God the Ruler of the World
God.
My God.
Oh my God!
Oh my fecking God!
Stalin, Mao, Hitler - they all occupied a God spot in their people's heart and minds.
Omnipotent (the army, secret services and police)
Omniscient (the secret services, family members informing on each other) and
er, whatever That Word is that means present everywhere (see the above, the mass media, public occasions, etc.).
The all-seeing Eye of God. Big Brother.
Stalin, Mao, Hitler: they also slaughtered millions of their own people - quite apart from their enemies abroad. The mass human sacrifices of the Aztecs were picnics in comparison. (Leg anyone? He's rather tasty isn't he? Yes, the Chianti goes rather well I think...)
Sure, Uncle Joe and Chairman Mao can be wheeled out as examples of Communism creating Hell on Earth.
But Adolf, Pinochet, Franco (and on.And on) weren't exactly slouches at raising Hell.
This isn't a left v right issue (and please spare us all that tired old Bernard Shaw quote if you're thinking of posting it).
It's an issue of people giving up their freedom voluntarily because they cannot take responsibility and want a Big Daddy/Mummy in charge. They act like children.
Thatcher!
Blair!
They looked from Tony back to Maggie and from Mr Bliar to Mrs Thatch and they could no longer tell the difference...
ThankyoumynameisBenEltonGoodnight!
posted by kevin b at 10:20 AM
3 Comments:
What did you mean when you mentioned BBC balance? Do you work at the BBC? I already have one loyal reader in there.
2:01 PM
Fraternal Greetings Comrade!
You must be referring to Comrade Duckers who's listed on your site. But no. I'm an ex-ITV drone, having toiled in the Back Office there a while back for 6 years. (See previous post on Boris J's site.)
My admiration for the BBC was somewhat sharpened by that experience, as you can well imagine. In fact, many of the senior production posts were filled by ex-BBC people and ITV1 would have been even more rubbish without them (hard to imagine, I know).
Anyway, thanks for your thoughts on Stalin and God, they suggested the focus for my first rant.
The revolution will not be televised - even on the BBC.
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