Culture of Fear: Entire UK on House Arrest
ATTENTION! This is HM Government. A state of national emergency has been declared across the entire United Kingdom. There is now a total curfew in effect. Do not leave your homes. The curfew will be enforced by government troops. Anyone breaking curfew and leaving their home at any time will be shot. All food will be delivered by the Army in your area. Education broadcasts will shown on TV. All phone and internet connections have been cut. This is for your safety. That is all...
It sounds like a disaster movie, but this is at the other end of the Road to Hell we have just joined. We are at Junction 1, the journey is just beginning, no-one needs to go the toilet yet and Little Jimmy has yet to get his seat covered in chocolate.
Society's short-sighted satnav has yet to determine where this road goes, but it's downhill all the way. Which, since it's the path of least resistance, means government can engage neutral and coast all the way to oblivion.
Sorry, got carried away with the bombast without introducing the subject of today's rant. Due to the recent holes uncovered in the registers of ne'er-do-well's in this country, it transpires that almost 10 million people will require some sort of vetting to determine if they can get a job that involves, as near as makes no difference, interacting with people. What the government are saying is that one in six people in this country is some sort of pervert. Think about that when you walk through the supermarket. How long has that man been smiling suggestively at that can of beans? Maybe he gets off on tins of beans. I'd better call the Police.
Ludicrous, right? That's where the government thinks we are. And this a mere week or two after Tony Blair kicked off his "Re-spect!" campaign, in which he said that he believed that the majority of people were good and respectful. Now, one in six is a minority, but it's not that minor a minority. So, Tony, which is it? Are we all good, honest folks, mindfull and respectful of other people, or are we all overcoat-wearing child-molesting psychopaths? I don't think it can be both.
Break the numbers down. One in Six people means One in Three men. Assuming two-thirds of men have children, does that mean that the government believe that half of fathers are unsuitable on the grounds that they may be kiddy-fiddlers? I'm not a big fan of swearing in blogs but, as a proud and protective father, I would quite happily grab Tony Blair by his lapels and tell him, in no uncertain terms, to fuck off. "So Tony, is it you that's the pervert, or is it your dad Leo, namesake of your youngest son?" When you put it like that, it sounds even more ludicrous.
Its getting a bit like the film Equilibrium. Society is being regulated to the point where, if you stray from the Little Red Path by so much as smiling at a child having fun, your fellow citizens shop you to The Man for being a sex offender.
Its also similar tactics to those used by the Bush Adminstration in the run up to The Gulf Round 2. Bush beat the American people with the threat of Saddam and his WMDs until the they were ready to pop a cap in the ass of anyone whose beard was a bit too bushy. As a senior, and probably ex-, official stated in Fahrenheit 9/11, "You can make people do almost anything if they're scared.". Which makes you wonder for what new evil they are prepping us.
Another thought occurs: Are rapists, murderers, paedophiles, perverts born or made? Homosexuality, although still regarded by the church to be an evil choice made by Man, seems to be something you are born with. If, as I think the received wisdom is, most criminals are made, a product of society, then surely it would better in the long run to address the things that create criminals, rather than react to the results of criminal behaviour?
The Road to Hell has many off-ramps, many chances for redemption, to escape the descent of Man. But no-one wants to get off, admiting that they don't know where they are going, like Dad driving to EuroDisney. We would read the map, if there was one. However, like instructions for assembling Ikea furniture, it's unlikely we would use it.
ATTENTION! Your civil liberties and human rights have been revoked for the protection of you from yourselves. Anyone who catches themselves having seditious thoughts should handcuff themself to a radiator for the duration. Thank you for your continued cooperation...
It sounds like a disaster movie, but this is at the other end of the Road to Hell we have just joined. We are at Junction 1, the journey is just beginning, no-one needs to go the toilet yet and Little Jimmy has yet to get his seat covered in chocolate.
Society's short-sighted satnav has yet to determine where this road goes, but it's downhill all the way. Which, since it's the path of least resistance, means government can engage neutral and coast all the way to oblivion.
Sorry, got carried away with the bombast without introducing the subject of today's rant. Due to the recent holes uncovered in the registers of ne'er-do-well's in this country, it transpires that almost 10 million people will require some sort of vetting to determine if they can get a job that involves, as near as makes no difference, interacting with people. What the government are saying is that one in six people in this country is some sort of pervert. Think about that when you walk through the supermarket. How long has that man been smiling suggestively at that can of beans? Maybe he gets off on tins of beans. I'd better call the Police.
Ludicrous, right? That's where the government thinks we are. And this a mere week or two after Tony Blair kicked off his "Re-spect!" campaign, in which he said that he believed that the majority of people were good and respectful. Now, one in six is a minority, but it's not that minor a minority. So, Tony, which is it? Are we all good, honest folks, mindfull and respectful of other people, or are we all overcoat-wearing child-molesting psychopaths? I don't think it can be both.
Break the numbers down. One in Six people means One in Three men. Assuming two-thirds of men have children, does that mean that the government believe that half of fathers are unsuitable on the grounds that they may be kiddy-fiddlers? I'm not a big fan of swearing in blogs but, as a proud and protective father, I would quite happily grab Tony Blair by his lapels and tell him, in no uncertain terms, to fuck off. "So Tony, is it you that's the pervert, or is it your dad Leo, namesake of your youngest son?" When you put it like that, it sounds even more ludicrous.
Its getting a bit like the film Equilibrium. Society is being regulated to the point where, if you stray from the Little Red Path by so much as smiling at a child having fun, your fellow citizens shop you to The Man for being a sex offender.
Its also similar tactics to those used by the Bush Adminstration in the run up to The Gulf Round 2. Bush beat the American people with the threat of Saddam and his WMDs until the they were ready to pop a cap in the ass of anyone whose beard was a bit too bushy. As a senior, and probably ex-, official stated in Fahrenheit 9/11, "You can make people do almost anything if they're scared.". Which makes you wonder for what new evil they are prepping us.
Another thought occurs: Are rapists, murderers, paedophiles, perverts born or made? Homosexuality, although still regarded by the church to be an evil choice made by Man, seems to be something you are born with. If, as I think the received wisdom is, most criminals are made, a product of society, then surely it would better in the long run to address the things that create criminals, rather than react to the results of criminal behaviour?
The Road to Hell has many off-ramps, many chances for redemption, to escape the descent of Man. But no-one wants to get off, admiting that they don't know where they are going, like Dad driving to EuroDisney. We would read the map, if there was one. However, like instructions for assembling Ikea furniture, it's unlikely we would use it.
ATTENTION! Your civil liberties and human rights have been revoked for the protection of you from yourselves. Anyone who catches themselves having seditious thoughts should handcuff themself to a radiator for the duration. Thank you for your continued cooperation...
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