![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Hard truths...
Jan. 6th, 2015 11:59 amI can't use Tumblr.
I've wanted to create a little blog for political observations from Evil Maria's point of view. But working my way around Tumblr really hurts my head. The blog has a mistake in it; it cites a Telegraph article as 'today' when I saw it (and wrote the blog) yesterday. But I can't work out how to go in and edit basic text. It's very annoying.
One of the things that drove me to write the blog was this latest thing in the Telegraph about using nursery workers and teachers as surveillance for terrorist tendencies in toddlers; no really.
A Home Office sockpuppet said it was vital to look out for these things, to teach children 'British values' as early as possible. What British values? That being born rich is the best thing ever? That starvation doesn't happen to the deserving? That cruelty to animals is wrong unless you're rich? That paedophilia is wrong unless you're rich? That free speech is integral unless you speak against the government? What exactly will this worthless bought-and-paid-for shower of smug incompetents teach us about British values?
Anyone recall the Queen shaking Martin McGuinness' hand? Was she condoning terrorism then? No because things change and the person we called terrorist today we may well support tomorrow - assuming we didn't sell them arms yesterday. We cannot stop our kids following our examples, and if we are casual killers and bribe-merchants, they'll be no better. No amount of surveillance will stop that. We want good kids, best we be good people. But government doesn't want 'good' - nothing more politically dangerous than conscience - government wants 'obedient.' That's what we have been and that's how they want us to stay. It's up to us to decide if that's what we want.
God, this is so much easier than Tumblr. LJ, I don't care if you are almost a desert. I still love you.
I've wanted to create a little blog for political observations from Evil Maria's point of view. But working my way around Tumblr really hurts my head. The blog has a mistake in it; it cites a Telegraph article as 'today' when I saw it (and wrote the blog) yesterday. But I can't work out how to go in and edit basic text. It's very annoying.
One of the things that drove me to write the blog was this latest thing in the Telegraph about using nursery workers and teachers as surveillance for terrorist tendencies in toddlers; no really.
A Home Office sockpuppet said it was vital to look out for these things, to teach children 'British values' as early as possible. What British values? That being born rich is the best thing ever? That starvation doesn't happen to the deserving? That cruelty to animals is wrong unless you're rich? That paedophilia is wrong unless you're rich? That free speech is integral unless you speak against the government? What exactly will this worthless bought-and-paid-for shower of smug incompetents teach us about British values?
Anyone recall the Queen shaking Martin McGuinness' hand? Was she condoning terrorism then? No because things change and the person we called terrorist today we may well support tomorrow - assuming we didn't sell them arms yesterday. We cannot stop our kids following our examples, and if we are casual killers and bribe-merchants, they'll be no better. No amount of surveillance will stop that. We want good kids, best we be good people. But government doesn't want 'good' - nothing more politically dangerous than conscience - government wants 'obedient.' That's what we have been and that's how they want us to stay. It's up to us to decide if that's what we want.
God, this is so much easier than Tumblr. LJ, I don't care if you are almost a desert. I still love you.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}