But who is watching my language?

Ah Ha and so the observant of my current following of one, may notice that i am once again blogging due to the build up of self analysis, rants and comment that would otherwise festoon the various media outlets that exist on British and American servers.

And so i begin, cracking into my chosen topic like Tony McNulty(MP) into the government kitty, My attention was caught by a story in the times newspaper,now don't judge me, it doesn't necessarily mean i think in a very middle class fashion or that my first experience of alcohol was pimms under a pergola...that is merely coincidence. Anyway the story referred to the legislation being passed to make homophobic jokes illegal, which would of course cut down hugely on mentions of broke back mountain and mamma mia

But it made me think seriously at what point can you draw a line in the sand without going against your core principals and betraying your original cause, and given it's nature is it even inherently possible to set a point where tongue in cheek ends and slander begins, to me the very concept of language and it's uses make it force to be reckoned with in the face of legislation and regulation as it mostly exists not as a primal set of communicative definitions but the framework for human society and a great tool that has become the expression of all that lies within the realms of thought. Therefore policing such a territory beyond the obvious becomes a battle of circumstance and the unnecessary generation of apathy...which would give some the term "broken Britain"

Now to reduce the risk of seeming too heavy i will end this for now...hopefully to return.

2009: A first!

Now this is my first blog of 2009 possibly because as time went on the expectations rose, but now i prepare to shatter them in a nigh pointless exercise in self assertiveness in the looming face of the mundane and insignificant.

So to kick off i am going to give my take on world progress and certainly the election of Barack Obama, although in the grander scheme of things we are still have a new frontier of equality to cover we all at least have the chance to revel in the good of our own aims if not achievements. We are as a species still as flawed as ever, however there is wonderfully a new wave of enthusiasm towards progress and steps towards ideals albeit a little romanticized i hope it will inspire a fresh interest in the political systems that people across the west have lost faith in over the years. This is something i think is reflected not only in the election of the 44th president of the united states but the release and reception of the dark knight, i know it seems a slightly strenuous link but it bears epic themes that to some it provides all the tools to form an allegory.

So it is amidst this backdrop of change and new year that i almost resolutely remain the same, the minority still try to speak on the behalf of all whilst the majority remain still and slowly becoming drained out of hope and confidence on the world. The internet still remains the bizarre society formed out of lies, manipulation and a lack of moral conduct or foundations. Maybe i'll go off and write a poem, we'll see

Teach the world to sing
and those who cannot sing shall tambourine
and those who cannot tambourine shall groove on it

god bless.