Au nom de qui ? De quoi ?

Hier, aujourd’hui, demain. J’ai été, je suis et je serai toujours anti-calotin.
Quoique ayant dans ma très tendre enfance été contraint de flirter avec l’église, avec l’âge de raison m’est venu une farouche hostilité à l’égard de la religion.

“Autrefois, il n’y avait que les catholiques qui nous emmerdaient, désormais ce sont les trois religions monothéistes.”
Cabu / une interview à Paris Match le 28 juin 2012 

 Oh combien vrai !

 Et Cabu a payé de sa vie (naturellement) pour ces propos jugés diffamatoires par « les fous de Dieu ».

Pour beaucoup la calotte et la soutane/qamis sont les symboles d’un clergé intolérant, fermé aux croyances des autres.

Ces attributs vestimentaires ont aussi des inconvénients.
La calotte empêche l’aération du cerveau.
La soutane restreint la climatisation du système reproducteur.
Une dangereuse combinaison qui donne un risque de surchauffe.
Manquant une soupape de sécurité, cet ensemble insalubre tend à créer des situations explosives.

Pour empêcher le pire, il faut qu’il y ait une échappatoire.

fanatiques_cabuEt l’échappatoire de ces moralisateurs sont des tirades venimeuses a l‘encontre des gens qui ne partagent pas les même croyances.
Et le verdict est toujours le même: la mort.
Par lapidation, par décapitation ou par le feu.

« Enfer chrétien, du feu. Enfer païen, du feu. Enfer mahométan, du feu. Enfer hindou, des flammes. A en croire les religions, Dieu est ne rôtisseur. »
Victor Hugo

Comment des adultes sensés intelligents (peut-être pas après tout) peuvent-ils écouter toutes ces élucubrations sans ciller?

Parce qu’il ne suffit pas d’écouter, il faut aussi analyser. Mais les sermonneurs de toutes engeances n’entendent pas que leurs ouailles réfléchissent.
Si les fidèles doutent, les endoctrineurs enfourchent leur cheval de bataille: c’est la volonté de Dieu, tonnent-ils.

Qu’en savent-ils ? Sont ils mieux informés que le commun des mortels ?
Ont-ils une ligne directe avec le firmament ?

L’habit ne fait pas le moine, et certainement pas un conseiller irréprochable.

Au nom de la liberté d’expression, il faut banaliser le blasphème, ridiculiser les apôtres du fanatisme et neutraliser au maximum leur capacité de nuire.

Amen !

Alain

Baby versus pussy

IMG_4817I am an unabashed cat lover. I just lôôôve those furry little beasts.
As you know, I am also a shutterbug and I always keep a camera handy.
That’s why I have a lot of pictures of my cat.
Because from birth to burial a cat is always alluring, supremely photogenic.
So yes, I have a lot of pictures of Kate.

My wife has always been mildly interested in photography, but last week everything suddenly changed.
She became a GRANDMOTHER and by a weird coincidence she developed a strange addiction.
She suddenly became a passionate snapshooter.

I might have inadvertently contributed to this problem by presenting her with an iPad Air 2.
I just didn’t think.
Now she is relentlessly shooting and hoarding pictures of the little suckling, and she doesn’t miss an occasion to show off.

She might not have (yet) as many pictures of the baby as I have of Kate but she is gaining ground frighteningly fast.
And I really don’t understand why.

“I don’t dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.”
Queen Victoria

I wouldn’t dare to disagree Ma’am.

A cat, from birth to paradise is a star. But unlike Hollywood stars, in spite of the passing years it never needs a facelift.
And apart from ripping off curtains, sofas, bedspreads and a few other items, a cat is instantly potty-trained.
Could you say the same thing about a baby?

“I can’t think why mothers love them. All babies do is leak at both ends.”
Douglas Feaver

Isn’t this true or am making this up?

And kids are useless for a long period of time.
Cats on the other hand are instantly productive and helpful.
They fertilize the garden ground with their droppings and keep an eye on unwanted critters, like occasional squirrels or marauding rats.
They also open the mail and work as part-time paper shredders.
Could you say the same thing about the rugrat?

So really, how could you even think of comparing a baby with a CAT?
Let’s be serious…

There is just a (very) slight inconvenient with mousers:

“The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.”
Paula Poundstone

 It is because they are just so supremely cool!
And unlike babies, they like their milk shaken, not stirred.

Alain

Sugar babies

“Love is a concept invented by poor people.”
Brandon Wade, founder and CEO of SeekingArrangement

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According to the latest issue of the Economist, “Nearly three-quarters of the graduates now leaving America’s colleges are saddled with debt. On average, they owe $35,051.

As the cost of university has risen, so has the number of “sugar babies” who pay for it by selling companionship and sex to wealthy older men. Monthly pay for this is typically about $3,000, though some “sugar daddies” offer much more. According to SeekingArrangement, a firm based in Las Vegas, two-thirds of sugar-baby graduates have no student debt.”

Well, well, well…

♫ Times they are a-changin..

It is true that today wimpy morality (the distinction between right or wrong) doesn’t have a chance against money juggernauts.

And society is not as uptight as it used to be. Not too long ago, pregnant unmarried girls were stigmatized and embarrassed by their condition. But no more. Single mothers are now a dime a dozen.
Today they are defiantly putting their bulging stomach on display. Look at me… I have a bun in the oven and I am not married.

Sex before marriage used to be frowned upon. Now it is common practice, starting in high school and being kept alive and well in retirement homes.

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My Sugar Baby

Sugar babies are above all entrepreneurial and pragmatic. They justify their behavior with logical reasons.
If I don’t do it, somebody else will. And I am not hurting anyone.
No matter what, during my four years of college I will have some sex. So I may as well do it with somebody who will pay for it and keep me pampered.
And mature sugar daddies are more considerate and generous than impoverished young studs.

That’s why Sugar Babies are seeking “arrangements”; business agreements with no strings attached.

It is said that regular sex boost brainpower. So, with regular sex you are probably a better student and can graduate in three years instead of four, thus saving more money.
And as a bonus you burn at least 200 calories during a 30 minutes sexual romp.
Nothing but positive feedback.

But the nagging question remains: how close is this practice to prostitution?
Because there is a very thin line between this “arrangement” and the world’s “oldest profession”.

But then, who are we to stigmatize prostitution?
If on her own free will a woman decides to monetize her charms, it is her  own damn business.

“I don’t understand why prostitution is illegal.  Selling is legal.  Fucking is legal.  Why isn’t selling fucking legal?  You know, why should it be illegal to sell something that’s perfectly legal to give away?”
George Carlin (1937-2008)

Alain