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Real name:	Martyn Richard Jones
Location:	Andalucia, España.
Age:	52
About me:	As of 2009/08/12 I am taking a rest from commenting on blogs. I hope it lasts :-) Politics: Democratic, constitutional, secular, rule of law, in a civil society ... de izquierdas Economics: Mixed Philosophy: Critical Race: Human Football: Córdoba, Real Madrid & Spain Other: Radical feminist (so I've been told); LGBT rights; European libertarian (ditto); Agnostic; Equality, Human Rights, Pro EU, Internationalist, Humanist. Therefore, I am usually disliked by racists, misogynists and misanthropes. So, I must be doing something right. My B L O G: http://www.itsMarty.com My Y O U T U B E: http://www.youtube.com/user/MartynInEurope My F A C E B O O K: http://www.facebook.com/people/Martyn-Jones/1004254081 My T W I T T E R: MartynInEurope My W O R K: http://www.martynjones.eu
Interests:	Information Management; Cycling; Walking; Languages; Writing; Football; Rugby; Alternative Investment Funds, Asset Management and Investment Banking; Flamenco guitar, classical guitar .. playing and listening. Art, poetry, literature; wasting time commenting on interweb forums. Comedy ... Alexei Sayle, Mark Steel, Mark Thomas, The News Quiz, French and Saunders, Ab Fab, Lenny Henry, Los Morancos, Podge & Rodge, Dave Chapelle, TDDIP, ISAIH, Jay & Silent Bob ...
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Music video: Agua de Córdoba - Martyn Jones

A free style piece of music for guitar, part of a collection of themes that include Moviemiento, El jardin del mundo, y otras temas. This one is reminiscing about flowing water, life and Cordoba. Inspired by MCP, que esta con los barcos, comiendo en las islas o en la playa.

The stupid things idiots will claim in support of their own brand of nationalism and in opposition to other people's brand of nationalism.

Dear All, Due to a malicious piece of site hacking I have had to unfortunately block commenting on this blog for the time being.
I will reactivate the comments facility when I have the chance to upgrade the software to the level required to prevent hacking attempts that disrupt the site.

Ultra-nationalists of a feather, flock together. Take one reactionary bourgeoisie, mix together some well dodgy intellectual and cultural basis, don't allow to set, then serve up on a layer of instinct and blind prejudice, to the delight of a pack of baying pack of shrieking -racist and misanthropic twits.

Cayo Lara Iu Después de 10 días caminando desde Valencia no les dejaron llegar a las puertas del Congreso para entregar su escrito pidiendo que no desahucien a más gente de la vivienda por no poder pagar la abusiva hipoteca con la que unos cuantos se han enriquecido sin piedad. Estamos con su justa reivindicación y con la de las 74.000 personas que los bancos van a desahuciar éste año de sus casas. Mas fuerza a IU es urgente.

When I was a Welsh kid, growing up in England, there was a lot of very nasty homophobia around. At best, homosexuals were barely tolerated, and were frequently considered a deviancy. My own parents, quite liberal in many aspects, didn't know how to come to terms with homosexuality, never mind what has now become LGBT, and even more, if reports from the USA are to be believed.

From one perspective, it's hard to imagine Ahmadinejad getting more than a handful of votes. Would I vote for him? Good grief no, and not in a month of Sundays. But that isn't the issue is it. If the voting choice and election in this case had been based on the international projection of what Ahmadinejad has supposed to have said, and what he is supposed to be plotting, and that instead of Iranians going to the polls, it was the vote of western critics that mattered the most, then I would agree

I asked you to clarify what you perceive as the difference between a term which is now currently in common usage ie "Jewish state" and a term which I rarely if ever hear used namely " a state of the Jews" but can guess as to what it probably means.

Tomorrow I'm planning on taking the train from Cordoba to Posadas, and then to cycle from Posadas to Lora del Rio. Have lunch there, and then to take the train back to Cordoba. First train from Cordoba to Posadas leaves at 7:15. Let's see if I manage to get out of bed on time, and actually carry out what I've planned. The rest of the story will go here.

WORK IN PROGRESS When little boys and girls have more hate and blind prejudice than reason: Vile and nasty comments that I have encountered on The Guardian's CiF blog pages from so-called supporters of Israel.

The men and women of the International Brigade are to be applauded for their effort to save Europe from fascism, and to save a democratic and constitutional state from the vicious onslaught of a band of internationally backed criminal insurgents.

Me: Would you care to explain yourself? Just to qualify the comment. Compared to killing hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children based on duff intelligence and lies, it was a very small error of judgement. Now go back to your shapes, colours, sounds, lights ..... ContedeQuincy: Look at your past posts and you'll soon find out why. I really would not like to add "selective amnesia" to the list. Me: Ok, so let's assume I have "selective amnesia". Just what are you refer

Geoffrey Alderman, commenting on the comments section of an article by Seth Freedman, It's not British fascists we should fear, wrote: geoffreyalderman 12 Jun 09, 4:07pm (about 1 hour ago) Seth, can we at least agree that anyone who calls the BNP "fascist" does a serious disservice to the political ideology known as "fascism?" Geoffrey Alderman Is it me, or is this a bizarre defence of fascist ideology?

You just couldn't make it up! The following is a statement issued by The Righwing Rapid Response Team in response to an alarming and malicious article published by known leftwing green guardianista Peter Tatchell, who goes by the name of "Peter Tatchell", and which was published today (or yesterday) in The Guardian. And which has been supported by a number of treasonous and traitorous Britain hating, minority supporting, LGBT loving, race denying, feminazi gits! Today, we call upon every upst

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My responses to:

God, Dawkins and tragic humanism: In a new book, Terry Eagleton argues that liberal humanism woefully underestimates the horrors of which humans are capable.

By: Mark Vernon
Published: guardian.co.uk, Thursday 11 June 2009 11.00 BST
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jun/11/humanism-eagleton-dawkins-christianity-atheism



Well, if you follow the Christian narrative, then yes. However, if Christianity were a criminal offence - and I am not suggesting for one minute that it should be a crime - just how many Christians could be prosecuted for Christianity based on the evidence of them practicing their faith?

Another thing, if our most fearsome judge is a projection of our imagination, why wouldn't we mould the judgment of that super-being in order for it to fit in with our own idea of right, wrong and judgment?

I guess that what I am saying is that Eagleton takes the game to his territory, and then frames the debate accordingly, which is perfectly reasonable, in a political debate, but hardly a rigorous defense of an assumed and indefensible posture, no matter how cleverly we can manage the dialectic, subvert the rationale and twist an already badly bent metaphysics.


Given the overwhelming evidence of man's inhumanity to man, within the last two hundred years, this charge against liberal humanism falls flat on its arse.

The Euston Manfesto. I never really wanted to comment on The Euston Manifesto, not wanting to legitimise a document that I considered a pretty duff manifesto.

If I had a Euro for every time I have read the claim that right is left, then I would be seriously rich.

The following is from the home page of Vote For A Change. The expense crisis reveals a nation governed by a political elite that has stopped listening and who are accountable to no one but their party machines. Too many MPs seem more interested in changing their homes than changing the world. Our society faces real problems - mass unemployment and growing poverty, the threat of climate chaos and an erosion of our civil liberties to name but three. These all require effective govern

Heidegger's fascism, his indisputable and overwhelming support of the Nazis, was linked inextricably to his philosophy. Heidegger turned to National Socialism precisely because of his philosophy, not in spite of it.

The election results were not entirely unexpected. So, PR represented the will of the people who actually bothered to get out and vote. Whether you like the outcome or not, and there are things that I am not particular happy about, e.g. 2 seats for the BNP, but that's a part of representative democracy.

Tell her she can't watch the news in Swahili, tell her it's bad for her eyes. Tell her she can watch Super Ted and Fireman Sam. Tell her she can stay up late and have cockles and dandelion and burdock for supper.

Don't tell her Don't tell her the trouble about the reservoir Tell her it's our water, they have not right Tell her it's not the water for Liverpool and Birmingham