There does seem to be a small problem of late that is rather worrying if you are a bit of a stickler for attention to detail. Admittedly and, I am sure most of my close friends will back me up on this, attention to detail is far from my forte. In fact i am scarcely left in charge of a set of keys or important documents for any longer than is absolutely necessary for fear of them disappearing in a Bermuda Triangle (that occurs spasmodically above my office desk). But something has caught my eye of late and my ever wondering mind (it only gets let out on it's own on very special occasions) keeps returning to this subject and that is the word 'democracy' and how it equates in today's terrorist induced paranoid society where we are watched on every street corner.
Now, there are those that scream "CCTV should be banned!" "it's an invasion of privacy!" yet when something happens where we have 5 year old April being potentially abducted for instance we scream "where was the bloody CCTV?".
My heart goes out to April's parents and family, as a parent i cannot even imagine, or indeed would not even want to think about the terror and heartache they are currently experiencing but as I was saying, CCTV cannot be something we pick and choose, but at the moment i believe democracy is a word being used far too loosely by governments of the day.
Lets see, Wikepedia says "Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy allows people to participate equally—either directly or through elected representatives—in the proposal, development, and creation of laws.
Correct me if i am wrong but when was the last time you saw the above in action?. If we take for instance that red hot potato always guaranteed to stir emotions, Europe. It is without a shadow of doubt that if a full scale referendum were to be held tomorrow we would be out of Europe as a Country faster than a whippet escaping from a dog's home run by a Korean restaurant company. We would exert our right to vote and walk. So, if I am right you have now joined me on the bench of "so if we live in a democracy why are we still in Europe brothers?". Indeed, that is my question and as we have seen time and time again we are refused that right.
The fact we are refused that right is bad enough, but the reason for us being refused a fair and democratic vote is because the government consider it far too big a picture for the simple man in the street to vote on...so in other words they are protecting us from ourselves.
This somewhat flies in the face of the above quoted Wiki description of what a democracy is. If we go with what our beloved and large majority of ever crooked bunch of MP's tell us our world as we know it would implode and the universe would crumble and actually they know best. Of course, we know they don't. Successive governments have swindled this country out of our gold, our taxes and our dignity and yet they still rule. Democracy is all about freedom of speech and having an equal vote, but when was the last time you had a say in local government or any council business without being guffawed out of the room by a bunch of "we know better" upper class twits or socialist activists from the local council estate who are about as close to socialism and all it stands for as Mugabe is to the Zimbabwe NFU.
So, the reality is our reality has been written, not by our own dear people who are pushed from pillar to post and forced to listen to "lies and then damned lies" but more hauntingly by a book that started with "the clock had just struck thirteen"...yes you literary types out there you guessed it... 1984. It's alarmingly accurate and ever more relevant as the government stress themselves on a daily basis to save us from ourselves.
My idea of bringing up and guiding a child is to allow them to taste a little of what they shouldn't so they learn. In other words if you let your infants grow up in artificial surroundings then they will never learn anything, the same goes for the people of this country. MP's are trying so desperately hard to make new laws to protect us and "help" us but in reality, just like the CCTV i mentioned earlier you cannot be everywhere at once and protect everyone 24/7 so you have to use a little known human trait called common sense, or we end up with a dictatorship.
There is in reality, absolutely no reason why a referendum on Europe couldn't be called for by the end of the year, but it's more likely a Martian is gonna pull up in front of the Rover camera and say "I thought they went bust, can you still get the parts for that?" frankly it ain't gonna happen.
So that leaves all of us in the West with a bit of a quandary, because to be fair if we cant be trusted to manage our own affairs in a democratic and fair minded manner how the hell can we crusade into other countries and preach about human rights..? As always I do have a solution to the problem (other than not voting) and that is to make life very uncomfortable for your local MP...they hate being chased down the street and being mis-quoted, (justice if you ask me) so go on..be a devil and make them work for the king's shilling as it were!.
Now, there are those that scream "CCTV should be banned!" "it's an invasion of privacy!" yet when something happens where we have 5 year old April being potentially abducted for instance we scream "where was the bloody CCTV?".
My heart goes out to April's parents and family, as a parent i cannot even imagine, or indeed would not even want to think about the terror and heartache they are currently experiencing but as I was saying, CCTV cannot be something we pick and choose, but at the moment i believe democracy is a word being used far too loosely by governments of the day.
Lets see, Wikepedia says "Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy allows people to participate equally—either directly or through elected representatives—in the proposal, development, and creation of laws.
Correct me if i am wrong but when was the last time you saw the above in action?. If we take for instance that red hot potato always guaranteed to stir emotions, Europe. It is without a shadow of doubt that if a full scale referendum were to be held tomorrow we would be out of Europe as a Country faster than a whippet escaping from a dog's home run by a Korean restaurant company. We would exert our right to vote and walk. So, if I am right you have now joined me on the bench of "so if we live in a democracy why are we still in Europe brothers?". Indeed, that is my question and as we have seen time and time again we are refused that right.
The fact we are refused that right is bad enough, but the reason for us being refused a fair and democratic vote is because the government consider it far too big a picture for the simple man in the street to vote on...so in other words they are protecting us from ourselves.
This somewhat flies in the face of the above quoted Wiki description of what a democracy is. If we go with what our beloved and large majority of ever crooked bunch of MP's tell us our world as we know it would implode and the universe would crumble and actually they know best. Of course, we know they don't. Successive governments have swindled this country out of our gold, our taxes and our dignity and yet they still rule. Democracy is all about freedom of speech and having an equal vote, but when was the last time you had a say in local government or any council business without being guffawed out of the room by a bunch of "we know better" upper class twits or socialist activists from the local council estate who are about as close to socialism and all it stands for as Mugabe is to the Zimbabwe NFU.
So, the reality is our reality has been written, not by our own dear people who are pushed from pillar to post and forced to listen to "lies and then damned lies" but more hauntingly by a book that started with "the clock had just struck thirteen"...yes you literary types out there you guessed it... 1984. It's alarmingly accurate and ever more relevant as the government stress themselves on a daily basis to save us from ourselves.
My idea of bringing up and guiding a child is to allow them to taste a little of what they shouldn't so they learn. In other words if you let your infants grow up in artificial surroundings then they will never learn anything, the same goes for the people of this country. MP's are trying so desperately hard to make new laws to protect us and "help" us but in reality, just like the CCTV i mentioned earlier you cannot be everywhere at once and protect everyone 24/7 so you have to use a little known human trait called common sense, or we end up with a dictatorship.
There is in reality, absolutely no reason why a referendum on Europe couldn't be called for by the end of the year, but it's more likely a Martian is gonna pull up in front of the Rover camera and say "I thought they went bust, can you still get the parts for that?" frankly it ain't gonna happen.
So that leaves all of us in the West with a bit of a quandary, because to be fair if we cant be trusted to manage our own affairs in a democratic and fair minded manner how the hell can we crusade into other countries and preach about human rights..? As always I do have a solution to the problem (other than not voting) and that is to make life very uncomfortable for your local MP...they hate being chased down the street and being mis-quoted, (justice if you ask me) so go on..be a devil and make them work for the king's shilling as it were!.
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