This is a page dedicated to a few things in life that I detest so much they frighten me, disturb me and upset me to a point where I seem to loose my reasoning completely. They aren't in any order of hatred but they do share one thing ... they are all more or less equally dreadful.

 

Racism.

There are no words to describe my hatred of racists. I cannot begin to tell you how much these pitiful, nasty, ignorant people annoy, anger and personally disturb me. Having actually witnessed this gross behaviour on many levels several times in my life I find hard to put into words how much I feel about this subject. It hurts me right to my core that because a persons skin colour, culture and beliefs are allegedly 'incompatible' or 'different' they should be treated as sub-human. I find it equally alarming that in supposed 'civilised society' racism is still rife. It churns my stomach and is something I have zero tolerance. Indeed I have been involved in several quite serious head-on arguments and actual clashes with these people who have either directly offended friends of mine or have made deliberate comments supporting racism.

 

When I was working in one country some years ago I witnessed a black guy being beaten senseless by a bunch of unruly rich white guys. Trust me when I say that I will never forget the scared look on the bloodied face of the victim. The image and the actions of these bullies will stay with me until I die. My colleagues and I went to the aid of the poor victim and after some on the spot medical attention walked away into the night - he survived, many don't.

 

"By its simplest definition, is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. People with racist beliefs might hate certain groups of people according to their racial groups. In the case of institutional racism, certain racial groups may be denied rights or benefits, or get preferential treatment. Racial discrimination typically points out taxonomic differences between different groups of people, even though anybody can be racialised, independently of their somatic differences. According to the United Nations conventions, there is no distinction between the term racial discrimination and ethnic discrimination".

Thatcherism and the Conservatives

Thatcherism is the name given to the laissez-faire policy of Margaret Thatcher (1925-), British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990.

 

Her time as leader of the Conservatives and Prime Minister cast the darkest shadow over Great Britain I have known in my life. Her policies created wholesale misery for a vast majority of the British.

 

An advocate of supply-side economics, among Thatcher's policies were: reductions in tax; manipulation of the money supply to reduce inflation; privatization of public industry; reduction of trade union power; reduction of government's role in the economy; and encouragement of people to save, work and buy property. In 1983, Thatcher's anti-inflationary policies resulted in the worst unemployment figures since 1923.

 

Margaret Thatcher and her administration sacrificed Britain's social well-being in the pursuit of her economic policy.

 

She was succeeded as Prime Minister by John Major who clung in part to the former leaders' policies, created a new sleazier nasty right-wing administration, patronised the British electorate on "Family Values" whilst having a secret love affair with Cabinet Minister, Edwina Curry. Major's administration was riddled with sleaze and scam the like of which I can never remember - worse even than that other Conservative scandal involving War Minister John Profumo.

 

Since Major's humiliating defeat at the 1997 General Election there have been countless leaders of this political party all of whom have never gained the top political seat. But the damage, hatred and despair amongst the ordinary folk of Britain will never be forgotten.

 

To combat homophobia, the LGBT community uses events such as gay pride parades and political activist. This is criticized by some as counter-productive though, as gay pride parades showcase what could be seen as more "extreme" sexuality; fetish-based, and gender-variant aspects of LGBT culture. One form of organized resistance to homophobia is the International Day Against Homophobia (or IDAHO), first celebrated May 17, 2005 in related activities in more than 40 countries.

 

In addition to public expression, legislation has been designed, controversially, to oppose homophobia, as in hate speech, hate crime, and laws against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.