Spain New Abortion Freedom. California – Forced Marriage?

22 February, 2009 in abortion, America, children, church, equality, family values, feminism, freedom, government, health, human rights, media, moral courage, rights, spain, U.S., women
Tags: abortion, America, feminism, health, news, politics, spain, women

Forty years ago Spain was a fascist dictatorship and America prided itself on being the land of the free. Times they are a-changin’.

EEUU y Espana: Zapatero y Obama estarán amigos

8 November, 2008 in America, Europe, george w bush, government, illegal war, iraq, politics, spain, U.S.
Tags: America, barack obama, Election 2008, iraq, Jose Luis Zapatero, politics, spain, Spanish, thoughts

Posted by Irresponsibility Pues, Raquel Alvarez cree que Jose Luis Zapatero hice un gran error. Es qué él no apoyar a Presidente Bush en Irak, y otras cosas. ¡Que tonteria! La amistad de Presidente Bush no vale nada. ¿Por qué Zapatero deber un ‘poodle’ de una idiota? Bush es una broma. Un payaso sin sonrisas. [...]

Comments policy: Racism, sexism and foetus-fetishists NOT WELCOME

2 November, 2008 in children, feminism, responsibility, rights, UK, values, women
Tags: blogging, comment policy, feminism, health, personal, spain, thoughts, UK, women

Differences of opinion, thoughtful detractors and all proponents of civilised rational discourse are welcome at Irresponsibility.

Sarah Palin: no passport, no problem – foreign travel only for the spoilt rich, apparently

2 October, 2008 in America, anti-terror, CBS, culture, education, Europe, journalism, spain, The Daily Show, U.S., UK, values, women, work
Tags: America, Britain, journalism, Katie Couric, news, Sarah Palin, spain, The Daily Show, thoughts, travel

Posted by irresponsibility I was midway through my best shot at a reasoned analysis of the latest economic fun and games when The Daily Show’s Moment of Zen set me shouting at the TV. It was a clip of one of Katie Couric’s interviews with vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin where – in response to [...]

Spanish ‘neo-con’ Aguirre re-elected president of Madrid – a bad day for liberal politics

20 September, 2008 in abortion, civil liberty, education, equality, Europe, freedom, george w bush, government, health, illegal war, iraq, moral courage, politics, propaganda, schools, spain, women
Tags: conservative, freedom, liberal, news, politics, spain, thoughts, women

Posted by irresponsibility It’s good news/bad news on the Spanish politics front this week. Esperanza Aguirre – who is, among other things a Dame of the British Empire – was re-elected by not so much a landslide as an avalanche to the Presidency of the autonomous community of Madrid. Since becoming president in 2003 she [...]

Spain to liberalise abortion laws – hurrah for equality and common sense

19 September, 2008 in equality, Europe, family values, feminism, freedom, government, politics, social programs, spain, U.S., women
Tags: abortion, equality, freedom, health, law, politics, socialist, spain, thoughts, women

Posted by irresponsibility I love Spain. And I’m damn proud of it, too, for publicly pursuing a liberalised abortion policy. What a giddy delight to see a nation actively seeking to establish rights, freedom and respect for women – unlike, say, America. “We can’t have a situation where a woman who needs to terminate a [...]

Domestic violence – facts, figures and a question of responsibility

13 May, 2008 in 9/11, domestic violence, family values, feminism, russia, safety, U.S., UK, women
Tags: 9/11, blogging, domestic violence, news, politics, research, russia, spain, statistics, UK, USA, women

I innocently crack open a message from a dear friend this morning. The subject line is: your blog. The actual subject? Me not having done my homework. At least that’s what I get from two terse paragraphs, dense with numbers, slicing through the loose-knit argument of “they died for Britain” with the needle-nosed efficacy of [...]

They died for Britain…

9 May, 2008 in children, culture, domestic violence, family values, feminism, human rights, safety, spain, UK, Uncategorized
Tags: anti-Semitic, Britain, domestic violence, family values, hate crimes, law, murder, nuclear, racist, spain, UK, violence

Odd to think if I hadn’t picked up a copy of Spanish Elle (“Extra belleza – El manual de las buenas formas”) while waiting for a bus last week I would probably have never known that in 2007 128 women in Britain were murdered as a result of “domestic violence”. Or should I say, murdered [...]