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2009 European Elections: F#ck fascism!
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Nasty pictures of fascist leaflets? NO!
Nice picture of a smiling red face? YES!
The other morning a UK political organisation posted a very professional article of pretty-poison through my door. One of these days I'll catch the evil munchkin that delivers them and follow them round the streets giving them a piece of my mind.
No matter how professional the leaflet, a gilded turd is still a turd. No matter how much spin and slickness, a white supremacist organisation are still a bunch of neo-nazi scumf-cks.
A certain moustachiode Austrian played on similar fears: that the "others" are the cause of all our woes. The argument today that the EU is the problem is even more immature and simplified.
Let's look at Numatic International. A small but successful UK manufacturing company, and producer of the oh-so-wonderful Henry vaccumn cleaner. Numatic export across the world: inside the EU single market, they don't have to pay trade tarrifs; to the rest of the world, they are a part of the world's largest economic body. Leave the EU, as some nationalist organisations would have us do, and the UK would still need to operate in a globalised economy, just all on it's own (paying taxes to the EU for export goods less than 20 miles away).
It's important to "know your enemy", as Sun Tsu and the "Manic's" would say. So I sat through a white-supremacist TV commercial at the last local elections. A "strong christian identity" was one of their aims. So obviously of no appeal to me as an atheist; but no doubt the many devout catholic Polish migrant workers would've paid attention at this point (although that particular slick graphic was noticeable shorter than the others: obviously a weak point in their argument which would be more dubious when stated as "kill Jews, burn mosques, beat the crap out of anyone that's different"). Unlike the woefully-backward UK parliament, the EU is an officially secular organisation: that's why it's so good to live here, with my rights to live a secular discenting life enshrined in law and the highest appeal court consisting of representatives of that secular organisation, rather than one which swears loyalty to a particular family who's forebears claimed they were chosen by a supernatural being (i.e they killed people to be there).
Many would say secularism and existentialism took a hold in the European continent post 1945. After the horrors of more then two thousand years of continual brutal squables between individual nations (i.e. rich families looking for more resources), using organised religion (that includes that evil Austrian's cult) as a rallying point. Soon after that, harmonising trade began, and the trading organisations haven't shot at each other since. Considering all of my ancestors have had to fight in some stupid pointless war for a nation state (i.e. resources) against another European's ancestors: for that reason alone the EU is an instution to fight for.
The filth leaflet can go in the recycling bin. If this particular group of fascists have their way they'd take the recycling bin away: it said so on their last election broadcast. (This is due to the EU stating that digging holes in the countryside for nations to bury their waste for future genertions to deal with was no longer acceptable: another crazy rule from Europe? I don't think so). The advert said that decent working class families couldn't cope with having waste removed once every fortnight.
Anyway rant over, if you've got his far, it is a rant and not a debate: if you don't like not having the chance to debate, keep the fascists out of all political institutions. What worked for the Austrian Corporal in '33 was people not turning out to vote. Whether it's Green, Lib Dem, Labour, Conservative, it's your responsibility: our ancestors spilt blood for it.
2009 European Elections: F#ck fascism!
Such a lovely day outside, why spoil it? Here is a picture of a wonderful free bag that comes with the Henry vaccumn cleaner: it's ideal for keeping spare bags and all the attachments in.
Nasty pictures of fascist leaflets? NO!
Nice picture of a smiling red face? YES!
The other morning a UK political organisation posted a very professional article of pretty-poison through my door. One of these days I'll catch the evil munchkin that delivers them and follow them round the streets giving them a piece of my mind.
No matter how professional the leaflet, a gilded turd is still a turd. No matter how much spin and slickness, a white supremacist organisation are still a bunch of neo-nazi scumf-cks.
A certain moustachiode Austrian played on similar fears: that the "others" are the cause of all our woes. The argument today that the EU is the problem is even more immature and simplified.
Let's look at Numatic International. A small but successful UK manufacturing company, and producer of the oh-so-wonderful Henry vaccumn cleaner. Numatic export across the world: inside the EU single market, they don't have to pay trade tarrifs; to the rest of the world, they are a part of the world's largest economic body. Leave the EU, as some nationalist organisations would have us do, and the UK would still need to operate in a globalised economy, just all on it's own (paying taxes to the EU for export goods less than 20 miles away).
It's important to "know your enemy", as Sun Tsu and the "Manic's" would say. So I sat through a white-supremacist TV commercial at the last local elections. A "strong christian identity" was one of their aims. So obviously of no appeal to me as an atheist; but no doubt the many devout catholic Polish migrant workers would've paid attention at this point (although that particular slick graphic was noticeable shorter than the others: obviously a weak point in their argument which would be more dubious when stated as "kill Jews, burn mosques, beat the crap out of anyone that's different"). Unlike the woefully-backward UK parliament, the EU is an officially secular organisation: that's why it's so good to live here, with my rights to live a secular discenting life enshrined in law and the highest appeal court consisting of representatives of that secular organisation, rather than one which swears loyalty to a particular family who's forebears claimed they were chosen by a supernatural being (i.e they killed people to be there).
Many would say secularism and existentialism took a hold in the European continent post 1945. After the horrors of more then two thousand years of continual brutal squables between individual nations (i.e. rich families looking for more resources), using organised religion (that includes that evil Austrian's cult) as a rallying point. Soon after that, harmonising trade began, and the trading organisations haven't shot at each other since. Considering all of my ancestors have had to fight in some stupid pointless war for a nation state (i.e. resources) against another European's ancestors: for that reason alone the EU is an instution to fight for.
The filth leaflet can go in the recycling bin. If this particular group of fascists have their way they'd take the recycling bin away: it said so on their last election broadcast. (This is due to the EU stating that digging holes in the countryside for nations to bury their waste for future genertions to deal with was no longer acceptable: another crazy rule from Europe? I don't think so). The advert said that decent working class families couldn't cope with having waste removed once every fortnight.
Anyway rant over, if you've got his far, it is a rant and not a debate: if you don't like not having the chance to debate, keep the fascists out of all political institutions. What worked for the Austrian Corporal in '33 was people not turning out to vote. Whether it's Green, Lib Dem, Labour, Conservative, it's your responsibility: our ancestors spilt blood for it.