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jmeadows.May. 2nd, 2007
Lying fuckers who tell fucking lies
May. 2nd, 2007 08:47 pmReally not happy today.
I was yesterday, due to the strange confluence of a number of unusually good things happening. There were books, and friends, and good food. Really good food.
Today, I woke up to discover that my laptop is fucked.
And then I read the paper.
The Health Services Executive directed the Gardaí to prevent a seventeen-year-old woman from leaving the country. The young woman isn't a criminal. She's four months pregnant with a fetus suffering from anencephaly - a fetus that won't survive more than a handful of days after birth - and because she is under a temporary care order (state, or in this case HSE, standing in loco parentis), she is being prevented from leaving the country in order to obtain an abortion unless she convinces a psychiatrist that she's suicidal.
But she's not suicidal, and won't say she is. (Of course, if she admits to being suicidal, the HSE would then admit her to a psychiatric ward and keep her there until after she gave birth. Which would probably not have the best effect on anyone's mental health.)
The AG says the HSE has overstepped their authority by issuing directions to the Gardaí, and preventing the woman from travelling. But that hasn't stopped the AG from appointing a lawyer to 'defend the interests of the unborn' in the courtroom.
If this had happened to someone who was not in the care of the state, none of this would be happening. If they could afford to travel to England, and their personal ethics didn't get in the way, then off they'd go. But because this young woman told a social worker, and the social worker told the HSE -
Well. Some days I despise my country. The level of hypocrisy is appalling.
Does anybody think that it's acceptable to simply export our abortions? To treat it like we treat planning decisions, with a wink and a nudge and a blind eye turned to hypocrisy? As long as the middle class and the rich can have their cake and eat it, too - can have their public disapproval, and their private infelicities, where abortion is concerned -
Oh, fuck it. And did I mention that not one of the parties running in the elections, including the Greens, is talking up green energy? No?
Lying liars who tell lies. They're all of them hypocritical fuckers. Yes, and their little dogs, too.
I was yesterday, due to the strange confluence of a number of unusually good things happening. There were books, and friends, and good food. Really good food.
Today, I woke up to discover that my laptop is fucked.
And then I read the paper.
The Health Services Executive directed the Gardaí to prevent a seventeen-year-old woman from leaving the country. The young woman isn't a criminal. She's four months pregnant with a fetus suffering from anencephaly - a fetus that won't survive more than a handful of days after birth - and because she is under a temporary care order (state, or in this case HSE, standing in loco parentis), she is being prevented from leaving the country in order to obtain an abortion unless she convinces a psychiatrist that she's suicidal.
But she's not suicidal, and won't say she is. (Of course, if she admits to being suicidal, the HSE would then admit her to a psychiatric ward and keep her there until after she gave birth. Which would probably not have the best effect on anyone's mental health.)
The AG says the HSE has overstepped their authority by issuing directions to the Gardaí, and preventing the woman from travelling. But that hasn't stopped the AG from appointing a lawyer to 'defend the interests of the unborn' in the courtroom.
If this had happened to someone who was not in the care of the state, none of this would be happening. If they could afford to travel to England, and their personal ethics didn't get in the way, then off they'd go. But because this young woman told a social worker, and the social worker told the HSE -
Well. Some days I despise my country. The level of hypocrisy is appalling.
Does anybody think that it's acceptable to simply export our abortions? To treat it like we treat planning decisions, with a wink and a nudge and a blind eye turned to hypocrisy? As long as the middle class and the rich can have their cake and eat it, too - can have their public disapproval, and their private infelicities, where abortion is concerned -
Oh, fuck it. And did I mention that not one of the parties running in the elections, including the Greens, is talking up green energy? No?
Lying liars who tell lies. They're all of them hypocritical fuckers. Yes, and their little dogs, too.
Lying fuckers who tell fucking lies
May. 2nd, 2007 08:47 pmReally not happy today.
I was yesterday, due to the strange confluence of a number of unusually good things happening. There were books, and friends, and good food. Really good food.
Today, I woke up to discover that my laptop is fucked.
And then I read the paper.
The Health Services Executive directed the Gardaí to prevent a seventeen-year-old woman from leaving the country. The young woman isn't a criminal. She's four months pregnant with a fetus suffering from anencephaly - a fetus that won't survive more than a handful of days after birth - and because she is under a temporary care order (state, or in this case HSE, standing in loco parentis), she is being prevented from leaving the country in order to obtain an abortion unless she convinces a psychiatrist that she's suicidal.
But she's not suicidal, and won't say she is. (Of course, if she admits to being suicidal, the HSE would then admit her to a psychiatric ward and keep her there until after she gave birth. Which would probably not have the best effect on anyone's mental health.)
The AG says the HSE has overstepped their authority by issuing directions to the Gardaí, and preventing the woman from travelling. But that hasn't stopped the AG from appointing a lawyer to 'defend the interests of the unborn' in the courtroom.
If this had happened to someone who was not in the care of the state, none of this would be happening. If they could afford to travel to England, and their personal ethics didn't get in the way, then off they'd go. But because this young woman told a social worker, and the social worker told the HSE -
Well. Some days I despise my country. The level of hypocrisy is appalling.
Does anybody think that it's acceptable to simply export our abortions? To treat it like we treat planning decisions, with a wink and a nudge and a blind eye turned to hypocrisy? As long as the middle class and the rich can have their cake and eat it, too - can have their public disapproval, and their private infelicities, where abortion is concerned -
Oh, fuck it. And did I mention that not one of the parties running in the elections, including the Greens, is talking up green energy? No?
Lying liars who tell lies. They're all of them hypocritical fuckers. Yes, and their little dogs, too.
I was yesterday, due to the strange confluence of a number of unusually good things happening. There were books, and friends, and good food. Really good food.
Today, I woke up to discover that my laptop is fucked.
And then I read the paper.
The Health Services Executive directed the Gardaí to prevent a seventeen-year-old woman from leaving the country. The young woman isn't a criminal. She's four months pregnant with a fetus suffering from anencephaly - a fetus that won't survive more than a handful of days after birth - and because she is under a temporary care order (state, or in this case HSE, standing in loco parentis), she is being prevented from leaving the country in order to obtain an abortion unless she convinces a psychiatrist that she's suicidal.
But she's not suicidal, and won't say she is. (Of course, if she admits to being suicidal, the HSE would then admit her to a psychiatric ward and keep her there until after she gave birth. Which would probably not have the best effect on anyone's mental health.)
The AG says the HSE has overstepped their authority by issuing directions to the Gardaí, and preventing the woman from travelling. But that hasn't stopped the AG from appointing a lawyer to 'defend the interests of the unborn' in the courtroom.
If this had happened to someone who was not in the care of the state, none of this would be happening. If they could afford to travel to England, and their personal ethics didn't get in the way, then off they'd go. But because this young woman told a social worker, and the social worker told the HSE -
Well. Some days I despise my country. The level of hypocrisy is appalling.
Does anybody think that it's acceptable to simply export our abortions? To treat it like we treat planning decisions, with a wink and a nudge and a blind eye turned to hypocrisy? As long as the middle class and the rich can have their cake and eat it, too - can have their public disapproval, and their private infelicities, where abortion is concerned -
Oh, fuck it. And did I mention that not one of the parties running in the elections, including the Greens, is talking up green energy? No?
Lying liars who tell lies. They're all of them hypocritical fuckers. Yes, and their little dogs, too.
Books 86-90, Fiction 82-86.
82. Alma Alexander, Gift of the Unmage.
The world needs more YA books like this.
Gift of the Unmage is thoughtful and almost mannerly in its pacing, but the quality of language is such that I feel in love with it from nearly the first page.
Thea Winthrope is the seventh child of two seventh children. As such, she should be a veritable prodigy of magical talent. But she's not. How she's not, and what she learns about herself, and what happens next - that's what the book's about.
And now I'm making a mess of trying to describe this book, because it's lovely and layered and really, excellent.
83-85. Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour, Kitty Goes to Washington, Kitty Takes a Holiday.
I love urban fantasy. But I prefer urban fantasy, not what they call 'paranormal romance'. Vaughn? Delivers urban fantasy.
Kitty is lovely and snarky and vulnerable. Vaughn has done her wolf research, and her radio talkshow research. And her government research, too. They're light books, easy reading, but I have the feeling that Vaughn also knows her genre and is deliberately subverting a few stereotypes (or tropes, if you prefer) - or more than a few. The vampire Alette in Kitty Goes to Washington, for example. Not your average vampire.
Recommended.
86. Tanya Huff, Smoke and Shadows.
Read this out of sequence, after reading Smoke and Mirrors. It's another of the urban fantasy (not paranormal romance) that I love so well, and Smoke and Shadows is a lovely addition to the subgenre. Okay, so the whole wizard-and-threat-from-another-world might be over the top, but that's why I love it. That, and the genre references, and the fact that it takes place on the set of a vampire detective TV show. How could you not love that?
Very fun.
*
In other news, I'm currently comtemplating which books I should get Hodges Figgis to order in for me, so I need never fear keeping money in my pocket. (They appear to be able to order up to six months in advance.)
So. Suggestions? Recommendations?
82. Alma Alexander, Gift of the Unmage.
The world needs more YA books like this.
Gift of the Unmage is thoughtful and almost mannerly in its pacing, but the quality of language is such that I feel in love with it from nearly the first page.
Thea Winthrope is the seventh child of two seventh children. As such, she should be a veritable prodigy of magical talent. But she's not. How she's not, and what she learns about herself, and what happens next - that's what the book's about.
And now I'm making a mess of trying to describe this book, because it's lovely and layered and really, excellent.
83-85. Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour, Kitty Goes to Washington, Kitty Takes a Holiday.
I love urban fantasy. But I prefer urban fantasy, not what they call 'paranormal romance'. Vaughn? Delivers urban fantasy.
Kitty is lovely and snarky and vulnerable. Vaughn has done her wolf research, and her radio talkshow research. And her government research, too. They're light books, easy reading, but I have the feeling that Vaughn also knows her genre and is deliberately subverting a few stereotypes (or tropes, if you prefer) - or more than a few. The vampire Alette in Kitty Goes to Washington, for example. Not your average vampire.
Recommended.
86. Tanya Huff, Smoke and Shadows.
Read this out of sequence, after reading Smoke and Mirrors. It's another of the urban fantasy (not paranormal romance) that I love so well, and Smoke and Shadows is a lovely addition to the subgenre. Okay, so the whole wizard-and-threat-from-another-world might be over the top, but that's why I love it. That, and the genre references, and the fact that it takes place on the set of a vampire detective TV show. How could you not love that?
Very fun.
*
In other news, I'm currently comtemplating which books I should get Hodges Figgis to order in for me, so I need never fear keeping money in my pocket. (They appear to be able to order up to six months in advance.)
So. Suggestions? Recommendations?
Books 86-90, Fiction 82-86.
82. Alma Alexander, Gift of the Unmage.
The world needs more YA books like this.
Gift of the Unmage is thoughtful and almost mannerly in its pacing, but the quality of language is such that I feel in love with it from nearly the first page.
Thea Winthrope is the seventh child of two seventh children. As such, she should be a veritable prodigy of magical talent. But she's not. How she's not, and what she learns about herself, and what happens next - that's what the book's about.
And now I'm making a mess of trying to describe this book, because it's lovely and layered and really, excellent.
83-85. Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour, Kitty Goes to Washington, Kitty Takes a Holiday.
I love urban fantasy. But I prefer urban fantasy, not what they call 'paranormal romance'. Vaughn? Delivers urban fantasy.
Kitty is lovely and snarky and vulnerable. Vaughn has done her wolf research, and her radio talkshow research. And her government research, too. They're light books, easy reading, but I have the feeling that Vaughn also knows her genre and is deliberately subverting a few stereotypes (or tropes, if you prefer) - or more than a few. The vampire Alette in Kitty Goes to Washington, for example. Not your average vampire.
Recommended.
86. Tanya Huff, Smoke and Shadows.
Read this out of sequence, after reading Smoke and Mirrors. It's another of the urban fantasy (not paranormal romance) that I love so well, and Smoke and Shadows is a lovely addition to the subgenre. Okay, so the whole wizard-and-threat-from-another-world might be over the top, but that's why I love it. That, and the genre references, and the fact that it takes place on the set of a vampire detective TV show. How could you not love that?
Very fun.
*
In other news, I'm currently comtemplating which books I should get Hodges Figgis to order in for me, so I need never fear keeping money in my pocket. (They appear to be able to order up to six months in advance.)
So. Suggestions? Recommendations?
82. Alma Alexander, Gift of the Unmage.
The world needs more YA books like this.
Gift of the Unmage is thoughtful and almost mannerly in its pacing, but the quality of language is such that I feel in love with it from nearly the first page.
Thea Winthrope is the seventh child of two seventh children. As such, she should be a veritable prodigy of magical talent. But she's not. How she's not, and what she learns about herself, and what happens next - that's what the book's about.
And now I'm making a mess of trying to describe this book, because it's lovely and layered and really, excellent.
83-85. Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour, Kitty Goes to Washington, Kitty Takes a Holiday.
I love urban fantasy. But I prefer urban fantasy, not what they call 'paranormal romance'. Vaughn? Delivers urban fantasy.
Kitty is lovely and snarky and vulnerable. Vaughn has done her wolf research, and her radio talkshow research. And her government research, too. They're light books, easy reading, but I have the feeling that Vaughn also knows her genre and is deliberately subverting a few stereotypes (or tropes, if you prefer) - or more than a few. The vampire Alette in Kitty Goes to Washington, for example. Not your average vampire.
Recommended.
86. Tanya Huff, Smoke and Shadows.
Read this out of sequence, after reading Smoke and Mirrors. It's another of the urban fantasy (not paranormal romance) that I love so well, and Smoke and Shadows is a lovely addition to the subgenre. Okay, so the whole wizard-and-threat-from-another-world might be over the top, but that's why I love it. That, and the genre references, and the fact that it takes place on the set of a vampire detective TV show. How could you not love that?
Very fun.
*
In other news, I'm currently comtemplating which books I should get Hodges Figgis to order in for me, so I need never fear keeping money in my pocket. (They appear to be able to order up to six months in advance.)
So. Suggestions? Recommendations?