.. and a propos of nothing at all, I have not thanked all the people who sent encouraging messages on the subject of my blogging. Many thanks for your good wishes. For the moment, clearly, I have taken your advice.
On the other hand, I am rather puzzled by the number of people who comment on a blog called Your Freedom and Ours without having the slightest interest in freedom, in fact, without really believing in it. They are, of course, free to comment (within the usual parameters) but others, including the owner of this blog, are free to tell them what they think of them.
Have we not seen it all before - people who talk about the EU in the context of loss of freedom but who themselves want to introduce all sorts of controls and regulations...
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, Carry on Blogging in the words of the (as yet unmade) film...fill in character names and match up with the relevant stars...in my mind I see a blogging factory run by Enid and Sid (Bloggs of course - Joan Sims and Sid James), with Charles Haughtrey crashing around as per like a clown on a minefield and Kenneth Williams trying to close then down under EU "freedom of speech" rules. Lots of cheering and waving at the end (not quite sure what for).
Can we have a part for Our Babs somewhere?
ReplyDeleteSadly, I think many people don't understand what real freedom is. Sadly, I don't think I could ever imagine living in the United Kingdom and being really free.
ReplyDeleteIt would literally take years to convince some people that they have to take responsibility for themselves and their families and not rely on others to do the job for them.
I find many of those that agree with me on the subject are people my age, usually the over 50's. Perhaps it's because we weren't born into this "surveillance" and "H & S" society. Who knows?
I think you are wrong Sue about the age of those who understand freedom. A good many young people do and try to fight for it. They also understand freedom for other people. You mustn't go by a few of those who comment here.
ReplyDeleteSue, I agree with Helen on this and it may just be the people that you know personally that make you feel this way. I have worked with people when it comes to formulating policies for manifestos and it always amazed me the degree to which people on the team over 50 (particularly over 60) actually wanted a re-run of their post war "cradle to grave" regulation, control and restriction of choice. They wanted controls over what newsagents could sell, who they could sell to, how much people can charge for things (irrespective of the market), free (and compulsory!) gym membership for the entire population...the loss of freedoms from these ideas were always more apparent to the younger members of the team, while the older ones always appeared to refer back to a kind of Ealing comedy "ideal world imposed from above" and an instinctive dislike of choice. "No-one can object to be given compulsory free membership of a gym, it's good for them and we all agree that it is"...Discuss, as they say...
DeleteYou have now reminded me of those dreaded policies and policy meetings. Thanks, Damian.
DeleteYou're welcome. All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
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