Lucy Mangan makes a plea for greater intolerance in the world.
Now that the season of goodwill has passed, let’s make a plea for greater intolerance (carefully directed) in the world. The next time a woman (and it is always a woman – men have many flaws but at least they prefer to seek the answers to their problems in Top Gear and Abi Titmuss rather than the waxings and wanings of the moon) asks you what star sign you are, swears by essential oils, magnet therapy or talks about realigning anything but shelves, make a stand. Back her into a corner and talk at her about Galileo, Darwin, Einstein, Crick and Watson and Jeremy Paxman until she admits the error of her ways. For astrology and the rest to flourish it is only necessary that those with an IQ in double figures do nothing.
It makes me happy that there are grumpier people than me in the world. It makes me even happier that they work for the same company that I do (did I mention I was working for the Guardian again?)
She’s right tho’. astrology is bollocks. I had an interest in astronomy when I was growing up and I used to get seriously pissed off by the number of people who couldn’t tell the difference between astronomy and astrology.
Lucy Mangan’s diatribe on astrology is likely to remain the crassest, worst informed piece of writing in the Guardian all year.Your comments are no better.Closed minds.Sad.
Looks like Lucy might have been wrong on one thing then – there’s at least one man who believes this nonsense.Paul, it’s all very well having an open mind, but be careful that your brain doesn’t fall out.