I'm writing this blog after reading an article on the BBC magazine entitled "Do terrorists really think they're going to win?"
The article detailed how the state will always defeat them, and I thought that's a rather sad article to have to write when taking that stance, borne out of a naive belief that there is a clear, visible divide between good people and bad people.
Jeremy Corbyn was described as naive recently when he said he would not condone a shoot on sight policy on the streets of London. He was naive, because he didn't understand what people wanted to hear after the Paris attacks.
I'd disagree with this. I think Jeremy Corbyn was naive, but he was only naive about the naivety of people. People want to believe that there are good guys and there are bad guys and everyone can clearly see the difference between the two. The SAS are the good guys, and the terrorists are the bad guys. And they should shoot them on sight to protect us and I'll never end up like Jean Charles de Menezes.
In America, their 2nd amendment, the right to bear arms, was originally introduced so that the people could rise up against their government should they become oppressed by them. By the definition of the BBC article, everyone who exercises their 2nd amendment rights is a terrorist in waiting,
In the film A Few Good Men, Lt. Cdr Galloway describes the US Marines saying "They stand on a wall and say 'nothing's going to hurt you tonight, not on my watch.'"
This is that naive view that Americans have, that there are good guys with guns keeping them safe from the bad guys under instruction from a government that just wants to protect them.
Donald Trump said during his presidential campaign that he wants to build a wall to keep the Mexicans out of America.
In the film Mississippi Burning, Ward asks Anderson where all the hatred for black people comes from. He responds with a story about how his dad was jealous of a neighbouring black farmer who owned a mule. One day, he killed the mule and the black farmer moved away, but what his dad didn't realise was that it was just his poverty that was killing him.
You can kill the mule, and make the people who are different from you go away, but when they're gone your problems will still stay the same.
If the BBC's article is to be believed, and terrorists are at war with the state, then anyone who's being oppressed is in danger of becoming a terrorist. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
Margaret Thatcher believed Nelson Mandela was a terrorist. Did he win? Did he defeat the state? And if he did are we supposed to feel bad about it?
One free man defending his home is more powerful than ten hired soldiers, the Crusades taught me that. Well actually, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves taught me that, but men defending their home have already destroyed a Russian jet and a helicopter.
Russia, America, France... these countries send multi million dollar jets to attack men who have nothing. Acts of terrorism like the Paris attacks become their only way to respond, the only way to hit us back where it hurts.
The lessons of Vietnam still haven't been learned, when America destroyed the poor country by blanket bombing it with state of the art napalm. They were then surprised to find the Vietcong digging tunnels and using guerilla warfare tactics as their only way to fight back, and were even more shocked when the locals whose country they were destroying to "protect" them turned against them.
The great thing about history is that it will always be there to be learned from. When Kaiser Wilhelm II started the great arms race at the start of the 20th century, the only possible conclusion to it was war. Similarly, David Cameron has just approved massive spending increases on the British military.
To have wars, you need enemies. Ironically, "the war on terror" creates terrorists. By definition, a terrorist is someone who uses fear to get what they want. If your government tells you you're at war with someone you will fear them, so you make them terrorists.
In a similar vein, the Islamic State was only legitimised as a state when someone declared war on it.
Infamous Nazi Hermann Goering once said: "the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
Think about that every time David Cameron tells you we are under threat.
In fact, the whole point of this blog is just to make people think about things. Always ask why. If a politician says something, ask why. If the media tells you something, ask why.
Recently, The Sun newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch stated that 1 in 5 British Muslims sympathise with ISIS. What reason could mega rich people like Rupert Murdoch and his mate, the aforementioned Donald Trump, want normal people to focus their hatred and blame on those who have nothing? Whilst they avoid billions of pounds of tax and make a living by taking from the poor to give to themselves. Legally, of course.
Malcolm X once said: “If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
Blame your fellow farmer and his mule.
@adamheath
Thursday 26 November 2015
Thursday 27 August 2015
Virginia Shooting
Coming from the UK, if you see someone who may have a grudge against you, someone you think want revenge for something that happened to them in the past, you may get a bit nervous. You may turn around and say "I think he might start something here." However, you never have to worry for one second that that person will pull out a gun and fucking murder you.
I'm not denying that people in the UK get murdered. It happens, but you fancy your chances of survival a lot more knowing that a psycho can't legally buy a lethal firearm in the local supermarket. There's knives, yes. But if someone intends to use a knife they know there's a very good chance that once they've stabbed someone they'll get done in themselves. Not like with a gun, where you give someone the power of God.
People in America will claim there are responsible gun owners, there are those who would never use their guns in this way. However, the harsh reality is that guns are aimed at people like yesterday's shooter. In his own manifesto after the shooting he claimed he committed the murder due to previous acts of discrimination against him. Guns give people who feel helpless or worthless power. The power of God, lethal force in the palm of their hand. And those with inadequacies thrive of this feeling, and that is why guns will always find their way into their hands whilst they're still legally and readily accessible.
America set the agenda when it comes to opinion's on the likes of ISIS. They're portrayed as barbarians, and their shocking acts are condemned by the West and rightly so. But in America yesterday, an innocent young woman was brutally murdered in cold blood, by a man carrying a firearm he could legally fucking buy in a supermarket.
The man proceeded to post videos of the shooting to social media, a barbaric act reminiscent of the aforementioned ISIS. But the barbarism is not in the act alone, the barbarism is in the system that allowed this murder to occur. The barbarism is in a nation supposedly at the forefront of the civilised world that allows people to legally own lethal firearms that they can use to murder young women in cold blood.
Rest In Peace Alison Parker and Adam Ward. Not victims of ISIS, not victims of terrorism or war. Rest In Peace Alison Parker and Adam Ward. Victims of America.
@adamheath
Wednesday 25 February 2015
No Statue For Bob
There's currently a lot of talk and even a petition doing the rounds for Bob Paisley to get a statue as part of the redevelopment of Anfield. Personally, I completely disagree with this idea. It's nothing to do with how I feel about Bob Paisley. In my opinion he is the greatest football manager of all time. But it is rather to do simply with the idea of a statue and what it represents in modern football.
When Liverpool unveiled the statue in honour of Bill Shankly, it was quite a unique thing. Not many clubs had statues honouring ex-players or managers, and those that did were for very special individuals. In fact, at the time the Bill Shankly statue was unveiled I believe the only other football statues in existence were Stanley Matthews at Stoke from 1987, and Billy Wright at Wolves, Jackie Milburne at Newcastle, and Matt Busby at Manchester United that were erected the year before Bill Shankly's figure in 1996.
However, since then, and particularly over the past few years, statues to honour of ex-players have become more and more common in the UK, almost to the point where it's not really an honour any more. Arsenal have been especially fanatic when it comes to statues, seemingly creating one for anyone who ever played for them, so much so that you'd be forgiven for mistaking the Emirates for an Anthony Gormley piece.
I don't know who came up with the idea for the Bob Paisley statue, and I certainly hold nothing against them for it because Bob Paisley is a man who definitely deserves honouring. But I can't help but feel they just saw all these other clubs throwing up new statues left right and centre and decided we need to do it as well. Unfortunately, that is not Liverpool. Well not the Liverpool I know anyway. Yes, Bob Paisley deserves honouring, but not by doing something that every other club does. I wouldn't want Bob Paisley to be lost in a sea of statues.
At Anfield, outside The Spion Kop, a statue of Bill Shankly stands proudly. And rightly so. Looking out upon fans arriving at the stadium in one of his most famous poses. Telling first time visitors to Anfield who we are, and reassuring the locals who return week after week. Anfield does not need another statue. But to get to that statue, you have to pass through a gateway. That gateway is there in honour of Bob Paisley. Not many ex players or managers have gateways. The most famous gateways in football are named after Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley. This is a unique tribute to those men, a fitting tribute. A Liverpool tribute. The Bob Paisley gateway says all that needs to be said about the great man, and I think he would have liked it that way.
When Liverpool unveiled the statue in honour of Bill Shankly, it was quite a unique thing. Not many clubs had statues honouring ex-players or managers, and those that did were for very special individuals. In fact, at the time the Bill Shankly statue was unveiled I believe the only other football statues in existence were Stanley Matthews at Stoke from 1987, and Billy Wright at Wolves, Jackie Milburne at Newcastle, and Matt Busby at Manchester United that were erected the year before Bill Shankly's figure in 1996.
However, since then, and particularly over the past few years, statues to honour of ex-players have become more and more common in the UK, almost to the point where it's not really an honour any more. Arsenal have been especially fanatic when it comes to statues, seemingly creating one for anyone who ever played for them, so much so that you'd be forgiven for mistaking the Emirates for an Anthony Gormley piece.
I don't know who came up with the idea for the Bob Paisley statue, and I certainly hold nothing against them for it because Bob Paisley is a man who definitely deserves honouring. But I can't help but feel they just saw all these other clubs throwing up new statues left right and centre and decided we need to do it as well. Unfortunately, that is not Liverpool. Well not the Liverpool I know anyway. Yes, Bob Paisley deserves honouring, but not by doing something that every other club does. I wouldn't want Bob Paisley to be lost in a sea of statues.
At Anfield, outside The Spion Kop, a statue of Bill Shankly stands proudly. And rightly so. Looking out upon fans arriving at the stadium in one of his most famous poses. Telling first time visitors to Anfield who we are, and reassuring the locals who return week after week. Anfield does not need another statue. But to get to that statue, you have to pass through a gateway. That gateway is there in honour of Bob Paisley. Not many ex players or managers have gateways. The most famous gateways in football are named after Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley. This is a unique tribute to those men, a fitting tribute. A Liverpool tribute. The Bob Paisley gateway says all that needs to be said about the great man, and I think he would have liked it that way.
@adamheath
Friday 23 January 2015
Internet Porn Adverts
We've all been there... well some of us have... well probably just me. You've had a tough day, you've gone on to your favourite porn website, you're in a milf mood so you throw on a classic Lisa Ann, then... BOOM!... "Shag a granny in your area" accompanied by a picture of a woman with a face like a melted candle and a fanny that looks like Santa Claus got trapped in it twenty years ago and died. Yes, the world of internet porn adverts. Or as they're otherwise known, the place where boners go to die.
Before I start I'd just like to point out that these are all genuine adverts that appear on porn websites, no searching is done to find these. They're just there. And you just have to be there. I've done some extensive research for this blog, and like with my previous porn blogs, it was hard work. No pun intended. Though how in the past I have delved into the mysterious depths of the internet and revealed some of the strangest secrets it holds, at least with things like the ET porn you actively have to be seeking that sort of shit. These adverts, they aren't voluntary, they just appear. Imagine having a wank and then all of a sudden one of your favourite animated movies is ruined.
Before I start I'd just like to point out that these are all genuine adverts that appear on porn websites, no searching is done to find these. They're just there. And you just have to be there. I've done some extensive research for this blog, and like with my previous porn blogs, it was hard work. No pun intended. Though how in the past I have delved into the mysterious depths of the internet and revealed some of the strangest secrets it holds, at least with things like the ET porn you actively have to be seeking that sort of shit. These adverts, they aren't voluntary, they just appear. Imagine having a wank and then all of a sudden one of your favourite animated movies is ruined.
Yep, the keen eyed amongst you will notice the mum from The Incredibles there. She's ripped her top and she's cheating on her husband. Great. That's not even the worst one there though. Are there actually people who want to see 3D teen get pounded in the middle there? 3D Purple Aki will fucking destroy her. And I don't mean to be toon racist, but Toon Pussy looks like she might be going against her toon religion when she gets slammed.
This cartoon porn thing though, apparently there is a market for it. And if you think that Incredibles one is the worst they could do I've got one word for you... Tangled. No I know a lot of people love Tangled, but I have to share this just because the face of Flynn here is priceless
And the best thing about this is that whilst writing this blog I had a discussion with some of my mates as I couldn't decide whether or not that was actually Tangled or if it was Frozen. Possibly the best conversation ever.
And if you're planning on watching American Dad before going to bed tonight, just remember... Roger once stuck a fluorescent dildo in Francine's arse whilst she was riding Stan
And who knew Superman had a rape streak? Well it's either that or he may have just stuck it in a kryponite vagina. Who sees cartoons and thinks this would be better with sex? I've only ever found one cartoon character attractive and that was Jessica Rabbit, but that wasn't in a sexual way. I read on the internet once that there's a scene in Who Framed Roger Rabbit where you can see her fanny and someone claimed to have a screenshot of it. Who sits there watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit trying to pause at the exact moment some animated flaps are on show like it's fucking Basic Instinct? Oh yeah, it was me.
These people who are into shit like that cartoon sex, you must think how do them weirdos ever find a partner? Well apparently the porno advertisers have also thought of that. Obviously, regular social media and dating sites isn't going to find them anyone as fucked up as themselves, so they need something better...
Better than Tinder mate. Now that advert was actually a gif, but I managed to catch it at both ends of the spectrum because I thought it was hilarious. The kid has a little boner, the bird pulls her skirt down and looks at him, then all of a sudden he has a third arm. Skipped leg day, replaced it with cock day. The best thing about that is that someone actually made that animation. Imagine how they felt when that request landed on their desk. "We need a cartoon, fella with a little erection standing behind a woman, woman lowers skirt, becomes a big erection." "How big is the big erection?" "Erm... just bigger than anything you've seen on Tinder, this adverts for something better." Je Suis Better Than Tinder.
Tinder's not the only one having it's market decimated by these ruthless advertising campaigns. Snapchat is on it's way out and all
Yeerrr that's it, fuck off Snapchat! See you later you cunt! Wait... Fuck off Snapchat is a question? What sort of question is that? Is this an advert for the real Snapchat? I hope it is, "snap and fuck" would be a great slogan for them. No B.S.
Of course, if you're happy with your current communication apps, you could always just pay someone to Whatsapp you
That font wins. And with all the capitalisation I just can't ignore. I reckon that girl had no say in her picture being used for that advert by the way. I reckon they just found her on Facebook and used the picture under the assumption that she will never see it. Maybe she will only find out about it after she reads this blog, who knows.
Speaking of Facebook, I didn't even realise they had this new feature
The two funny things about this advert: The way they try and make it seem like a regular inbox on Facebook as if it's going to deceive you into clicking it, and the way they localise it to you to make you think it's more legitimate. She deffo lives 3.4 miles away from me her I've seen her out down South Road, and she wants to meet me and can see that I'm close. Wow, and them two question marks at the end have really sealed the deal, what am I waiting for.
The localisation thing is brilliant, especially when they just can't quite pinpoint exactly where you are. Like this one here
I'm not going all the way to Morecambe for a date girl! Morecambe though. I reckon they try and pick somewhere random as well to make it seem legitimate. And lets face it, that girl in the picture has never even heard of Morecambe. She's just a girl who never had a dad like Liam Neeson.
You could get worse requests than a date in Morecambe though I suppose, I mean...
Like seriously though, can someone call the Samaritans, or Help The Aged, or just someone who will be able to help this woman. She must be getting abused if there's a picture of her dressed like that on the internet. "Sent from my typewriter" it should say at the end of that. "We could fuck in my place, or if..." what was the next line? "Or if the care home staff won't let you in we can have phone sex"?
Again, I ask the question who is into this sort of stuff. Because someone has to be for them to be advertising it. I think after all these requests I've been getting though I've made my choice which lovely offer I'm going to reply to...
Tranny Sex Chat. Like it's a thing. I think I'd know if we were neighbours to be honest, because 6 foot women with deep voices and strong jawline's tend to stand out in my area.
That tranny has definitely clicked on an advert like this before:
Imagine you're about to have a wank and that appears. #RIPboner. I love the way they give you size options there. Option one is for Asians, option two is for everyone else, and option three is for the man who's too fucking greedy and should be happy with what he's got. Has a bird ever turned round to someone with a 10 inch penis and gone "you could do with four more inches you know."
Well to be honest, judging by the size difference between the two sexual partners in this next advert, the girl in this might have said something along them lines before
Je Suis Ugly Girls Love This Site. It just gets weirder doesn't it. That's art that though. What's with the ugly girls thing as well? Are there people out there looking for that sort of thing? What about those people who are looking for ugly girls, but... and it's a big but(t)... they have to be horny as well...
Oh my god they've cornered the market! It's a bit harsh to call them birds ugly though I reckon. I was actually wondering when I seen that whether the ugly part was aimed at you, like it's going are you so ugly that you can't get a girl and that's why you're horny and watching porn? Well click here and we've got someone for you. Actually, that's probably exactly what it's saying isn't it. Even without saying it, that's what all internet porn adverts are saying. You wouldn't be reading them otherwise.
Still though, if you are ugly, you don't have to feel too bad. There's some people out there who will find you attractive. I mean, there's got to be a girl out there who'll have sex with you if they're willing to have sex with... a fucking werewolf!
Like I said before, it just gets weirder. And to be honest, I don't think we want to get any weirder than that, so I'm going to leave it there for this blog.
Just one more thing though. There was one advert I did see whilst doing my erm... research for this blog that got my attention... There's a new Kim Kardashian parody porn!
I, the self proclaimed Robert Langdon of The Monster Energy Code, may just have to return to my quest, and delve once again into the deep dark places of the internet, and armed with a new parody porn, there may just be another blog coming soon...
What the fuck have I just written
@adamheath
Wednesday 7 January 2015
Steven Gerrard
I've never been sad when a player leaves. I support Liverpool Football Club and the club is bigger than any player and will live on. I don't see the link between all the great things Gerrard did and being sad at him leaving now, because we will still have all them great things to remember. I don't think we should currently be embroiled in an argument about letting Gerrard go, and people campaigning against the club for letting it happen. In the long run, when you think about it, who would that benefit? If Gerrard turns round and changes his mind because of everything being said by the fans and the pundits, will that really benefit the club going forward?
That being said, we should still be reminiscing about all the great times we had, without arguing that they're a reason for Gerrard to carry on playing for Liverpool. In the 18 years I've had my season ticket Steven Gerrard has been one of the best players throughout nearly all of them, a rare achievement in the modern game. I was there when he made his debut as a fresh faced substitute, I was there when he left Barthez stranded with a 30 yard screamer, the day he bagged a beauty against Olympiakos, and the last day of the season in 03/04 when he got a standing ovation every time he came anywhere near the stands because he was brilliant and everyone else in the team was turd.
Over the past few days I have seen a lot of people say Gerrard is the best Liverpool player ever. To me, whether or not he was really depends on how you word the question and what angle you take when answering it. I saw a newspaper ask the question is Gerrard Liverpool's best ever midfielder? If we're talking centre midfield then for me the answer is, quite simply, no. Even in the time Gerrard has played for Liverpool there has been better. Xabi Alonso was a better centre midfielder than Steven Gerrard. There's often an argument that in Gerrard's time at Liverpool he has been so good because he has played in poor teams. This may be the case, but he has never had a shortage of great centre midfielders around him. Gary McCallister and Didi Hamann in the early years, Hamann and Xabi Alonso, Momo Sissoko, or Alonso and Javier Mascherano. And often when two of these other players have been available Gerrard has had to vacate the central midfield role, for example in treble season or the season we finished 2nd in 08/09.
However, for me, this is what defines Steven Gerrard as such a great player. The times he has been asked to play out of position. See, the likes of Xabi Alonso, Didi Hamann and Javier Mascherano might be great central midfielders, but you would never be able to ask them to play right wing in a UEFA Cup Final, or right back to close out a Champions League Final. You could never move them to right midfield, like Gerrard in the 05/06 season, and expect them to score 23 goals. You couldn't ask them to play as a second striker to Fernando Torres, like Gerrard in the 08/09 season, when at the age of 28 he became a revelation in this new position scoring 24 goals and drove Liverpool to 2nd place in the league. And finally, in 13/14 when Gerrard was asked to play as the lone defensive midfielder and again guided us to 2nd place.
Steven Gerrard has often been called a victim of his own brilliance, because he has been asked to play in these unfavoured roles. But for me, this is what defines his brilliance. Last ditch tackles as a right back in extra time in Istanbul, to stop Serginho getting the ball in the box. Becoming half of one of Liverpool's greatest ever strike partnerships when he's not even a striker. This is why Steven Gerrard has gone from being one of Liverpool's greatest ever midfielders, to possibly being Liverpool's greatest ever player. Do I think that Gerrard is Liverpool's greatest ever player? I'll tell you that in 20 years.
All the best, Captain.
Over the past few days I have seen a lot of people say Gerrard is the best Liverpool player ever. To me, whether or not he was really depends on how you word the question and what angle you take when answering it. I saw a newspaper ask the question is Gerrard Liverpool's best ever midfielder? If we're talking centre midfield then for me the answer is, quite simply, no. Even in the time Gerrard has played for Liverpool there has been better. Xabi Alonso was a better centre midfielder than Steven Gerrard. There's often an argument that in Gerrard's time at Liverpool he has been so good because he has played in poor teams. This may be the case, but he has never had a shortage of great centre midfielders around him. Gary McCallister and Didi Hamann in the early years, Hamann and Xabi Alonso, Momo Sissoko, or Alonso and Javier Mascherano. And often when two of these other players have been available Gerrard has had to vacate the central midfield role, for example in treble season or the season we finished 2nd in 08/09.
However, for me, this is what defines Steven Gerrard as such a great player. The times he has been asked to play out of position. See, the likes of Xabi Alonso, Didi Hamann and Javier Mascherano might be great central midfielders, but you would never be able to ask them to play right wing in a UEFA Cup Final, or right back to close out a Champions League Final. You could never move them to right midfield, like Gerrard in the 05/06 season, and expect them to score 23 goals. You couldn't ask them to play as a second striker to Fernando Torres, like Gerrard in the 08/09 season, when at the age of 28 he became a revelation in this new position scoring 24 goals and drove Liverpool to 2nd place in the league. And finally, in 13/14 when Gerrard was asked to play as the lone defensive midfielder and again guided us to 2nd place.
Steven Gerrard has often been called a victim of his own brilliance, because he has been asked to play in these unfavoured roles. But for me, this is what defines his brilliance. Last ditch tackles as a right back in extra time in Istanbul, to stop Serginho getting the ball in the box. Becoming half of one of Liverpool's greatest ever strike partnerships when he's not even a striker. This is why Steven Gerrard has gone from being one of Liverpool's greatest ever midfielders, to possibly being Liverpool's greatest ever player. Do I think that Gerrard is Liverpool's greatest ever player? I'll tell you that in 20 years.
All the best, Captain.
@adamheath
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