Interesting Links for 24-07-2012

• Liberal reform in employment law
  (tags: employment politics government libdem uk )
• Three strikes rule has halved piracy in New Zealand. Kinda. Anyone got more stats?
  (tags: piracy copyright newzealand )
• Lego The Lord of The Rings - the whole story in 4 videos (with a few teensy liberties taken)
  (tags: funny video lego lotr )
• Frank Miller’s Year One Screenplay (a review)
  (tags: scripts movies batman DarrenAronofsky FrankMiller )
• On the expertise available in the House Of Lords
  (tags: government houseoflords experts )
• Gorilla Youngsters Seen Dismantling Poachers' Traps
  (tags: traps intelligence behaviour gorillas )
• Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: working more than 40 hours per week is detrimental to performance
  (tags: management history work productivity )
• Sticking up for David Gauke and his tax-avoidance comments
  (tags: libdem uk tax )
• Photo-bombing seal! (And Llama!)
  (tags: funny photos animals )
• How to suck at your religion (not likely to change anyone's mind, but pretty funny)
  (tags: religion comic funny )
• Gender quotas for political parties set to become law in Ireland
  (tags: ireland gender equality )

Boris Johnson Welcomes You To The Olympics. Hilariously

via henriksdal

This really does look like the protests of a dying way of life

Couple this with the backlash against the Boy Scouts of America deciding to be anti-gay, with numerous Eagle Scouts returning their medals in disgust, Oreo coming out in favour of Pride, and numerous other examples that seem to show that LGBT acceptance has hit the tipping point in the USA.

It took until 2010 for the British Conservative Party to have a leader in favour of gay rights. I wonder if the Republican Party will follw suit in a decade, or if they will continue to stand up for their right to bigotry, and doom themselves. With 56% of Americans in favour of marriage equality, and only 36% now opposed, it's only a matter of time before it looks like a horribly marginal position.

Edit: And I forgot about Microsoft, EA, Google, Zynga, Starbucks, CBS and others coming out against The Defense Of Marriage Act. And Bill Gates donating towards a marriage equality campaign.