Feeling slightly distracted. Have been for a while, trying to follow the news in the Middle East. Getting to terms as to what is going on in Japan. Following and supporting petitions against animal cruelty, ban on herbal medicine and more human rights issues. And now Bristol kicks off and behaves like  a bunch of spoilt, bored, provocative idiots. I understand the opposition to that tescos, to police violence, to the suppression of peaceful gatherings, to the censoring of public screening (to accusations of that being some "secret" meeting to organise the next riot), the squat I don't know much about, what I did see last week was also just a bunch of drunks being idiots, provoking police and vice versa. This isn't about "our streets" any more. Call that wedding today mass distraction, oh yeah, then look back to stokes croft. No one's achieving anything there apart from bad publicity for the area. (and me not getting on with my assignments.)