Tuesday, June 15, 2010

$100 on the spot fines for using an un-approved word?

That is what is going to happen in Queensland Australia

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/1070338/swearers-face-instant-100-fines

Of course that's not how it's being put forward to us. "On the spot fines for swearing" sounds acceptable to most hypocrites out there. But if you don't swallow the main stream propaganda, it comes down to being fined for using a word that is not approved of.

I looked out of my window after reading this news and I'm a little confused. No horse and carts? No Knights of the realm lobbing heads off? And even though I work near a lake, I could not hear the sound of anyone drowning ugly women to see if they are in fact a witch. So it would seem we have not traveled back in time to the dark ages, and freedom of speech and expression, in theory, still exists.

But does it? It's at times like this that my other worry comes to head.
"Did we really win the war?"

No one seems to ask this question, because it's a stupid one, but as far as I can make out, we've been taken over by something akin to a Nazi regime by stealth. Maybe our "victory" in 1945 was all a hoax, and the agreement was that the allies would bow to totalitarian regimes over the coming 100 years?

Of course that's a stupid idea because I'm writing these words now with no fear of death. The democratic governments don't dictate what can and can't be said online. And yet the Australian Government is still trying to push through it's "Internet filter". Something it criticised China for during the Olympics.

It would seem that freedom of speech "online" simply makes the job of the Nazi secret police that much easier than it was in the lead up to 1939. Everyone is on NitTwit, FaceAche, and Stalkerbook these days. Everyone is openly voicing their every thought in black and white. Forums, sms's, emails even. So now more than ever, the "casual conversation" can be monitored and if an unauthorised word or thought is used, action can be taken.

I've just realised something. We have traveled back in time. And the year is 1984.