WHAT YOU CAN’T SEE

I am a passionate believer in small government; I don’t want to be told what’s good or bad for me – I think I am old enough and wise enough to know my own mind. I don’t want to be watched wherever I go (it’s happening more and more in England), nor do I want to be treated as if I were either a young child or mentally abnormal. In other words, I want to be left in peace! I guess this is a situation many of us face – especially if we are “thinking” people (well, if you’re reading this, you must be!)

So you may wonder what my photograph of a gull sailing above his reflection has to do with government. Actually, quite a lot. What you see in the photograph gives no indication of what’s going on under water – and if the gull (or the government) wants to get things done, they have to use a huge amount of energy “below the surface”. Sadly, a huge amount of (governmental) energy is wasted on activities solely designed to make us ever more “pliable” (more adjustable or less problematic) to their requirements. And the more this happens, the bigger and more complex government grows. It’s about time more of us starting calling for less intrusiveness in our lives, and to be treated as human beings and not numbers (or even robots)…

Until next time (and still swimming),

Peripatetic Scribe