i just have to say something

i'm sitting on my couch having some cottage cheese and a banana (yum!) watching the news and an update has just come on regarding british teacher gillian gibbons who you may have heard has been sentenced to spend 15 days in a sudanese jail for...calling a teddy muhammed. yes, calling a teddy bear muhammed carries a 15 day jail term in sudan, which seems to be on the lighter side of punishment as she was luckily not convicted of inciting racial hatred!

now i'm not trying to single out islam here, as i was equally appaled when recently a young woman gave birth but due to complications she needed blood. the family refused and the young woman died. the family were jehovah's witnesses. again a tragic event that could have been avoided.

i just think its amazing that in the 21st century, a time when the human race is meant to be tolerable, generous, kind spirited and intelligent that these events can still happen. i really am appalled that a 54 year old mother has to spend any time in jail for naming a frickin teddy bear inappropriately! it is utterly ridiculous!

geez, i'm working myself into a fury here. if anyone reading this agrees or disagrees please comment, i would love to hear your vews. I know this post isn't poker related and seymour cards will return to normal programming after this post (having fun playing sng's at the mo) but somethings just need an opinion to be voiced, and criminal teddy naming is one of them!

thanks all, i'm gonna try and cool off a bit now!