A bit of this, a bit of that!

Thoughts and stuff as it comes into my head!

About time!

When is someone in government, power, authority whatever phrase you want to use going to come out and say that this type of behaviour is forewarning of a society splitting into two. We are finding ourselves with the majority of people that have one set of values and a small but growing minority that seem to have little or no values at all. I know many people will say that there has always been ‘bad’ people about and I am sure that is true but has there ever been so many people in society that operate on the basis of purely doing whatever they wish and to hell with everyone else? Indeed has there ever been so many people whose only way of expressing themselves has been through violence? Indeed are we not now seeing violence perpetrated as ’fun’, enjoyable?

What example can we think of that is not as extreme as ‘happy slapping’ the mere name of which expresses the thought processes of the perpetrators?

How many of you know someone who has been involved in a minor traffic accident, it may be even just a small bump in the supermarket carpark, or a poorly executed maneuver that is a minor inconvenience to someone? Now most of us would apologise, or if required exchange numbers and insurance details and move on, today it is not uncommon to find oneself in such a situation receiving a torrent of foul mouthed abuse and even physical violence.

Society seems to be moving towards a ‘I want it now and come hell or high water, I’m going to get it now’ attitude rather than considering whether one can afford it, or whether it’s right to have whatever the ‘it’ maybe. Many people’s natural reaction to an issue or problem is a violent one.

We have such a ‘weak’ government that rather than operating on principle operate on the basis of how to be inoffensive. They need to come out and state what is acceptable and what is not acceptable and if people act unacceptably then there will be consequences. Now this is not some right wing rant; in fact I’m very centrist; but it is the musings of a pretty mainstream guy who is genuinely concerned about the way we are going.

February 14, 2008 - Posted by Dave | Politics | | 2 Comments

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  1. You are right.

    But we are not alone; it is the same story in France, Germany, Italy and Spain to my certain knowledge.

    What has happened to us all? The Europen Union, in a nutshell. No more national or individual identity; no more sovereign power to determine national destiny. ‘Freedom’to come and go from here to there as we please. ‘Freedom’ to behave as we will-the Human Rghts Act, based on the Covention on Human Rights 1951, drafted just after the Second World War (an extremely good idea – 57 years ago) is what we have to thank for that.

    Pride has gone; respect has gone. The seed has been sown for an extreme right wing backlash; mark my words. Not yet, but it will happen. Much ugliness and suffering will ensue.

    We should learn from history; and the best example from which to learn is that of the Roman Empire, which stretched from Spain and Portugal to the horth of Egland; France, Germany, right across to what is now Israel). It succeded (with an army that never exceeded 250,000) because, apart from other things, it had focal points which idenified a seat of power and authority; the image of the Emperor, which was everywhere (statues, coins) the symbol of the Roman Eagle, and HQ-Rome itself. The EU has no equivalents, apart from Brussels. Or is it Strasbourg?

    The Roman Empire succeeded because the lands which it ‘conquered’ by and large wanted to be part of the Roman success story; which is why so many poor countries are fallin over themselves to join the EU-for the handouts from the rich countries.

    Why did Rome ultmately fail?

    Because i became too diverse and too big. It collapsed under the weight of its own success.

    Thus, the same thing will happen to the EU.

    When?

    It will begin when Turkey is admitted. When that happens, the diversity of Turkey and sheer numbers involved will start the process.

    You read it here first.

    At least you did if you haven’t read Boris Johnson’s book or seen his TV series first!

    Comment by Alan James | February 17, 2008 | Reply

  2. See Dave…my blog buddy, you are quite Conservative after all. It’s SO TRUE, the word NO, and UNACCEPTABLE have to become more main stream. Conservatism is quite centrist, as it lives by common sense rules, and if led by common sense and courtesy, and what’s best for ALL the people, BY the people, then we can all meet in the center and live happily.

    Nice post.

    Comment by Malinda777 | February 27, 2008 | Reply


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