Sunday, 3rd December 2006
Joy to the World! England declared at 6/551 yesterday at the end of its first innings in the second test.
In other news, a search is on in Western Australia for a shark that bit off a boy's leg while he was surfing. Apparently the shark must be killed for the unforgivable crime of behaving naturally within its own habitat.
In other, other news, the ALP is voting tomorrow on its leadership, Kim Beasley having been challenged by Kevin Rudd. I must say I would find it impossible to vote for the ALP as it spells Labour without the "u". "Labour" is a very unattractive word anyway, conjuring up images of people toiling in the fields or women crying out in childbirth and the fact that it is spelt incorrectly only increases my dislike. My party preference is academic anway as I have never voted in my life, having found it impossible to summon up a desire to be governed. I have been told repeatedly that it is irresponsible not to vote and I am not ungrateful for what Emily Pankhurst et al went through to obtain suffrage for women, but I simply don't have it in me to require "a leader". (Michael Moore, in his book, "Stupid White Men", does express amazement that the women, having finally obtained the right to vote, then proceeded to vote for the stupid white men).
The dictionary defines "to govern" as "to impose regulations on; to direct or strongly influence the behaviour of; to exercise authority over" - what sane person would vote for that?
Pierre-Joseph Proudhorn defined it more fully:
"To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be GOVERNED is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, asssesed, licensed, authorised, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the public interest, to be placed under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolised, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harrassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonoured. That is government; that is its justice; that is its morality."
Strewth! No wonder the Australian Government made voting compulsory.
Back to the cricket ... what a life ... Ashes to Ashes ...
Joy to the World! England declared at 6/551 yesterday at the end of its first innings in the second test.
In other news, a search is on in Western Australia for a shark that bit off a boy's leg while he was surfing. Apparently the shark must be killed for the unforgivable crime of behaving naturally within its own habitat.
In other, other news, the ALP is voting tomorrow on its leadership, Kim Beasley having been challenged by Kevin Rudd. I must say I would find it impossible to vote for the ALP as it spells Labour without the "u". "Labour" is a very unattractive word anyway, conjuring up images of people toiling in the fields or women crying out in childbirth and the fact that it is spelt incorrectly only increases my dislike. My party preference is academic anway as I have never voted in my life, having found it impossible to summon up a desire to be governed. I have been told repeatedly that it is irresponsible not to vote and I am not ungrateful for what Emily Pankhurst et al went through to obtain suffrage for women, but I simply don't have it in me to require "a leader". (Michael Moore, in his book, "Stupid White Men", does express amazement that the women, having finally obtained the right to vote, then proceeded to vote for the stupid white men).
The dictionary defines "to govern" as "to impose regulations on; to direct or strongly influence the behaviour of; to exercise authority over" - what sane person would vote for that?
Pierre-Joseph Proudhorn defined it more fully:
"To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be GOVERNED is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, asssesed, licensed, authorised, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the public interest, to be placed under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolised, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harrassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonoured. That is government; that is its justice; that is its morality."
Strewth! No wonder the Australian Government made voting compulsory.
Back to the cricket ... what a life ... Ashes to Ashes ...
posted by Rosie at 10:20 AM
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