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Jamoz's corner - January 2007

I watched with great interest today a television programme that as the title of this post suggests was all about how technology is impacting on the lives of ordinary people in terms of privacy. It seems that the more technologically advanced we become the less privacy we're likely to have. I already understand that we're all leaving a trail on the internet. So even my trips to lustyladies and boobaliciousbabes have been tracked and passed onto someone out there. Just as long as they don't pass that information onto my wife then everything should be fine. I really enjoy the fact I can have privacy. I think I have that right to do what I want to do without someone making notes of what I've been looking at on the web what clothes or food I buy, when I buy it, or not have someone needing to know exactly where I am at all times.


The thing that I liked least was the one thing that I have laughed off for years was something that I always thought would come straight from the paranoid conspiracy nutjobs handbook. I'll give them credit for the whole thing about the little thing that they inject into people to keep track off their health history and (even as suggested in the show) to find out exactly where someone is by GPS.
I don't think that's necessary to be tracking people. Especially me. I figure that if you can't find me that's your problem. It either means that I don't want to be found or I may be dead. Sometimes people just "disappear". They're not kidnapped or dead they just want to move along. Now if I were someone like that I'd be pretty miffed that I was found.

Now it's also unfortunate and tragic that alot of people do disappear because they are abducted and murdered or sometimes sold into sex slavery. If that happens to be me (the whole dead thing), I'm not going to care either way if you find me or not. It's a matter for me of "I'm dead! I don't give a stuff what you do with the my carcass if you find it! I'm off to eternity to spend time with some family who I haven't seen in years". In fact I'd ask that even when I'm dead I probably don't want to found then either. Trust me, if you try and contact me through a medium somebody's gonna get an unexpected visit from me one night and I ain't talking no "Casper the friendly ghost" visit either. Think more along the lines of Poltergeist.
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Myspace and parental responsibilty

January 21st 2007 11:35
I was flicking through the Sunday Herald today and an interesting story caught my eye. There are some parents in the United States (where else?) who are planning on suing the owners of Myspace and its owner, Newscorp for millions because they say that there was apparent negligence, fraud and misrepresentation. It stems from incidents where their teenage daughters (aged 14 and 15) were lured away and assaulted.

It is a very unfortunate situation for all concerned because I'm sure whilst all concerned want to keep all young people safe someone has let these girls down somewhere. The tragedy of the situation is that in the end no one will be willing to stand up and take the responsibility of admitting they were wrong. We live in a world of refusing to take responsibility for own, or someone under our care, actions. There was a story some years ago where a woman spilt coffee and burnt herself with it. She took action in the best way Americans knew how. She sued and she won big time. It's the reason why fast food chains now carry warnings on their cups saying that contents are extremely hot. With a little common sense it goes without saying that coffee is hot and it spilling on yourself or someone else will burn. However, this seems not to be the case as no matter what mistakes people make they now have a course of redress that says that even though it may be their fault they can still sue the pants off someone or a company on the premise of them not doing the job that the plaintiff were suppose to do in the first place.


In this case, the parents are choosing to sue a website and it's parent company for not protecting their daughters. Over the past few years, there has been plenty of discussion over the very same thing that happened in this case. Any parent that doesn't know about what dangers lurk on the internet must not have been living above ground whilst all the talk was going on. Surely the girls involved must have been educated or at least heard about what can happen?

What about the parents role in this? There is a saying in law when you come to the table you must come with clean hands. It's hard to see parental clean hands when they are the ones who are supposed to be protectors of their own young but yet pass the buck. If the company was created as a babysitter to look after kids then the case may have a different complexion to it. However, the girls were of the impression that this was a decision they could make without parental consent. If that was the case where were the parents and why weren't they keeping a closer eye on what their children were up to (not just when they were on the computer but who they were going off to meet) or if there was consent, the parents then should take responsibility for what happened under their watch.

This case speaks volumes and will show in the end where society stands about peoples attitude toward responsibility toward parenting and protection of the young.












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Has Britney done it again?

January 19th 2007 10:18
I'm not a great one for rumours but I couldn't help but notice that there's talk that Britney may be pregnant (again) to her new boyfriend and it got me all excited. Not the fact that she's pregnant (I have a rule against getting excited over pregnant hilbillies), but the whole thing that there's someone out there who actually makes worse life decisions than I do!

I have never taken Britney seriously as a singer because I never saw her as such. I saw a marketers dream that raked in millions. Her life was controlled for years and now that she has it back to some extent, it shows she has absolutely no idea what to do with it. It would explain not only a lot of her musical choices (which have always been pretty poor to begin with and why she'd sing about toxicity and slavery is beyond me) her relationships and then marriage and kids to a no talent wannabe and their eventual divorce. I don't know about you but I'm not sure that those are two gene pools you want to get too deep into. Talk about mixing backward genes!

In a way I feel sorry for her. But then again some of her decisions don't help her either for me to feel sympathetic toward her. I mean what was she thinking when she decided to tickle Madonna's tonsils in front of millions? I guess she was trying to see what all of the excitement was about. It wouldn't have surprised me if there were people in the audience who thought "Yep been there, done that!"

It is said that everybody has something about them, that will attract somebody else. I don't know what it was that she saw in her ex husband. Perhaps some scientist needs to do some kind of study to find out what totally confounds the rest of us...why him? She could have chosen almost any other guy, somebody who's rich, handsome, talented, but she had to settle for less than second best. Ah truly love is blind!

I believe that if someone is a parent then they have to make a total commitment to their child or children. Britney seems to have some kind of problem with her commitment to her kids. She needs to spend more time with them at home instead of being out with "Aunty Paris" and "Aunty Lindsay" at nights partying the night away.

Personally, I hope that Britney doesn't come back. Not the way she is now anyway. She needs to regain some credibility and some stability before she can show that she's worthy of the success that was showered on her early in her career.
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A thankful farewell

January 18th 2007 23:38
There are many out there who are sad to see the dismantling of the great Australian side of the 1990's and early noughties. I am not one of them. I'm quite happy to see them all go. In fact if anyone asked me I would have been quite happy to have pushed their wheelchairs into the nursing home. I'm sure that the rest of the cricketing world breathed a collective sigh of relief. It reminded me of when reggae singer and former Wailer Peter Tosh heard that Bob Marley had died. He is reported to have said "Maybe somebody else can sell some (insert offensive word here) records now!" I'm sure at least one cricket board somewhere around the world felt the same way about the a trophy that has been out of their grasp since this team decided to be greedy and stack their cabinet with every available trophy they can get their hands on. And they say cricket's for gentlemen!

What surprised me though was the talk that the loss of mssrs Warne, McGrath and Langer was being compared to the loss of Chappell, Marsh and Liillee in the 1980's and how it left a major hole in the team and thats why the team was weak for so many years. Thats not how I remember things. I would have thought there was the depth to cover the loss of those players as great as they were


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The things people say

January 18th 2007 08:57
There are some phrases that people use that absolutely no sense. It's not like these expressions are coming from a mufti who refuses to learn how to speak proper english, they come from people who have a supposed command of the english language.

Free gift - Popular with businesses who want to give something crappy away and I've heard it a lot over the years on tv and on the radio. Gifts are free to the recipient. If they weren't they wouldn't be gifts would they? Thats why Christmas is so popular because we know we're getting lots of free stuff...some of it expensive most of it cheap but it's free nonetheless


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My sporting mind

January 18th 2007 06:00
Have you ever noticed that some people are total sports freaks? They can roll out stories and statistics for all of their favourite sports and it's players for hours and hours on end. Not only that they will sit down for hours or days on end glued to the television watching a sports competition. I'm not just talking about the former players up in the commentary box, I talk of the guys and girls who barely could run, jump or throw, roll, bowl or pass a ball, swing a bat or club or shoot a hoop. I was one of those.

I'll watch sports on occasions, but I find it hard to sit down and watch a whole tennis or rugby union/league match. I have to admit I am a pretty big cricket fan but I wouldn't watch all five days of a test or a whole one day game (well maybe if I knew that Australia was going to get hammered I may tune in a little more often) but there are some sports events that I just can't be bothered with. Such as the Olympics. You'll all be pleased to know that I tooknot only the last Football world cup but also the last olympics off. Thats no mean feat either. I didn't see a race (either water or land), a throw, a punch, a kick, a dive or a jump. I had to count the days down til it was finished and boy was I glad! I have absolutely no problem admitting it either. As soon as the theme came on or the rings appeared on the screen I was gone


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The case of the crazy cleric

January 18th 2007 04:13
It's nice when you hear what people really think, isn't it? You know exactly where you stand with them. Theres no beating around the bush, no tact just the hard truth of how they feel. A perfect example is of the Australian born cleric who believes that young Muslims should be trained to be martyrs. I don't think that what he said is any different from what other religions think but dare not say.

Christianity has had it's fair share of martyrs throughout history including 11 of the disciples. Christians are taught to be "soldiers" for Jesus which I would think is to not only fight for the religion and it's basic beliefs but also, if necessary, die for it as well. I believe that the test of true faith is if you are willing to sacrifice yourself for what you believe in. Now mind you, what you may truly believe in may be dead wrong to the rest of the world, doesn't make it right just as much as if a million people believed it. Hitlers a prime example of that


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My top ten worst songs of all time

January 17th 2007 15:32
A couple of years ago Blender magazine decided that Starships 80's hit "We built this city" was the worst song of all time. I tend to disagree because I believe that there are many many songs that are worse than that song. I love my music, and trust me my ears know awful music when its played. I try not to let much crap filter into my personal space, but unfortunately it happens to sneak in on occasions. There are some songs however that I can never allow to be played in my house or in the car. This is my top ten worst list.

10. Fields of Gold - Sting. I could never ever get WTF he's singing about wheat. It's about as listenable as the wheat in the fields is tasty


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Now that the much vaunted and over hyped Ashes demolition is over and the English have lost everything except a one day match to New Zealand I have a suggestion for them that they could take up. Since Pietersen is out due to injury and on the off chance they lose more players perhaps they should get some of the old english players who are out here to play beach cricket to come in and play for them. I mean surely they can't do any worse than the players they have now, can they?
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Too much Bindi

January 16th 2007 08:42
is it just me or is Bindi Irwin getting way too much attention? Enough already! I don't want to see her everytime I turn on the television! I understand her families tragedy, but now do we have to be forcefed daily news on Bindi? I don't care. I really don't. It's nice she's getting over her fathers death, but is there any way can she and her mother do me a favour and lead a childhood thats away from the camera?
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People I try and avoid

January 16th 2007 08:28
There are some people in this world that just for some reason or another not only get on my nerves but seem to jump up on down on them frequently enough to make my head hurt. I have compiled this list that is only partially complete. I'm sure knowing me that this list will grow exponentially very very quickly.

SCIENTISTS
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I have given great thought to the problems that the Mufti has and lets face it he seems to have several million self induced problems right now. You would have thought that the man would have learned his lesson from the time he opened his mouth in his mosque and compared women to "uncovered meat". He was (quite rightly) either advised to pack up and leave the countryor decided to leave on his own volition indefinitely, either way it didn't matter as long as he didn't embarrass himself again publicly and make his faith look worse than what it is.

You can't keep a good mufti down, so what does he do to remind us that he's still around? He turns up on Egyptian television to blast his adopted countrymen by labelling them "liars" along with "Muslims have more right to be in Australia tha Europeans" because they "came here free and the Europeans came in chains" and to top it off he then says that "Muslims have been here long before Europeans". He reminds me of someone who throws rocks at someone and then runs away. He's almost as bad as people who insult you to your face and then say "Oh I was just making a joke". Uh huh


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I have to admit that I don't enjoy 20/20 cricket. I don't like it for the following reasons.
1. When I was growing up, batting was about timing, footwork and patience. None of which seem to be needed in 20/20. If you want a batsman to become someone who can slog and have not a bit of patience as a test batsman feed him on a constant diet of 20/20. The more a batsman feeds on slogging and less on timing and patience, the harder it will be for him to fit into the mold of a patient batsman whether he plays junior, grade, state or test cricket. Any junior cricketer who is taught to play this way exclusively can almost kiss their dreams of international test cricket goodbye. if you want an example of poor test batting look at the careers of two similar players - Andrew Symonds of Australia and Ricardo Powell of the West Indies. They are the future of cricket. Guys who have been known for their poor shot making, timing and lack of footwork. 20/20's not a game of class or strategy but more of a game of hit and miss. If people really want to watch a game like that why don't they just watch something just as non sensical as baseball?

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Maury and Jerry

January 9th 2007 10:29
As I don't have a lot to do at the moment I spend my time wasting away watching television. Sad isn't it? Two of the shows I watch on a regular basis are Maury Povich and Jerry Springer. I watch because I see them as not so much entertainment but more like studies in human social behaviour. These shows are useful by the fact that they expose the sometimes ugly underbelly of the society that we all help to create in someway or another on a daily basis. In a sense the guests are unwittingly there as part of the "study" to expose societal ills but seeing what they do their part of the show is not only the 15 minutes of fame but a ratings booster for the show as well.

We tune in daily to see our fellow humans expose themselves emotionally (and if you watch Springer you'll see a lot more exposed than just emotions) to not just an inhouse audience but millions nationally and internationally. I wonder when watching these shows though, what kind of people go on these shows to expose their lives to the world? Not only that, when the show is over and after the battles have been won and lost on the stage, what happens when the warring guests go home? I wonder if they continue the battle at home and beat the crap out of each other? I think that if they're looking for an imaginative new follow up programme that would be it! Let them follow the warring guests home and then tape them whooping the kahooey out of each other. Which brings me to a interesting question I wonder how many injuries, hospital bills and police reports are written up because of the "Jerry Factor


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I'm all for letting people just be people but sometimes I wonder how far we can let people be who they feel to be before there are serious repercussions. I was watching a US current affairs programme where the host had on a gay rights activist who wants all the same rights for gays that heterosexual married couples have. (Whats that sound? Why do I hear blades being sharpened?)

Let me say this I'm not a complete homophobe. On the other hand I am not here to pander to any segment of the community either. Thats not my job. I don't condone their lifestyle, yet I tolerate it. Where I was born, if you're gay then you have to keep it to yourself. I remember hearing how the gay community wanted to organize a gay pride march and the day of the march a group of men had gathered with sticks, stones, machetes, broken bottles and some of those apparently were police who had changed into regular clothes. Not surprisingly the march was called off. I had a female tell me she would not listen to Elton John because of his lifestyle. Then again some of the best known singers from there have been banned from performing overseas because they've been deemed to be inciting anit-gay sentiment. I am moderate by comparison and I wouldn't go as far as my countrymen. People can do what they like behind closed doors. I don't give a damn. I just don't believe in gay marriage, just as I don't believe in fornication or adultery


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I know that someone out there is going to conclude after reading this that I have either lost what little sense I have or I really have nothing better to do. Sshh! I think it's a little bit of both, but keep that under your hat.

Does anyone remember the former Australian player and NSW/Tasmanian/Queensland Captain Dirk Wellham? When I was growing up for some reason he appealed to me as a player. Yeah, yeah yeah laugh all you want, because I can hear you saying "What, are you kidding me? He was one of the worst players to ever represent Australia!" Well I decided that I had to do my research on this to prove either he was or he wasn't one of the worst ever to represent the country as he frequently appears on worst Australian teams. What I found may or may not surprise you


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Is it just me or is it that the more I read the Daily Telegraph the more I dislike it? I'm not sure what it is about this particular paper but it just seems to grate on one of the few nerves that I seem so desperate to hang onto. Can they explain how out of all of the news that is happening around the state and the country it seems to search for and then focus on the most inane and mundane stories for front page stories. Today their front page had a big picture of Shane "Warnie" Warne signing an autograph with the headline being "Warne: Simone is still in my heart" Awww isn't that sweet? There's just one problem...it doesn't belong on the front page. In fact it doesn't belong in the first section of the newspaper. In fact why is it in the paper at all? Why is the media pushing this onto us? Do they think we have become so celebrity obsessed that we need it on the front page of our newspaper?

Where are the Telegraphs priorities? I mean seriously, c'mon guys, as a newspaper you can do better than to plaster a guys private life all over the front page. He's not that important


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