Zero Tolerance

What ever is the matter with zero tolerance?

If I were Queen I'd do a 100% boycott of the Bejing Olympics. Our athletes would just have to compete elsewhere. I know it would be hard on them, but it's even harder on people under incredible duress in Burma. If Britain and America and one or two other decent countries would boycott these games the pressure on China to put pressure on Burma would be intense. They don't want a failure.

Can't expect France to do much, of course. They have great financial interests in Burmese oil and prop up the military dictatorship. It was the same with them and Saddam's Iraq.

Burma:
Please sign the petition asking the UK Government to boycott the Chinese olympics unless China sorts out the Bhurmese junta: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Boycott-Olympics/ It reads: "China has continued to support the illegitimate Junta that continues to rule Burma. Recently Burma has seen massive peaceful protests from Monks and ordinary citizens alike, despite this the Junta has cracked down and begun the murder of the peaceful protesters. When an emergency session of the UNSC was called - China blocked Sanctions against the Junta. I feel that it is Immoral and unjust that China be able to benefit from western economies and obtain money that would come from the Olympic games they are due to host. I call on the British government to boycott the '08 Olympic games in response to this disgraceful situation."Another view is that China is the only country in the region which could influence the junta enough to make them resign, and that to boycott the Olympics is the only way the UK government or individuals could influence the Chinese government. Thanks for reading this.

By the way, if I'd been Queen for the last 25 years I'd have done a lot more for Burma than we ever have done. There is a great website where you can see the "Dirty List" of companies that have supported the Burmese regime here:
http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/pm/more.php?id=86_0_1_0_M

Then there's zero tolerance for burglars. Let them just try to put their filthy little feet one centimetre into my property. I don't mind killing them with the poker one bit.

I don't mind a long jail sentence because I'd draw some attention to all this nonsense, and I'd get a bit of peace to write that book at last and not have to deal all the problems of everyday life. What a let off that would be.

An exception

If I were queen I would probably make a law to tie a millstone round the neck and drown in the sea anyone who abused a child. This week I read about "respectable" English people getting five and six years for raping and abusing children. Not life? I just don't believe it. The child has a life sentence of course.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2448998.ece

I am up to here with this. The world has gone mad. Paedophilia, abuse, rape, the sexualisation of children . . . LEAVE IT!

We don't need one person on this planet who would even dream of making any inroad into the innocence of a child. End of story. We don't need them. Just drown them quickly and be done with it. Perfect image, Jesus. I'm really with you on this one.














The picture is of a tiny Netsuke: traditional Japanese ivory toggle closures for garments. This one is from the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. The picture is taken from the catalogue of www.MuseumSelection.com who are making these little polymer replicas. I hope they don't mind me using it. It might sell an item.