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i try and keep away
from politics, especially of the organised variety, far too many
empty vessels leading sheep astray... and to be honest, after the
anti-war protests i do feel it all to be a little futile... deeds
will be done in my name to further agenda's i can't agree with, but
hey... that's the way of the beast so to be honest i tend to just say
hang the sense of it and try to be happy ;-) it works for me...
As you know, i am a
great advocate of freedom of everything... speech, action,
lifestyle... the way you live your life is up to you, and so long as
you don't impose upon the freedom of others, you should be left to
it... no-one else's business. Under the swathe of anti-terrorist laws
introduced in recent years it appears our government has been trying
to curtail these freedoms...
However... those who
feel our civil liberties are being impinged really should take a look
at the bigger picture... a few seconds research produces those imprisoned
or even executed
for talking out of turn... The world can be a truly scary and
oppressive place if you're unlucky enough to live somewhere like
Burma, Iran, Afghanistan or Zimbabwe...
My motivation for
writing this piece however wasn't the big and scary... but a little
snippet of news also from Wikipedia about two Azerbaijani
guys who posted something satirical to Youtube and are now serving a
prison sentence... They have both been jailed for over two years each
for this...
Crazy eh...? What's the
problem with donkey rights...? something so simple and off to jail...
and yet here is brilliant Blightie we can protest in our thousands in
the street, be heard on national TV and even make up satirical songs
on post them to Youtube
without fear of censure...
No matter how crazy
your politics or religion, you have the right in the UK to speak and
be heard (well, unless you're on the "hate" list in which
case i agree you should have to shut the fluck up!) Control of what
is broadcast and published is not in the hands of our government but
the media, it's their agenda we see... maybe at times this is the
same as those we "voted" for (or didn't bother) but which
one pulls the strings..?
Anyhow... i've made my
noise and i have more important painting to be doing so... Maybe next
time, think before you bemoan your fate, and consider how lucky you
are to be able to protest your cause with such vigour and such
impunity :-)
Hugs and sparkly bits
lucidia x