Privacy

Privacy is a funny thing. Some people get anxious when they don't have it. World leaders get anxious if other countries have it. Teenagers get angry when it is invaded and often go into, what my parents fondly call, a "strop" Of course my parents are bad people.

The other night we were at my friends house and his parents had invited round my parents to watch the McCloskey v Khan fight. Ridiculous result but that's not the point.

My parents, as parents do when they are around other adults, got excited and grasped every chance to take the piss out of me that came their way. They don't get out much so usually I would just let them have their way. But this time was different.

You see, also invited to watch the boxing was a teacher that my friend's dad was very friendly with. My parents decided that this was the time to divulge to basically anyone within earshot that I write a blog. This is the one invasion of privacy I will not allow.

Now I know what you're thinking. You're thinking:

But James, you write every stray thought you have down into this blog. Doesn't that mean you don't want any privacy when it comes to the blog?

Good question random idiot.The answer is no, you are wrong. If this teacher found out the existence of this blog he may let it slip to other teachers who may let it slip to other teachers and eventually the wrong teacher will read it. That's not allowed to happen for another 10 years, whenever the world has become enslaved by crickets. They own our conscience, it's only a matter of time before their strength grows.

Of course I'm not just going to bitch about privacy like a whiny emo-teen. But in saying that, I don't have much more to talk about.

So Sweden's a funny place....

No That's not the direction this blog will go.

An electrician by the name of Colin Atkinson faces losing his job for refusing to take down his wee christian-y cross thingymabob from his van dashboard. Now this is just a BIT ridiculous. The cross is about 8 inches and the only reason the company he works for wants it taken down is so that people don't think the company is christian.

So what if they think you're christian? People aren't all super bigoted, most of them won't care. But this shows you the turn things have taken. A few hundred years ago, people were shunned, stoned to death even, if they were found to be anything other than christian. Karmic justice maybe?

But I can see why the company is worried about being associated with any one creed. There's an old saying I'm very fond of. A Person is smart. People are dumb. You can always count on the collective to ruin things for the individuals.

But let the guy have his cross. In a few hundred years I believe that every religion currently existing today will be replaced by he best seller list.
Your far off descendants could be putting a scar in the shape of a lightning bolt on the forehead on ash Wednesday. They could be wearing ridiculous glasses instead of those skull caps Jewish people wear.

It's going to be a weird place on Earth in 2000 years.