Come on, what the hell is going on in our society nowadays? How long are you planning to sit back and relax as if nothing is happening to you? How long will you accept the government to steal your identity, log everything you do with your mobile, on the Internet? How long will you accept being videoed for no reason when you walk the streets? How long do you plan to accepts extra roadtax because of flashing speed camera’s
Just an overview of last weeks political efforts to get a grip on your life and mine. The gov’t decided that email, surfhistory, mobile phone traffic and sms metadata should be archived for a year. Amsterdam decided to start using parking meters where you have to enter your licenseplate information, Lindsan Lohan turns out to be lesbian – oh sorry, other subject, in Huizen two abstract nude paintings were removed after muslims complained, a political cartoonist was thrown in jail ‘to be interrogated’ for some drawings of years ago killing of freedom of speach in the process. I am worried and somehow I feel we should fight this interference in our personal lives. Always arguments like anti-terrorist and anti-crime policies and freedom of religion (in fact that’s the other side of NO freedom of speech nowadays) are used. Honestly, these arguments are not ok. Should we all hand over our individual freedom to be untraceable when we want to. Should the government know everything of me because everyone is supposed to be scared shit of terrorism and crime? Those have always been there, for centuries actually. Should we handover freedom of speech and publication just because what we say, write, draw or sing might offend someone in his or hers religious feelings? Crap! I don’t want to limit anyones freedom even if they offend me. Sure, fighting discrimination is essential. But that’s a fight of not accepting people being set aside from society.
For some no good reason this government is trying to slowly turn the clock back for some 40 years. Back to the nice and quiet but ignorent sixties. When everything looked nice, but wasn’t. When homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders were labelled as being sick and needed to be ‘cured’. Back to the cold war era where we were all scared for the A-bom. Current terrorist fear is exactly like the A-bom fear in those days.
Well I don’t want to go back in time, I don’t go there, I wan’t to move forward in the direction I choose. Free as bird, able to speak for myself, write, publish, be crazy or offensive. No government should be allowed to take that away from me. I will not live in a police-state. I’ll stand straight, how about you?
(m)alice
