Trapped in a box by a cockney nutjob

[gominokouhai]

The title has no bearing on the content of the post, but following a comment in a community I have this earworming the hell out of me, and I want to share the pain. I don't even watch The Mighty Boosh.

I am published in the Scotsman again today (the letters page, natch, but it sounds better when it's worded like that), with a very brief rant on idiot fundie Christians and their attitude towards sex education. The Scotsman's website now allows comments on letters. I can see this becoming a massive timesink. There are too many idiots in this world (particularly amongst the Scotsman's demographic), and they must be fought.

Today I finally got my postcard from the LA production company who have put me on the Discovery Channel. I was hoping to keep it as a souvenir. It managed the entire 5,000 mile journey unscathed before the postman creased the fuck out of it while shoving it perfunctorily through the postbox. Still, I suppose I should be glad I'm receiving anything at all.

I realize that there are probably about four people reading this who haven't heard it sixteen times already, most often from cairmen, so I apologize in advance to everyone else:

The feature-length version of Bloodspell is out! Streaming copy available here, downloadable versions here. I'm not convinced about the efficacy of watching an 84-minute feature film over streaming video, so I would suggest downloading if I were you, but feel free to give it a go.

Go on. Watch it.

Comments

[markadm.livejournal.com]

Error in link "The Scotsman's website" above.
Can you tell us more about these letters?

[gominokouhai]

Blaagh. Fixed.

Le lettre originale:

I wholly endorse Lyndsay Moss's call for sex education that is explicit about the possible consequences of types of sexual behaviour (Medical Matters, 16 October).

In addition to sexually transmitted diseases, children could also be taught about the emotional, relationship and other health consequences of early and promiscuous intercourse.

A few more facts to include could be that stable lifelong relationships are less likely if either party has had sex with other people, if they cohabit before marrying, if they have sex with each other before marrying, or if they don't marry at all.

Not much chance of that, though, as the generations that rebelled against traditional Christian sexual morality in the 1960s and 1970s now form the educational establishment committed to an amoral view of sex and unwilling to challenge the assumption that teenagers will be sexually active.

Et mon rèponse:

I would love to hear even a shred of evidence to support the ludicrous claims made by Richard Lucas (Letters, 19 October). Unfortunately, since I would be unwilling to accept the testimony of his imaginary invisible friend in the sky, I suspect we would be unable to find any common ground.

The reasoning behind the assumption that teenagers will be sexually active, so lamented by Mr Lucas, is a simple one. Sex is an incredibly fun thing to do and there is absolutely no reason to stop teenagers doing it, as long as we can encourage them to be responsible.

Googling for it, I discover that Richard Lucas is a flaming troll who would appear to write about a letter a week, all on the subject of why his imaginary friend tells him that he's right about everything.

[(Anonymous)]

You did a wonderful job acting as the Master in Bloodspell. Really excellent work. I love the new opening (the reverb is just right). Congratulations and thanks for such an interesting conversation a few weeks ago on acting in the film. I'll be posting that interview here in a few days over at the machiniplex blog.

Glad to find your blog, Paul.

-Ricky Grove