Strange Old World

40 years old and getting more cynical by the day. A lover of eccentricity, a proponent of the individual, civil liberties and freedoms. Often at loggerheads with those demanding uniformity in the name of the collective. Argues as an individual, and not as part of a group or organisation.

 

I never set out to offend, but in the words of the great linguist Stephen Fry

 

“It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so f**king what."