I saw this on my friends wall this morning, I just had to share, I couldnt put it better myself Status Update By Tony Kirchin Ignoring everything thats going on around you is the only way to stay calm and keep hold of your sanity. Do not get sick, do not fall over and have an accident at work, dont catch a bug, try not to get old,, dont be single, dont be bereaved, dont be depressed. Woe betide if you are weak, if you were born disabled or disadvantaged, if a limb doesnt work properly or your organs need fixing. Pray that your parents are healthy and wealthy, that your children are robust and bright, that your employer never hits hard times. Hope that you find a way to make your income soar as high as rail fares, energy bills, and the cost of calling a government department for advice. Build your own flood defences, decide to hate the NHS. Never notice that the poor are being culled. Do not see the people hounded in their hospital beds by Ian Duncan Smith. Do not note suicides attributed to the bedroom tax. Never question why children are going hungry despite living in a wealthy nation in the 21st century. Dont go to the other side of the tracks- dont look at how the other half live up close . Do it from a distance where you can safely laugh, and judge, and disdain them. Never stop to think how easily you could be poor and how difficult it would be to stop. Blame whatever you can on foreigners, sluts, Muslims or gays, pretend theyre not just as human as you. Dont expect the people who run the country to do anything but laugh at you , or claim the only reason we have 908 food banks is because poor people are stupid. Dont expect the Lib Dems to stand up for equality and the sensible middle ground, as they always have. Dont expect Labour to represent the working masses , as they always have. Dont expect the Tories to protect the individual, as their ideology has always encouraged, unless that individual is already male, white and rich enough not to need their protection. Dont expect answers, dont expect anyone to take responsibility, dont question why we intervened in Libya and its now filled with terror training camps, and we wont intervene in Syria and its full of humans beings tortured. Never ever look for kindness, there is NONE. Do not expect bad bankers to be criminalised, the true culprits of the financial crash to face justice or the inhabitants of the Houses of Parliament to deny the taxpayers teat to their offspring . Why not ? because if you do all that youre screwed. Because ignoring everything thats going on all around you is the only way to stay calm and keep hold of your sanity. Because if you notice it youll be forced to think about it, and if you think about it and that might at the very least mean youll have to get off your arse and vote in 2015, its easier not to, its easier to let it happen and hope it always happens to someone else , and it probably will, just as long as you dont get sick ...
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 10:17:53 +0000
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