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By alphadog1
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We have accepted so much from this unelected government. We have stood by, as they have have been silent on issues of disability and human rights. We have taken steps back, when they have allowed public opinion to be pushed out against the mentally infirm, and the mentally ill. Yet, attack them and you find yourself in a court of self righteous indignation; question their motives, and you find yourself trapped by their self justification; claim that they have blood on their hands, and you will find yourself in a a police station and challenge their ideal, and you will find yourself derided, by strangers in the street who will gladly throw stones and ignore the truth of the world being shaped: Listen, they shape society: believe it, because its true, they do, and we reflect it back at each other. Its called propaganda. and its real.
But here's some questions: is it right that the disabled should become homeless? is it fair that the jobless minority find themselves in a place of oppression? Is it justice, when many of us are ignored and the "Free" press ignore the reality of the food bank, the spare room charge, and the lack of opportunities, that are systematically cut away, time and time again, all for the sake of coin.
We don't want a hand out, we want a help up. But getting a help up means support: Support that is emotional, financial and spiritual. It does not mean to powder your hands like pilot and turn your back; for that is the act of a coward. Or a cheap simpleton; and if you vote for that, there is no humanity left in your soul.
For the rest of us I have this to say: there has to be a point when we say no! That the lies that we have had spat in our faces hurt, yet, leave us unafraid to make a stand. There has to be a point, where, the British person, no matter their colour, race or creed or disability can stand against the oppressor who has stolen this land, and say: I matter! I am important! My voice is as equal as yours, not matter the coin you have!
It is ironic that we live in such a technological age, but lack the compassion to see the lies being vomited upon us. It is tragic that we have the means but not the will to sort it out. It is ironically humorous that we discuss this in places of learning, and in churches across our land, but seem to lack the drive and the genuine empathy to act.
I say the window of opportunity is open. I say the baton has transferred, it is up to us, the voiceless, to say its our turn.
today an employment act become law, and yet again the rights of individuals are being removed: What about the rights of the employer? many ask. No doubt that would be, but the employer has always had the right to hire and fire who he or she want's, this is not so much about the hiring or the firing of individuals, but the right of an an individual to make a claim against an employer if he or she feels that they have been unfairly treated. Employers now can treat their employees with alacrity and impose any ethic they like, they can increase the hours, and in cases of sexual harassment can wash over any impropriety with a fee that many workers simply will not be able to afford.
Is this the "big Society" that our unelected leader envisaged? or a tragedy as the working individual is forced to look like a liar in front of his on line manager, and pay out of his or her own pocket for the experience? When one law is removed the entire edifice looks weak. We have seen this, not only in laws that protect our individual freedoms and the homes that we live in, but now in the workplace. When will this end? I think it will end when this unelected government has made slaves of us all.
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Yes, you are right the
Yes, you are right the government changes in the law and also the benefit cuts are horrible. Do Camerons' lot want the poorest of the poor to starve to death or die of hypothermia or commit suicide because they have had enough? And when this happens who will look after their children and their dependent relatives who are elderly or have serious disabilities. A lot of poor people are poor because they look after people in their family and do not get paid.
What can we do? Self-employment if we know what we want to do, and have or know how to borrow start-up capital (I am not in this position right now) Working in a collective? (I would like to help set one up for local cleaners myself included). Other than that it is not easy. Elsie
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