Idiots

We see them daily. People who think poking bears is a good idea and whose IQ is usually about equal to their shoe size. Our whole civilization is plagued by them, and unfortunately they're a majority.

It's no small wonder accidents are so prevalent, or crime rates so high, when the majority of people do not want to fill in gaps in their knowledge and banish their ignorance. The problem is, nobody cares one bit. Especially in their teenage years.

Despite the fact that people who are in a position of power are usually intelligent people, there is not much that can be done to prevent accidents caused by incredible stupidity and general lack of care that does not impinge upon your average halfwit's human rights.

But, if every bit of common sense points to a solution of, say, not allowing people under a certain intelligence threshold to drive, why not implement such a solution? Yes, it's all well and good and very liberal to say that everyone should be allowed to do what they want within reason in the country they are a long standing resident in, but this is the only opposition that holds any ground.

I think it seems silly to ensure that more accidents and fights and 'bad shit' happens simply because these fools happen to belong to the same species as us by allowing them to make important decisions. Intellectually, there are many people who are vastly inferior to many of us, and yet they are allowed to make highly intellectual decisions that are beyond their comprehension. Yes, that is a reference to politics. Politics comes into this too.

In such an intellectual and deeply important environment, somebody who believes that there is no evidence for evolution and that setting other people's pets alight is fun and clever has the same amount of influence in politics as a university graduate. I hope this makes as little sense to you as it does to me.

Unfortunately intelligence is difficult to define, so there is no fair test that could be implemented before somebody makes an important decision that would accurately measure how intellectually capable they are. IQ tests vary greatly and have little effect on driving, for example.

So what do we do? Well, we can't do anything. We all have to grit out teeth and resign ourselves to the fact that the majority of the world's population of humans are foolish, moronic, cold-lamppost-licking, tabloid reading, infuriating idiots.

The Monarchy

For centuries the monarchy of the UK had absolute political power and its existence today is viewed by a lot of people as pointless.

I think that governments should run countries and make important decisions based upon what the public want, so I'm naturally against the idea of an undemocratic system.

However I don't think there is any need to remove the monarchy at the moment. Yes, it still has some power, like giving the final say when laws are going through the process of being passed, but it doesn't really have any real power. I think it should be stripped of its political power but there is no reason to remove the monarchy.

I see it more as a symbol of prestige for our country. All the important decisions are made rightly so by our elected government, so there is no real reason to hate the monarchy and to destroy it somehow.

Prince Charles uses the money at his disposal to fund his charity, The Prince's Trust, which has very commendable aims and is a good use of the fortune that the monarchy possesses. The Royal Family don't really get up to much anyway, so you cannot strip them of power that they do not have.

As I've said before, I don't think a wealthy group of unelected individuals should run a country but they cannot be completely destroyed, they are an important part of England and the UK's history, as well as other countries'. The monarchy is still a great symbol of power and prosperity that our country possesses, so why destroy a symbol of success?

If the monarchy was still governing this country, I'd be angry, but as they're not I don't see why some people do get angry about their existence. I say leave the monarchy as it is, it's a nice display of the wealth that this country possesses and it seems to have good intentions these days, so there is no reason to destroy a national symbol.

Freedom of Speech

Personally I think the notion of restricting free speech is ridiculous and insulting. Yes, there are logical reasons that support limiting it, but it's just such a basic and simple right that we have here that is being limited, and I don't like that one bit.

The main reason people argue for limiting free speech is that because words are very powerful, one person can start a riot simply by shouting controversial words or sentences in highly populated areas. This is true, but I seriously doubt that most people even know that saying certain things is illegal, so why bother to invent a law restricting what we say?

As I'm quite liberal, I also dislike the fact that there is a large body of people telling me what I can and cannot say. It's almost like bullying someone into saying only what that group of people wants people to say. I don't take any notice of these laws, and I doubt it will result in me being arrested but it's a ridiculous concept, limiting what we can and cannot say.

As Martin Luther King said

"In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's responsibility to disobey unjust laws."

Obviously he used this in a different context, but it can still be applied here too.

Usually actions are illegal. In this case it is speech itself that is being made illegal (well, in some cases) and speech is not an action in the same sense that physical actions are actions. People choose how they react to things, and speech is something that a person has a wide range of choices to choose from when reacting to it, unlike for example being attacked, where you only have two options, fight or flight.

Surely then the government isn't going to let a minority of people who cannot think for themselves and choose to react idiotically to things that they hear and disagree with be responsible for the limitation of every other citizen's free speech in the country? But apparently so. Our government has definitely started to give minority groups good treatment, it could even be argued preferential treatment. But what about the masses? What do we do?

It has gotten to the point now where we cannot even express ourselves using speech without that being limited. We can no longer say whatever we please. That really is quite depressing for those of us of a liberal persuasion. It is a blatant affront to arguably the most important human right we possess: freedom of expression. And where would we be without it? There would have been no revolutions, no banning of slavery, nobody would have confronted injustice. I believe it is imperative that this right of ours is never limited in any way.

I hope this changes, but in the mean time I will continue to say whatever I damn well please regardless of whether some idiot in London wants me to say it or not. Thanks for reading.