QueenBee's Journal

If you've been following the news over the weekend you'll be aware that Iran has just passed a new dress code. Doesn't sound harmful, except that the dress code requires all Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians and Bahais to wear distinctive arm bands in public.

In a move that's reminiscent of Nazi Germany, all Jews will have to wear yellow arm bands, Christians red. As a contrast all Iranian's will wear "standard Islamic garments to remove ethnic and class distinctions".

Officially, the new law has been put in place is so that Muslim Iranians can identify non Muslims so they can stop becoming unclean by accidentally touching them in public.

There are 8 stages of genocide:

1.Classification
2.Symbolization
3.Dehumanization
4.Organization
5.Polarization
6.Identification
7.Extermination
8.Denial

Once any government singles out people based on race or religion, the next 5 or so steps are not that far away.


The scary thing is that there is no one that can /is willing to step in and do something about it. So far a lot of "western" nations have public condemned the new law but what will they do? Lets just hope the world grows some balls before we go through another holocaust.

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On Friday, I participated in a condensed version of the Myer Briggs personality indicator and I now know I am an ENTJ (Extraverted - iNtuitive - Thinking - Judging).

So I thought i'd do a quick google search to see who else is an ENTJ (apart from Joel, seeing as he is probably an extreme!). I came up with the following list:

• George Bernhard Shaw
• Douglas MacArthur
• George Marshall
• Margaret Thatcher
• Napolean Bonaparte
• William Tecumsah Sherman
• Bill Gates
• Quentin Tarantino
• John Lennon
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Richard M. Nixon
• Harrison Ford
• Steve Martin
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Sigourney Weaver
• Dave Letterman
• Patrick Stewart (STNG: Jean Luc Picard)
• Jim Carrey (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask)

Now i'm not too sure I beleive the list (how do they know anyway?) because I'm sorry I am NOT anything like Margaret Thatcher or Jim Carrey.

Also came up with the following Careers:
* Corporate Executive Officer; Organization Builder
* Entrepreneur
* Computer Consultant
* Lawyer
* Judge
* Business Administrators and Managers
* University Professors and Administrators

Personally I don't have a problem with the CEO, or the consultant (French castle here I come!!) Although I don't think I've got the patience or attention to detail to be a lawyer, I'm struggling to stay awake during parts of the law lectures.

And lastly perfect match for the ENTJ is: ISTP or INTP - so if you know any .... :-)

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Over the last week it's become obvious to me that there is something about crap current affairs TV that turns ordinary reasonable and fairly intelligent people into raving idiots. Two people who I thought were interesting and sensible confessed they had to go home to watch <insert name of show here>, because it had a story about how companies were ripping the consumers off by weighing the liquid inside packaging. Now is it just me or there is something seriously wrong with that sentence.

The worst offender is Today Tonight. They continue to not only "bend the truth" but outright lie to get a story. It's well known that the quality standard is not high, a quick search on media watch turned up 12 different incidences with the show in the last 6 months yet the "general public" eat it all up. What is wrong with people?

Current affairs shows started out as hard hitting reporting but since the late 90's they have become a joke. Is it because the standard demanded by the people has dropped? Or is it just an indication of the state of the media? When did it become more important to know about the discrepancies between the advertised weights on packages than the civil unrest in Nepal.

I suppose what's even worse is that the show is still on the air. Don't we have a media authority that is supposed to stop crap like the current affairs shows from being on tv? God knows they tried extremely hard last year when Big Brother showed lewd acts with a penis on their late night show, well isn't making Australia stupider an even worse offence?

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