power mad. When a police officer is killed, like the one shot in Bradford, it's plastered all over the news like its the end of the world. Hundreds of innocents get killed, but when it happens to a police officer, it's the most important event in history! Many people believe that capital punishment should only be enforced for cop killers. How does this make any sence!? They're only people doing a job, not gods! When my mate stuck his fingers us to a cop car, they pulled up and gave him a five minute lecture. Is this really all they have to worry about!? Is this what we pay them for!?
Jean Charles de Menezer, a young Brazilian, was shot dead by police in London following the new 'shoot to kill' policy, which targets those who appear to be a bit different. They just couldn't wait to try out this new power! Jean was followed his apartment to a tube station, where he was mobbed by PLAIN CLOTHES OFFICERS WITH GUNS. They chased him down to the train, tripped him, jumped on him, and shot him five times in the head at point-blank range, while he was lying unarmed and defenceless on the floor. If they really suspected him to be carrying a bomb in his jacket, they would hardly follow him to a crowded tube station, or trip him up and jump on him! Surely this would endanger the lives of you and the public! There was a huge attempt at a cover-up, as they tried to claim he was "jumping barriors" and "wearing a puffer jacket", but witnesses and CCTV prove these were lies. Ian Blair also delayed it THREE DAYS before forensic teams were allowed on the crime scene, giving the cops plenty of time to fiddle the evidence.
80% of our actions are caught on police cameras. I never knew this was a police state? I never knew we signed up for a police dictatorship?
Also
Religion - The Cause Of All War
McDonalds
Butchers
Farmers
Vivisectors
Fascism + Nazism + Capitalism
Capital Punishment
Guns
Homophobia
Personal Hates
Smoking
Little Britain
"Random" Kids
Period Pains
Football
Getting Old
Little Kids
The Suicide Girls
Women On Myspace Who Feel They Must Be Naked To Make Friends And Stand Out
Ignorance
Vanity
Vegetarianism
The appalling way in which animals are treated in the short lives that they have before and during slaughter is the reason many people, including myself, turn vegetarian.
It is known that in fact most children dislike meat, but are forced or persuaded to eat it. They are made to feel guilty about leaving food - think about the starving Africans - so the child chokes down the chewy flesh, thinking of dying Africans and grows to accept eating meat as a part of everyday life, in much the same way as they're taught to accept dying Africans as normal. It is not necessary to eat meat, nor that there should be starving people in the world, the two things are in fact directly related.
For instance in the USA a huge proportion of farming land is used for grazing livestock, the remaining land is largely used to grow cereals, 85% of which are fed to livestock. 16 pounds of cereal fed to livestock produces only 1 pound of protein! The conclusions are obvious - meat production is an uneconomical and disgustingly wasteful process. If the land was used wisely and humanely there would be no need for starvation to exist. The wastage from the USA alone would supply 90% of the yearly protein deficit of the entire world and all suffering could end.
Despite masses of scientific evidence that says a vegetarian diet is more than adequate for a healthy life, old wives tales about the necessity of meat-eating still exist. Even the National Livestock and Meat Board admits that vegetarians get adequate nutrition. Most meat-eaters argue that meat is a perfect protein food, this is rubbish, many other foods such as Soya supply more easily digested and richer forms of protein than meat. In any case, protein isnt everything. A person can live healthily on a vegetarian diet eating nothing but vegetables and grain, someone eating nothing but meat would soon become very ill.
Anyone who eats meat is accepting and supports mans right to slaughter over 900 million animals every year in the UK, and over 15 billion animals in the USA. If those who ate meat ever visited a slaughterhouse, or if they had to kill for themsleves the animals that they eat, there would be more vegetarians. Nice worlds like sirloin, cutlet, steak, pork and beef are used to cover up the reality of the situation. The slaughterhouse is a horror show, an insult to civilised thinking, a madhouse of blood and guts, a stinking wash of mangled flesh, a bedlam of screams and terror. The desperate animals DO know that they are being led to their death, the blood flows in rivers hot and steaming across the floor, the dying animals kick and twitch, the stench of fear is awful.
Meanwhile, in the supermarket, mother selects a neatly packed piece of meat, no blood on her hands. At supper that evening, the family stuff the limbs and innards of murdered animals into their mouths. Mmm delicious.
Next time you bite into a lump of meat, whatever disguise it comes in, ask yourself if you really need it, ask yourself if you really agree with the terrible suffering and pain and cruelty that put that flesh on your plate.
Meat Means Murder
Animal Testing Companies
Look Out For These Companies On The Back Or Front Of Products!
Alberto-Culver
Arm & Hammer
Allergan Inc.
Bic Corporation
Boyle-Midway
Braun
Bausch & Lomb
Benckiser
Block Drug Co. Inc.
Bristol-Myers
Chesebrough-Ponds
Church & Dwight
Clairol
Clorox
Colgate-Palmolive
Coty
Cover Girl
Del Laboratories
Dial Corporation
Gillette Co.
Helene Curtis Industries
Johnson & Johnson
Lever Bros.
L'Oreal
Max Factor
Mead
Melaleuca
Mennen Co.
Neoteric Cosmetics
New Dana Perfumes
Noxell
Olay Co./Oil Of Olay
Oral-B
Pantene
P Fizer
Physique
Playtex Products
Procter & Gamble
Reckitt Benckiser
Richardson-Vicks
Sally Hansen
Schering-Plough
S.C. Johnson
Soft Soap Enterprises
Suave
Unilever
And For You Alana....
UP THE CLOWNS!
Comment Me:
"Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: 'Because the animals are like us.' Ask the experimenters why it is morally OK to experiment on animals, and the answer is: 'Because the animals are not like us.' Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction." -Professor Charles R. Magel
