Heaven help you ten years down the line!
I have blogged before, on this and other blogs, about the rights of private citizens. I grow increasingly concerned about a Britain that is turning into a nation of "spies". I comment because my daughter lives in Britain and I spend some time there---so I take an interest in the British lifestyle.
Today Sky News reported that a couple in Caernarfon were under investigation by their local council because they smoke inside their home. Of course a stupid neighbour complained because she lives next door to the puffing couple. Here is a scenario I wrote especially about the "offended couple":
Neighbours at No.3 in bed (reading their books--no fags):
Flo: Do you smell anything burning Fred?
Fred: Not really. You leave the toaster on?
Flo: It's them sods next door smoking.
Fred: Don't think we'd smell it here Flo.
Flo: Yes, we would. It comes through the walls.
Fred: How does it do that?
Flo: Well, it's that nicotine and gas. It gets in everywhere.
Fred: Yes, but they close their windows and doors.
Flo: I said it comes through the walls Fred!
Fred: Give 'em a break Flo. They don't even smoke in the garden.
Flo: I don't like smoking Fred. They're messing up our air.
Fred: I can't smell a thing Flo.
Flo: Well, I can, and I have human rights. I'm off to the council tomorrow to make an official complaint.
Fred: Oh, let it go Flo. I don't always put the right rubbish in the right bin.
Flo: Eff off Fred.
Smoking is bad for you and everyone near you, I admit, but let's draw a line somewhere. Next there'll be cameras inside the houses (filming our methods of "enjoymento delicto")
Here's how Brits spy on one another.Spy cameras (at the local tip too, in case you try to dump a TV in the garden waste bin), spy-chips in rubbish bins (we're watching your re-cycling habits,buddy), special bins for dogshit , regulations to cover regulations and God help you if you drive a big 4x4, Mate. You are the most selfish bastard in the World. And before you say: The cameras are needed for the Yobs who trash towns every Friday night,let me say : If more time was spent dealing with those lunatics and less worrying about spying on your neighbours there would be a better balanced Britain in 2007. Remember too, that this is the country where illegal immigrants roam freely and murder policewomen.
Good night. Now all you need is Erich Honeker for Prime Minister.