Dangerous drunk driver banned from driving

According to the BBC, the actor Kris Marshall has been successfully prosecuted for drink driving. It is news that will bring relief to the thousands of motorists and pedestrians who have to risk their lives every time they step outside their house.

Ok, so sarcasm doesn’t carry over well on the internet, but this is fucking ridiculous. The truth is, the guy drove to a Tesco’s car park, decided to go an have a swift half, ended up having a bit more than that and made the decision that he shouldn't drive, so slept in his car. Good fucking man, he's taken the sensible option and not risked his licence, his life or anyone else’s.

Or so you would think. Turns out that both the police and the magistrates court in south Somerset think that the correct solution would have been to drive home. At least that’s the only conclusion I can draw from their actions, where between them, they breathalyse him (After waking him up!), haul him in and then ban him. If he had driven home, the chances are he would still have his license. Assuming the court is bright enough to realise this fact, then they must realise the message they are sending?

The article does not make this clear but apparently having the keys in the ignition counts as driving, even if your seat back is basically horizontal. I find myself wondering if this was by any chance a WPC who thinks the natural home for car keys is the bottom of a handbag, and that the appropriate time to reach for them is 5 minutes after you get into the car and have fiddled with your face and hair. Obviously if it was a man, then he would know that getting into the car and putting the key in the ignition are actually one and the same activity. Draw your own conclusions.

This whole keys in the ignition thing is frankly worrying as it means that I illegally drove my parents cars multiple times as a child, when they got out of the car to put the bins out, step into a newsagent and the like. Maybe I really was a child criminal, although I expect my mother would disagree (I think!) Still, given the insanity we are seeing more and more in this country, I'm surprised I'm not considered a hardened criminal because I sometimes like a glass of wine with dinner at home.

Music industry starting to flex it's new found censorship muscles

I don't think this is going to come as any great surprise, but according to the BBC the British Phonographic Industry have written to BT asking them to block the pirate bay, and claimed that they will take the matter to court if they don't comply willingly.

This is now the first real test of the damage done by the initial court ruling that forced BT to block access to newbinz earlier this year. If that case is used as precedent to get this pushed through, it will show once and for all that the big media corporations have been handed censorship rights over the UKs access to the Internet.

The only glimmer of hope is that the newsboy case revolepved around a site that had already been ordered cellars down once before. It is only to be hoped that a reasonable court will realise that the pirate bay has ot been declared illegal in the uk.

It is important to note that the pirate bay itself is a search engine, that they do not host any infringing material themselves. Indeed, the searches that the pirate bay allow can be performed just as easily with google as wi the pirate bay.

It is impossible to overemphasise the importance of this step. If this goes to court and BT are ordered to block access to the pirate bay, it will indicate the beginning of a trend at sees the big corporations able to block any site at they deem to be objectional. If ever there was a moment for a British justice system to recognise the importance of what they are being asked to rule on, it is now, and I very much fear that this will not be the case.

The broken Texas judge

As I'm sure a lot of you already know, there is a video circling the net at the minute of a judge from Texas, William Adams, savagely beating his 16 year old daughter with a belt. If you haven't seen it yet, you can view it here but BE WARNED, its horrible viewing. However, I think its important that people do see and understand what an abusive monster this fucker is.

Now, this isn't really anything to do with the purpose of this blog, so you may be wondering why I'm posting it. The simple fact is I want as many people as possible to see it, and to know who this abusing cunt is. I want him to never be able to walk into a bar without someone recognising him. I want him to become a complete pariah. I want him to die alone, preferably of something painful.

Now, before people start harping on that we don't know its him (The police are not confirming anything), please note, he was interviewed by NBC and acknowledged that it was him, before making excuses that it wasn't as bad as the video made it look (I'll let you judge for yourself on that one).

Further more, I offer redemption. The man has proved to the world that he is fit only to attack children. If he wishes to show other wise, let him fight someone his own size. So here is my offer. Him and me, in a cage, no gloves, no holds barred. Hell, we can use belts if you like, let you have your "home" advantage. Oh an no refs. The match doesn't end until one man decides to walk out and the other man can't stop him from doing so.

So coward, you got the balls?