Friday, March 05, 2010
Orwell low-balled the British appetite for tyranny
In Airstrip One, new "hate laws" require schools to record every use of "hate words".
Well now. With a bit of organization, kids could bring this tyranny to a, um, screeching halt and have some fun along the way.
All the kids would simply agree in advance to use nothing but the word 'gay' in conversation and in class answers.
Gay gay gay gay gay. Gay? Gay gay. Yes, gay gay gay gay.
At the end of the day, students would converge on the principal's office and demand to see their records, to insure that every 'hate utterance' is fully and accurately recorded so that the rule of law shall be maintained, and so that their sins shall be fully and deservedly punished. If the record seemed incomplete, the students would repeat the conversation for the benefit of the principal, watching the transcription carefully. ("No, no, you placed a comma between those two gays. There should be a colon between those two gays.")
Wouldn't need to do this very long. A few days would suffice to break the system. ¶ 8:23 AM
Teachers are to be told that even if a primary school child uses homophobic or racist words without knowing their meaning, simply teaching them such words are hurtful and inappropriate is not enough.
Instead the incident has to be recorded and his or her behaviour monitored for future signs of 'hate' bullying.
The accusations will also be recorded in databases held by councils and made available to Whitehall and ministers to help them devise future anti-bullying campaigns.
Well now. With a bit of organization, kids could bring this tyranny to a, um, screeching halt and have some fun along the way.
All the kids would simply agree in advance to use nothing but the word 'gay' in conversation and in class answers.
Gay gay gay gay gay. Gay? Gay gay. Yes, gay gay gay gay.
At the end of the day, students would converge on the principal's office and demand to see their records, to insure that every 'hate utterance' is fully and accurately recorded so that the rule of law shall be maintained, and so that their sins shall be fully and deservedly punished. If the record seemed incomplete, the students would repeat the conversation for the benefit of the principal, watching the transcription carefully. ("No, no, you placed a comma between those two gays. There should be a colon between those two gays.")
Wouldn't need to do this very long. A few days would suffice to break the system. ¶ 8:23 AM
