putting the world to right
This is a bit juvenile, and I apologise. But, without further ado, here I am indulging in that oldest of past times, putting the world to right. Many of these ideas are as surprising to me, as they will be to you. I didn't realise I had become such a hawkish born again Christian. Who knew?
- I am in favour of the Government’s ID Card scheme
- I am horribly pro Europe
- I am pro Trident
- I am pro family
- I am horribly pro anything to do with genetic engineering
- I am cautiously pro religion
- I am Green
- I want to see a massive reworking of the UK education system
- People who give a certain share of their income to charity really should be entitled to tax breaks, and that should apply to businesses to
- Rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan should be the priority of America and the EU
- Prostitution should be legalised.
- I am pro intervention.
- Iran cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons. Ever.
posted by Benjamin Nakizo @ 12:07 am
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So, the expanded version! You lucky devils:
· I am in favour of the Government’s ID Card scheme. I think the welfare state in the twenty first century depends on it and terrorism, which I believe is a real and nasty threat, cannot be defeated without it. The scheme as it stands is a bit shaky and could do with some rework, which I am sure it will receive in due course. I also see no reason why we shouldn’t adopt my old history professor’s ideas on allowing people to know when, where and why their data is accessed.
· I am horribly pro Europe and think we should do all we can to increase our links to Europe, particularly Eastern Europe and the Balkan states. I think Turkey should be phased in to the EU within the next ten years. A ‘league table’ system should seriously be considered as a means of managing the various member states, with nations receiving voting points for meeting EU targets, population size and how thoroughly they apply EU laws.
· I am pro Trident. Strictly speaking we don’t require nuclear weapons so long as America has them, but we can’t rely on them to bare the brunt of the cost. The only condition on which I think Britain should scrap its independent nuclear deterrent is if we gave the U.S. some hard cash to pay for the upkeep of theirs. The ‘West’ wouldn’t last five seconds without the nuclear deterrent. Someone needs to have it.
· I am pro family. I think married couples and same sex couples with civil partnerships should be given tax breaks. Stricter rules should increase the support fathers are obliged to supply to their children (born in or out of wedlock). Homosexual couples should be able to adopt children (and indeed, encouraged).
· I am horribly pro anything to do with genetic engineering. Obviously don’t go throwing untested crops onto fields or breeding super humans (not yet anyway). What I mean is that cows should be fatter, crops should be better and no human should ever again be born with a genetic disease that could have been screened out. We can eradicate many nasty diseases that have plagued mankind for millennia, all within the next generation if we really wanted too.
· I am cautiously pro religion. It’s a horribly addictive lie. But we can use it, the same way it has always been used, to control the masses! If drug abusers, criminals and uneducated schmucks can be convinced that they are going to be rewarded after death if they start to behave themselves – then hey presto! That saves a lot of work for the rest of us.
· I am Green. Of course I don’t want to legalise all drugs, stop economic growth and ban cars. Far from it. But I really see no reason why moving entirely over to renewable energies isn’t the focus of some sort of ‘Marshall Plan’ style campaign. I include nuclear energy in the ‘renewable’ category. The new styles of ‘pebble-bed reactors’ are just too damn sexy to say no too.
· I want to see a massive reworking of the UK education system. I think it’s totally inadequate and completely misguided. I also support Blair’s old aim of getting 50% of students into university. Sure, economically speaking we might not need that many media students, but it will provide a much healthier society, which indirectly must boost economic productivity, no? Oh, and until someone can devise a fairer system of paying for uni than the ‘top up fees’, I suggest we stick with them, and just hope more scholarships appear. Oh that reminds me…
· People who give a certain share of their income to charity really should be entitled to tax breaks, and that should apply to businesses to. A system similar to the one they have in America should be applied to the UK. Just because we pay so much in tax, people seem to think they don’t have to pay attention anymore.
· Rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan should be the priority of America and the EU. If these nations can prosper than that’s it. We’ve won. World peace will be ensured, human freedom enshrined and we can all think about our real purpose – colonising Mars.
· Prostitution should be legalised. It’s never going to go away and it is best the girls get the protection and treatment that government regulation can provide. We could drastically reduce the power of criminal gangs and assist thousands of girls in overcoming drug addictions in just a matter of years if this law was passed.
· I am pro intervention. Let’s give the UN some muscle and start busting heads in Sudan, Zimbabwe, North Korea, and most importantly – Iran.
· Iran. Iran cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons. Ever. We should have the balls to do what it takes. Just because we did the wrong thing in Iraq does not mean we should shy away from doing the right thing in Iran. They must be stopped, this doesn’t mean bombing them. Not straight away.
So there you have it. Remember that these will all change within the next ten minutes. I am forever swinging back and forth through the political compass.
“I am in favour of the Government’s ID Card scheme. I think the welfare state in the twenty first century depends on it and terrorism, which I believe is a real and nasty threat, cannot be defeated without it. The scheme as it stands is a bit shaky and could do with some rework, which I am sure it will receive in due course. I also see no reason why we shouldn’t adopt my old history professor’s ideas on allowing people to know when, where and why their data is accessed.”
Surely a mere reworking of a Passport to incorporate , as with a driving licence, an [electronic] card segment. To label it as a ‘revised’ passport may win favour with some individuals against the scheme merely because the Mail old the ‘ID Cards’ are a bad thing. It should also be constructed under the Data Protection Act 1998, just as with our Social Service database, allowing anyone with a record to request the information on it and why it was used/required, etc.
“I am pro Trident. Strictly speaking we don’t require nuclear weapons so long as America has them.”
Well, provided we both stay on the same side.
“Iran cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons. Ever. We should have the balls to do what it takes. Just because we did the wrong thing in Iraq does not mean we should shy away from doing the right thing in Iran. They must be stopped, this doesn’t mean bombing them. Not straight away.”
They’ve shut down their nuclear-powered reactors, have they not. And how can we possibly fight yet another war when we’re so ill equipped to fight the ones we’re in currently?
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