Randomness

[kodster]

Purple, or black. One of the two. :P

[leorcc]

Wow John, lighten up. Have a http://sanseverything.files.wordpres...er3.jpgcookie.

[lex]

I was only pretending to be serious for comic effect Leo. Thanks for the Cookie!

[leorcc]

Pfhew. Luckily its http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PoePoes

[widow_twanky]

Just watching the Ross Kemp On Gangs in Kenya programme. I have to say there is little in the world I find truly shocking nowadays but I find the glue kids truly truly shocking.

These kids have sod all they are addicted to glue and tend to be victimised by society in general. That I dont actually find surprising. What shocked me was their ambitions. When asked most simply say I want to go to school.

Anyway, thought Id get that off my chest. You can carry on with the silly stuff now.

Andy

PS: I also find it really shocking that Grant Mitchell has gone on to be a very good, very serious documentary maker - hats off to the man.

[anukhet]

Although primary school fees have been abolished in Kenya, attendance isnt compulsary. Families are so poor (by our standards their level of poverty is beyond imagination) that a child in work - any work - brings some sort of relief. Those children lucky enough to have been given a taste of a better life from education only see it snatched away from them by the more pressing need to helping their family survive. Those who still lag behind are in an ever spiralling circle of despair and the glue helps to kill the hunger pangs and fight the cold

[craig_colliass]

Andy and Karoline thanks for that, it is always good to stop and think of those worse off than us. It is always important to get our lives in perspective; Bec and I have always supported child sponsorship in countries like Kenya. We can€™t cure the countries poverty or even go out there to help at the moment, but at least we can do that.

[leorcc]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4749183.ecehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4749183.ece

Am I the only one who finds this worrying?

[cliveb]

No Leo you are not alone, Wendy read about this a few weeks ago.

Will the last person to leave the country please turn off the lights and lock the door!!

[widow_twanky]

I think its a bit of a misconception that Sharia law is extremist in itself and contradictary to the British legal system.

As with Christianity there are extremes. In the Christian church you have the liberals who want to accept gay vicars and the extremist who want to hang gay people. These people to get quite a lot of publicity when in reality the vast majority of Christians are quite moderate.

It really is the same with Islam. Most of what is portrayed as the fundementals of Sharia law is that of extermist countries. It is actually in a lot of cases quite forward thinking.

The jewish community have been able to resolve things according to their own laws for a quite a while and it doesnt cause a problem.

I do agree however that should this be contradictary in principle to British law then it should be not be allowed. We are not about to have stonings in the streets of Newcastle and I am sure that beyond an article in the Times very few of us will see any effect on our daily lives.

Andy