Interesting Links for 11-06-2012

[andrewducker]

• Various animals riding tortoises. Anyone know what the one at the top left is?
  (tags: kitten animals cute )
• Hamlet the Mini Pig Goes Down the Stairs - an adorable video
  (tags: viaSkreidle video cute pigs )
• The Real UK Citizenship Test - I got 9/10, how do you score?
  (tags: funny satire citizenship uk )
• “Run,” Bakri Says. A powerful short story of save points, lost lives, and the consequences of technology and war.
  (tags: technology computergames terrorism war scifi shortstory )
• Majority of MSPs back gay marriage. (69 pro, 9 against, 51 undeclared)
  (tags: scotland relationships lgbt )
• The Pixar story rules (or, at least, a version thereof)
  (tags: pixar stories storytelling writing )
• 8 Tiny Things That Stopped Suicides (The moral being that some people just need a tiny ray of light to grab on to)
  (tags: suicide )
• How Inglourious Basterds links to the other Tarantino movies
  (tags: QuentinTarantino movies )
• 6 Movie and TV Universes That Overlap in Mind-blowing Ways
  (tags: movies )
• David Cameron decides children should earn their keep, puts eight-year-old daughter to work in local pub.
  (tags: davidcameron )
• The sexual depravity of penguins that Antarctic scientist dared not reveal
  (tags: penguins antarctic sex )
• Betteridge's Law of Headlines - is it true?
  (tags: headline questions )

Comments

[andrewducker]

Oh, me too. I wish it was unanimous, and I'd be happier if it included all of Labour too.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

I think unanimity is too much to hope for at the moment. In 40 years time it’ll be unanimous. Maybe.

Judging by the comments I’ve seen on various articles about it there are people who genuinely believe that extending marriage to homosexual couples will cause some kind of social break down. I’ve never been exactly what the mechanism would be for the break down of society but some folk seem genuinely apprehensive.

I think a number of Labour party members come from the tradition of Christian Socialism. I wouldn’t be surprised to discover a few were strongly against extending marriage and several more were concerned that coming out in favour might lose them votes.

(I wonder if there are any elected representatives who would vote to restrict female sufferage.)

[andrewducker]

I've loved the photos of people campaigning against equality for black people in the 60s, with captions saying "This is how you will look in 40 years time".

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

I’ve never seen a picture of that.

That’s quite funny. (Although 40 years on perhaps not as much racial equality as they prophesised.)

And I guess that’s what lies at the root of some of the objections to marriage reform. That if we allow marriage between homosexual couples then it will be seen as acceptable and more people will become homosexual. Or as my granddad used to say with heavy irony – they’ll be making it compulsory next, which was his standard mockery of any slippery slope arguments he disagreed with.

[andrewducker]

New post, just for you.

Personally, I've been waiting for the legalisation of gay marriage for me to find the right man. Julie's in for a massive surprise.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

Enjoying the photograph.

I'd book early if I were you - there's going to be a hella of a rush once those floodgates open.