Scouserlande
02-03-2005, 21:32
Well me, I’m an avid news reader partially because I’m often placed in situations where I have jack all else to do bar read the news on news.bbc.co.uk , frankly I swear by it brilliant stuff, I’m also a bit of a socialist and although I’m only 17 I long for the days like the 1930 and 1950 when being that actually meant something voicing my beliefs in the U.K at least would get cheers or police calls, now just vague apathy as I’m instantly painted as a communist or a conspiracy theorist told I’m wrong and the subject is changed/ or I’m ignored. Frustrating to say the least.
Now I’m going to give a few bbc.co.uk references for the rest of my point to make sense i suggest you read them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4308033.stm (not the piece one about house arrests but the best i could find after 5 mins.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/4311709.stm
Not trying to seem anti American(some of the founding fathers a great inspiration to me) their I’ve just had a society meeting in my collage which pretty much was not unlike a 'brain washing' session akin to the second article. These really really freak me out, people call me paranoid but to me it looks as if right wing elements in both our governments are starting to move into worrying positions in our governments, lets face it Blair is a shite socialist once he stops sprouting about education and old labour is slowly being purged from 'new' labour. I think Blair said something last Wednesday about the freedom from attack was more important that freedom from arrest (something along those lines, ill actually look it up if this discussion starts going) To which on that have your say section on the BBC was greeted with
"well if you have nothing to hide, what are you worrying about."
Christ have these people read 1984, frankly you shouldn’t even have a shoe in politics until you have. Suddenly house arrests is ok because terrorists who are around every street corner and under ever street post could strike at any minute. Bloody hell, this really is doublethink, it may work on Americans who have never really tasted terrorism before (yeah I know mcvaye and stuff I’m talking about organised partisan groups a la the IRA) for the best part of the last 100 years the IRA in one form or another has turned northern island into the Palestine of Britain and for most the 70 and 80 monthly bomb strikes could be expected on the mainland its self, we tried all this back then it just made them more determined, and then suddenly the IRA stops and people blank it out instantly. Then we go on criticising Burma Zimbabwe and the like for house arrest, but now its ok.
Doublethink doublethink doublethink... that’s all it is. Dose no one else see this yet.
I’m really worried i know a stage is going to come frighten soon and most certainly when I am going to need to fight this not just for my own beliefs but the hundreds of generations before me who staved this off for so long only for it to sneak in the back door.
Honestly truly is no one else worried? Am I really alone?
(bit incoherent I’m a bit tired sorry)
Now I’m going to give a few bbc.co.uk references for the rest of my point to make sense i suggest you read them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4308033.stm (not the piece one about house arrests but the best i could find after 5 mins.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/4311709.stm
Not trying to seem anti American(some of the founding fathers a great inspiration to me) their I’ve just had a society meeting in my collage which pretty much was not unlike a 'brain washing' session akin to the second article. These really really freak me out, people call me paranoid but to me it looks as if right wing elements in both our governments are starting to move into worrying positions in our governments, lets face it Blair is a shite socialist once he stops sprouting about education and old labour is slowly being purged from 'new' labour. I think Blair said something last Wednesday about the freedom from attack was more important that freedom from arrest (something along those lines, ill actually look it up if this discussion starts going) To which on that have your say section on the BBC was greeted with
"well if you have nothing to hide, what are you worrying about."
Christ have these people read 1984, frankly you shouldn’t even have a shoe in politics until you have. Suddenly house arrests is ok because terrorists who are around every street corner and under ever street post could strike at any minute. Bloody hell, this really is doublethink, it may work on Americans who have never really tasted terrorism before (yeah I know mcvaye and stuff I’m talking about organised partisan groups a la the IRA) for the best part of the last 100 years the IRA in one form or another has turned northern island into the Palestine of Britain and for most the 70 and 80 monthly bomb strikes could be expected on the mainland its self, we tried all this back then it just made them more determined, and then suddenly the IRA stops and people blank it out instantly. Then we go on criticising Burma Zimbabwe and the like for house arrest, but now its ok.
Doublethink doublethink doublethink... that’s all it is. Dose no one else see this yet.
I’m really worried i know a stage is going to come frighten soon and most certainly when I am going to need to fight this not just for my own beliefs but the hundreds of generations before me who staved this off for so long only for it to sneak in the back door.
Honestly truly is no one else worried? Am I really alone?
(bit incoherent I’m a bit tired sorry)