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The general population wants to be led. That's why we have a government. The government can deal with all the legal stuff and relationships with other countries while the rest of us get on with our lives and leave them to it.
That's how it's supposed to be.
However, our leaders have turned their sights on the people who elected them. They now regard the general population as worthless idiots without whom the country would run much more smoothly. In fact, wouldn't it all be so much easier if everyone acted and thought the same way? Wouldn't it be far less bother if they all woke when told, worked when told, played when told and slept when told? Work eight hours, play eight hours, sleep eight hours. That was Orwell's vision.
Our government have read 1984. Trouble is, the morons think it's a manual.
The European New Reich have admitted as much, as Devil's Kitchen points out today. They want to do away with all those pesky votes because people always give the wrong answers. I'd like to spend a few days refurbishing their lovely auditorium for them. Gratis, of course. A new paint job, nice new upholstery, new carpets, and beneath every seat a nine inch spike atop an explosive charge. The EU will collapse because its politicians no longer feel the need to smile and lie. They are outright telling us we are too stupid to vote. If there's one thing the common man doesn't like, it's being regarded as stupid. Ask Charles the First, if you can find all the bits.
The Kitchen also noted the new drinking laws, whereby you will not be able to buy alcohol from an off-licence unless you are over 21. You can still get into a pub at 18, so you can still stagger about the streets. What you won't be able to do is have a drink in the privacy of your own home, even if you work, live alone, pay taxes and council tax and fork out the ever-increasing charges for utilities. With tax on top. No cans for your football viewing, pal.
Well, I could shrug it off. I'm well over 21 so I'm not affected. Not until I decide to saunter down to the Throat and Razor for a pint of Jock McSquirty's Bowel Purger and find that all those 18-21 year olds who used to drink at home are now crammed into the public bar. Some will then rampage through the streets, no doubt a few will drive home. Those who would normally not be outside at all will be forced to do all their drinking in public in future. The incidence of drink driving will increase, the village square will be awash with cider-scented vomit. But hey, it's a new law so it must be an improvement. Isn't it fun having a government composed entirely of meddling, senile old crones?
Alex Salmond, I thought you were one of the few good guys in politics. If you don't stop poking around in things that don't need fixing, I will, hereafter and forevermore, refer to you only as Alex the Oily Fish. I live pretty close to your office, too, so I can come round and call you that in person.
The Righteous are on the case, naturally. Remember how they handled smoking? Let's recap.
It used to be okay to smoke in pubs. Some had non-smoking areas, one or two were completely non-smoking because that's how the clientele wanted it. Restaurants had smoking and non-smoking, or they were fully non-smoking. Only little transport cafes allowed smoking throughout, and not all of those. Some places allowed smoking, some didn't. Smokers congregated in places that allowed smoking, those who objected to smoking congregated in places that didn't. Everyone had a place to go.
Not good enough for the Righteous. They wanted exclusive access to everywhere. Smoking had to be banned in all public places. Smokers, we were told, were despicable distortions of humanity, not people at all. They were an abomination, sent to kill us all with passive smoke which everyone knows (requiring no proof) instantly fills a non-smoker's entire body with bulbous growths. Smokers were inhuman, alien, a different species.
That's no exaggeration. That's how smokers were portrayed. As a result, not only can you not smoke indoors anywhere, and no site owner has the option to decide for themselves whether to allow smoking or not, in many places you can't smoke outdoors either.
A railway platform, right at the end, clear of the canopy and with nobody in sight? No, you can't smoke there.
A bus station, open to the elements and flooded with diesel exhaust? No, you can't smoke there.
How about a bus stop, one upright panel and one flat roof. No sides. No, you can't smoke there.
How about outside the hospital, well clear of any buildings and with no chance of the smoke entering through a window? No. You cannot smoke within the hospital grounds. Not even in the centre of the car park.
That was the result of the dehumanising campaign levelled against smokers. It worked so well it was then applied to 'terrorists' for the 42-day detention rule. It worked again.
Now we have the same campaign against drinkers.
Look at what the law says. It says, really, only one thing. Nobody under 21 can buy booze from a shop. Devil's Kitchen objected. How did the Righteous react? Check the comments under his post.
The Righteous accuse DK of supporting the rights of drunks to drive. They accuse him of denying the rights of retailers to ask for ID. Opponents of the 42-day rule were supporters of terrorism. Opponents of the smoking ban wanted everyone to get cancer. Opoonents of a reduction in the abortion limit wanted every baby dead before birth. Opponents of this new lunatic law want drunk drivers to get off scot free. See the pattern? It's the same technique every time. It's called the 'strawman'. Make up an extreme stance and claim your opponent stands for that. Keep on and on about it until nobody remembers they never said that. The Righteous use the same methods over and over and over.
To the Righteous, all drinkers are binge drinkers. Everyone who has ever let a drop of alcohol pass their lips then spends the rest of their days ****ing on train seats and driving crazily with the express intention of finding children to impale on their hood ornaments. Drinkers are evil, sadistic *******s who are only out to make everyone's lives miserable. Drinkers are out to Get You! just like the Smokers From Another World, the Drinkers are the next wave in the non-human threat to our way of life. Drinkers are not human. They are an abomination which must be destroyed.
That's how it works. I'm just waiting for 'passive drinking' to show up.
It's the same thing. Dehumanise the target and nobody cares what happens to them. Even now, with the smoking ban in force for years, I get sneered at by wrinkled hysterical harpies in the street if I have the temerity to indulge in an entirely legal cigarette. One of these raddled old harridans actually faked a cough as she passed me - and I hadn't finished rolling the cigarette yet. Smokers are no longer human.
Well, I drink too. I don't drive, I don't make any noise when I'm out, I don't come home blind and incontinent, I don't break anything or attack anyone. I have a drink. Then I go home. Sometimes, when I'm home, I'll write a blog entry after I've been drinking. Sometimes I'll have another after I get home. Shocked? You should be, according to the Righteous.
It's possible to have a drink without ending up entirely blasted. You'd never think it from the campaign of the Righteous. If you drink, you are no longer human. End of story.
If you drink and don't smoke, you'll have enjoyed the dehumanisation of the smoker. Look carefully, because you're next.
And I wouldn't smile too wide just yet, fat boy. Nor you, you coffin-dodger. The aged are on the list. Don't smoke, don't drink, but like to play music? Enjoy it while you can. Religion? Enjoy it now. Won't be too long before they get to you. None of you can expect any help or support from the smokers.
Well, I smoke and I drink. If the Righteous want to portray me as inhuman, don't feign surprise when I start acting that way.
It's what you wanted.
That's how it's supposed to be.
However, our leaders have turned their sights on the people who elected them. They now regard the general population as worthless idiots without whom the country would run much more smoothly. In fact, wouldn't it all be so much easier if everyone acted and thought the same way? Wouldn't it be far less bother if they all woke when told, worked when told, played when told and slept when told? Work eight hours, play eight hours, sleep eight hours. That was Orwell's vision.
Our government have read 1984. Trouble is, the morons think it's a manual.
The European New Reich have admitted as much, as Devil's Kitchen points out today. They want to do away with all those pesky votes because people always give the wrong answers. I'd like to spend a few days refurbishing their lovely auditorium for them. Gratis, of course. A new paint job, nice new upholstery, new carpets, and beneath every seat a nine inch spike atop an explosive charge. The EU will collapse because its politicians no longer feel the need to smile and lie. They are outright telling us we are too stupid to vote. If there's one thing the common man doesn't like, it's being regarded as stupid. Ask Charles the First, if you can find all the bits.
The Kitchen also noted the new drinking laws, whereby you will not be able to buy alcohol from an off-licence unless you are over 21. You can still get into a pub at 18, so you can still stagger about the streets. What you won't be able to do is have a drink in the privacy of your own home, even if you work, live alone, pay taxes and council tax and fork out the ever-increasing charges for utilities. With tax on top. No cans for your football viewing, pal.
Well, I could shrug it off. I'm well over 21 so I'm not affected. Not until I decide to saunter down to the Throat and Razor for a pint of Jock McSquirty's Bowel Purger and find that all those 18-21 year olds who used to drink at home are now crammed into the public bar. Some will then rampage through the streets, no doubt a few will drive home. Those who would normally not be outside at all will be forced to do all their drinking in public in future. The incidence of drink driving will increase, the village square will be awash with cider-scented vomit. But hey, it's a new law so it must be an improvement. Isn't it fun having a government composed entirely of meddling, senile old crones?
Alex Salmond, I thought you were one of the few good guys in politics. If you don't stop poking around in things that don't need fixing, I will, hereafter and forevermore, refer to you only as Alex the Oily Fish. I live pretty close to your office, too, so I can come round and call you that in person.
The Righteous are on the case, naturally. Remember how they handled smoking? Let's recap.
It used to be okay to smoke in pubs. Some had non-smoking areas, one or two were completely non-smoking because that's how the clientele wanted it. Restaurants had smoking and non-smoking, or they were fully non-smoking. Only little transport cafes allowed smoking throughout, and not all of those. Some places allowed smoking, some didn't. Smokers congregated in places that allowed smoking, those who objected to smoking congregated in places that didn't. Everyone had a place to go.
Not good enough for the Righteous. They wanted exclusive access to everywhere. Smoking had to be banned in all public places. Smokers, we were told, were despicable distortions of humanity, not people at all. They were an abomination, sent to kill us all with passive smoke which everyone knows (requiring no proof) instantly fills a non-smoker's entire body with bulbous growths. Smokers were inhuman, alien, a different species.
That's no exaggeration. That's how smokers were portrayed. As a result, not only can you not smoke indoors anywhere, and no site owner has the option to decide for themselves whether to allow smoking or not, in many places you can't smoke outdoors either.
A railway platform, right at the end, clear of the canopy and with nobody in sight? No, you can't smoke there.
A bus station, open to the elements and flooded with diesel exhaust? No, you can't smoke there.
How about a bus stop, one upright panel and one flat roof. No sides. No, you can't smoke there.
How about outside the hospital, well clear of any buildings and with no chance of the smoke entering through a window? No. You cannot smoke within the hospital grounds. Not even in the centre of the car park.
That was the result of the dehumanising campaign levelled against smokers. It worked so well it was then applied to 'terrorists' for the 42-day detention rule. It worked again.
Now we have the same campaign against drinkers.
Look at what the law says. It says, really, only one thing. Nobody under 21 can buy booze from a shop. Devil's Kitchen objected. How did the Righteous react? Check the comments under his post.
The Righteous accuse DK of supporting the rights of drunks to drive. They accuse him of denying the rights of retailers to ask for ID. Opponents of the 42-day rule were supporters of terrorism. Opponents of the smoking ban wanted everyone to get cancer. Opoonents of a reduction in the abortion limit wanted every baby dead before birth. Opponents of this new lunatic law want drunk drivers to get off scot free. See the pattern? It's the same technique every time. It's called the 'strawman'. Make up an extreme stance and claim your opponent stands for that. Keep on and on about it until nobody remembers they never said that. The Righteous use the same methods over and over and over.
To the Righteous, all drinkers are binge drinkers. Everyone who has ever let a drop of alcohol pass their lips then spends the rest of their days ****ing on train seats and driving crazily with the express intention of finding children to impale on their hood ornaments. Drinkers are evil, sadistic *******s who are only out to make everyone's lives miserable. Drinkers are out to Get You! just like the Smokers From Another World, the Drinkers are the next wave in the non-human threat to our way of life. Drinkers are not human. They are an abomination which must be destroyed.
That's how it works. I'm just waiting for 'passive drinking' to show up.
It's the same thing. Dehumanise the target and nobody cares what happens to them. Even now, with the smoking ban in force for years, I get sneered at by wrinkled hysterical harpies in the street if I have the temerity to indulge in an entirely legal cigarette. One of these raddled old harridans actually faked a cough as she passed me - and I hadn't finished rolling the cigarette yet. Smokers are no longer human.
Well, I drink too. I don't drive, I don't make any noise when I'm out, I don't come home blind and incontinent, I don't break anything or attack anyone. I have a drink. Then I go home. Sometimes, when I'm home, I'll write a blog entry after I've been drinking. Sometimes I'll have another after I get home. Shocked? You should be, according to the Righteous.
It's possible to have a drink without ending up entirely blasted. You'd never think it from the campaign of the Righteous. If you drink, you are no longer human. End of story.
If you drink and don't smoke, you'll have enjoyed the dehumanisation of the smoker. Look carefully, because you're next.
And I wouldn't smile too wide just yet, fat boy. Nor you, you coffin-dodger. The aged are on the list. Don't smoke, don't drink, but like to play music? Enjoy it while you can. Religion? Enjoy it now. Won't be too long before they get to you. None of you can expect any help or support from the smokers.
Well, I smoke and I drink. If the Righteous want to portray me as inhuman, don't feign surprise when I start acting that way.
It's what you wanted.
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