Some people might be shocked by this, others might shrug their shoulders and say something like "ehh, knew that a long time ago... the way his head has the ability to rotate 360 degrees and his mad projectile vomiting skills kinda gave it away."

But none the less, according to my uncle, who would be well at home screaming about the pit fires of hell in a baptist chuch deep in Alabama (where I might add - it is still legal to have 'relations' with your sister), I have a demon.

My uncle, who believes that global warming is some kind of fabricated left wing extremist hoax, designed to cripple the economy and send us back to the stone age with dreadlocks and no soap. My uncle, who thinks that women shouldn't really work full time, but should stay home and 'submit' to their husbands. My uncle who thinks that women who have abortions are automatically destined to go to hell for their sins, and that the best way to talk to gay people is to tell them they are 'going to hell'. My uncle, the banjo playing yokel that travels the country in a bus and doesn't actually work for a living, instead bludging off my taxes...

So yeah, basically my uncle - the well thought out and balanced opinion forming man he is - thinks that I have a demon.

Did I kick a pregnant woman in the stomach? No.

Did I accidentally drop puppies into a deep dish of boiling oil? No.

Did I sleep with the pope? No... yes... wait. No.

I told him that i think Japan should stop whaling.

Not even on 'ecomentalist' grounds as he would say. I don't run around with picket signs saying "save the whales" and throwing paint at the Japanese embassy.

I don't even think that it is bad to eat whales... so long as it is done responsibly like all other . Realistically I oppose whaling on economic, scientific and animal cruelty grounds. Economically, there is more money in tourism rather than harvesting whales. Scientifically, I see no reason to kill whales to monitor their diet or migration patterns. Scientifically I don't see why they should want to target humpbacks either. And above all, I think it is cruel to slowly kill any animal with up to 30 minutes of stabbing and electocution. If they could kill the whale within 5 seconds like most other harvested animals, then I am ok with that so long as it is done responsibly. But the fact is there is no way to kill something that big humanely and quickly. And to be honest, those things look way better alive than dead.

So, I have a demon.

Can I get an AMEN? No? Yes? Bite me.