Possibly the most astute post I have ever seen on b3taI had hoped the whole expenses issue would finally spark a long overdue and major upheaval to our outdated and blatantly undemocratic (yet propagandically veiled) class-based political system.
Alas, the majority of our fellow countrymen are apparently far too apathetic to grasp the moment and it appears we'll just continue to put up with the same old shit for another hundred years or so.
I wouldn't describe myself as an activist, an anarchist or a revolutionist but I for one am sick of being treated like a peasant or serf and being disregarded as a mere tax-paying statistic by greedy, arrogant, uncaring, power-freaks.
Even our right (in fact DUTY) to protest is being suppressed by an increasingly politicised police force who think its ok to beat the shit out of or even kill us for expressing our disgust in a system where the ridculously rich can exploit the ordinary joe to get even richer.
In the early 1900's G.K.Chesterton wrote a poem called 'The Secret People'
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~martinh/poems/SECRET
Everyone in Britain should read this (regardless of race or religion) and take some of these ideals on board. Perhaps then we can begin to make some real changes and start living in the 21st century with our heads held high and with a sense of hope for the future.
Apologies to Happy Toast, I admire your work and this post (lubricated by a few beers) inspired me to get a few things off my chest. Thank you.
(Alas, the majority of our fellow countrymen are apparently far too apathetic to grasp the moment and it appears we'll just continue to put up with the same old shit for another hundred years or so.
I wouldn't describe myself as an activist, an anarchist or a revolutionist but I for one am sick of being treated like a peasant or serf and being disregarded as a mere tax-paying statistic by greedy, arrogant, uncaring, power-freaks.
Even our right (in fact DUTY) to protest is being suppressed by an increasingly politicised police force who think its ok to beat the shit out of or even kill us for expressing our disgust in a system where the ridculously rich can exploit the ordinary joe to get even richer.
In the early 1900's G.K.Chesterton wrote a poem called 'The Secret People'
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~martinh/poems/SECRET
Everyone in Britain should read this (regardless of race or religion) and take some of these ideals on board. Perhaps then we can begin to make some real changes and start living in the 21st century with our heads held high and with a sense of hope for the future.
Apologies to Happy Toast, I admire your work and this post (lubricated by a few beers) inspired me to get a few things off my chest. Thank you.
Twizla ...a shrew living on the edge of a bog, extinct on,
Wed 12 Aug 2009, 23:57,
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