Its not my fault!!

  Recent news articles and radio programs have covered the growing backlash to the comments made by a policeman in Toronto. He was speaking on a college campus about the need for personal security and the ways in which women in particular can help protect themselves from becoming the victims of crime. He stated that if a woman wanted to lessen the risk of being raped then she should "not dress like a slut".
 From this comment arose the Slut Walks organised across America, Canada, Britain and Australia to "reclaim" the word "slut" and highlight the fact that women should be able to wear clothes  that are "sexy" and "revealing" and not be blamed if they become the target of sexual assault and rape.
 Lets get one thing clear from the start here and that is, to sexually abuse, assault and rape is never justified. It is wrong and the perpetrators of such crimes need to be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law, and in some cases further than the lenient judicial system allows.
 But the attitude of some of the protesters and women that publicised the events makes me question there motives and not to put too blunt a point on it their sanity.
 They are of the opinion that women are not in any way responsible for the way that other people will interact with them based on how they look and how they dress. In one case a woman was questioned and said that "if I wanted to I should be able to walk down the street naked and not fear any sexual harassment or assault".  If we lived in an an ideal world she has a point, however we do not. The society we live in is constantly bombarding us with images of beauty and sexual attraction. From the food we eat to the car you drive, from the shampoo you use to the computer you buy, these are all sold on the back of making you more attractive.  So if we choose to follow the promptings of advertisers and the consensus of local opinion then we can not help but draw sexually motivated attention to ourselves. If women(and men) then go on to add even more emphasis on their sexuality and are seen to be available then they are responsible for the reactions they cause in others.
 The argument that women have the right to dress in an overly sexually inviting way and then complain that they  elicit a negative reaction from the men around them is both wrong and naive.
 We all are judged, rightly or wrongly on how we dress, look and act.
 How many of you would walk passed these talking on your Blackberry, have your i-pad in hand and park your car next to where they are handing about? If you did and you were robbed and beaten are you in no way responsible for making poor judgement?

 

Its Not The Cough That Carries You Off....

 You will have to excuse the fits of spasmodic choking, the spluttering and the sprays of spittle that may come your way in the next few minutes but I have this terrible cough you see.
 Its been about six weeks now and yes I have seen the doctor, the result being

1. two lots of antibiotics
2. one lot of steroid tablets
3. two blue inhalers
4. a brown inhaler
5. a bubble
6. antihistamines
7. codine cough suppressant
8. antacids??
9. an xray
10. appointment to see a chest specialist.

So all in all its cost me close to £100.00 in prescription charges and trips to the hospital where parking costs £4.50 minimum stay of 3 hours..... and I am still coughing like I smoke 100 Camel full strength for breakfast.
My G.P is clueless as to what it could be and has referred me to a thoracic specialist and has suggested a C.T scan. Call me a worrier but the last time I heard of a cough resulting in the need for a C.t scan the guy had part of his lung removed!!

Next Step..

Iron Lung-a lot less fun than Iron Chef.

 Can you believe that this is what people had to go through in the "olden days"!

This got me thinking about the amaizing things that modern medicine can do now, if you need a new lund, heart, liver kidney or a whole host of body parts because yours doesnt work properly it seems all you have to do is get down your local hospital and have a chat with Doc Frankinstien and hey presto there a coolbox with the required "bits" sent down before you know it.

 On T.V recently there has been a program called "The Human Body" and in the last episode there was a guy who was badly burnt when he was trapped in his car as it exploded. He suffered 30% burns on his face but mostly on his hands. After many skin grafts and reconstruction surgery his face was restored back to this side of normal, obviously he still had signs that he had suffered burns but nothing like the horror that he looked after the accident. Unfortunately his hands were so badly burnt that they were barely usable, what was left of his fingers were nothing more than mangled stumps, imagine on a cartoon when you see some-one trap their hand and they pull out a mishmash of fingers all going in different directions then that's what this guys hands looked like.  So when the surgeons offered to sort them out for him he jumped at the chance although they were offering a never before tried procedure, double amputation and two donor hands!! 

 Before he could clap his hands together they had whipped them off and sewn on these "new" hands. Within a few hours he was moving "his" fingers and a few weeks was able to grip and grasp. 

Now was it just me or did it cross your mind too ......just how long did he wait for a little "personal  time"? would it be like some one else doing it for him or more like when you trap your arm and make it numb and have "a quick shuffle"? would it be really weird and would he have to say thank you to his hand donor and maybe put 15 quid in a charity box? 

 Anyways I digress, but it does raise all sorts of issues with accepting and giving donor parts. Would you want to give an alcoholic your liver, a smoker your lungs or a complete wanker your hands!

  

one each?

........Its The Coffin They Carry You Off In!!

Apologies if for at any time during this post I coughed and covered you in spittle, forget Spanish cucumbers people I could be "Patient 1"