Friday, March 26th, 2010
The Digital Economy Bill had so much potential to do good, such as improving the digital economy in Britain, but instead it has drawn much criticism (most of which has been blatantly and insultingly ignored).
The primary function of the bill is to restrict and hand over shockingly large amounts of power into the hands of the ISP’s and the government. You are guilty until proven otherwise and if you aresuspected of file-sharing enough times, you can be disconnected from the internet.
This is good for the music and film industry, who’s balls are being massaged by the government. However, it is very bad for the citizens of Britain, for anyone who cares about the internet or even freedom of information.
I thought the concept of a democracy was to ensure that citizens were innocent and maintained their rights until it was proven (in a court of law, for example) that they are guilty. I thought a democracy was supposed to protect and follow the masses. I’m either very wrong on what I think a democracy is, or Britain is moving away from it.
I’m not saying we have a Totalitarian State just yet, but we are certainly being nannied. The Digital Economy Bill has been rushed through the government without much consideration, probably while Mandelson has the dick of the music industry swirling around in his mouth. They want it into affect fast, especially since Labour may not be around after the elections (on an unrelated note, I wonder why that is).
Despite the criticisms, the protests and the laws which should prohibit this barbaric face fuck to the citizens from the government, the bill seems to be becoming law regardless. We are just citizens, a number in the system, the sheep who must be regulated and kept in line. We must bend over and take what the government gives us and it is for our own good.
When even MP’s have been seen protesting over this injustice, you have to ask yourself, when are we going to make the leap from Nanny State to Police State?
Every now and again, FN Hate steps out of the satirical wit bin and deals with important issues (even if to little affect). This post is one of them situations.
Originally posted on my blog.
Tags: Freedom, Gordon Brown, internet, Labour, News & Politics, Peter Mandelson
Posted in Life, Culture & Activism, News & Politics |
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
My accurate depiction of a conservative man (or woman).
Right-winged politics get right up my nose, but conservatism as a social ideology is far worse and it propels me into a frothing fit of anger.
Conservatives are supporters of traditional values, where video games are new and evil, art is a load of pretentious dribble, sex is a sin and religion trumps science because it teaches us morality.
Of course we know that video games are just another form of entertainment, art takes on many glorious forms, sex is enjoyable and religion is a fairytale.
Firstly, let me tackle religion; it teaches us morals, it tells us what is right and wrong and a dirty liberal atheist could never be a good person. After all, those homosexual-hating christians from the deep south are lovely people and we can never be as good as them because we all need to be told by a superior being how to be good, instead of simply being good without cause.
There is a big difference between an atheist and a christian, one of them has to be moral through fear of damnation, one decides to be moral because they want to be a good person.
Video games, films, television and the internet doesn’t promote crime, or condition people to be evil. The people who are evil and happen to make use of said media were probably mentally unstable from the start. Crime didn’t just appear when the television was invented, it has always been around. Attributing crime to a particular new invention, just because you are scared of new things, is moronic.
Why should a video game be age rated when you can freely walk into an art gallery and see depictions of violence or sexually suggestive imagery? Why does music have to be rated and censored when you can easily pick up a book and read naughty swear words and violence?
If I play a video game that involves a gun, I don’t want to massacre a local school, and if I did want to do that, it’d make me mentally ill or sadistic by nature, not simply someone who has played a video game. Out of all the people who play video games and watch “questionable” material, how many of them are criminals or a danger to society? There is actually evidence to suggest that video games help vent frustration and create a more balanced person.
Did you see a nipple slip on a television advertisement? You better ring someone up and complain, otherwise innocent children may discover that we have nipples… Those things we are born with, those natural things that conservatism has taught us to be ashamed of. But isn’t it just skin?
Sex is evil isn’t it? It makes innocent 15 year old girls pregnant and spreads infections… Or does it? Most decent human beings will wear protection and treat sex with respect.
The problem is the minority spoils it for everyone. Because a man tried to blow himself up on an Aeroplane, we have to appear naked in front of security staff at airports. Because a small percentage of the population are sick sexual predators, we can’t film our children’s school plays or take snaps at the beach without drawing speculation.
There will always be a minority of people who are completely bat-shit insane. But the government shouldn’t pander to them. They are not representative of the people. We are the most watched nation on Earth because we peasants cannot be trusted on our own.
Tags: News & Politics, Politic
Posted in Life, Culture & Activism |
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Should I really have to explain why I loathe a newspaper that so often and consciously spews bile from within it’s sordid little right-wing pages?
Whilst I could possibly write an epic book on the matter, I’ll just point to one incident from this week to prevent you all from expiring due to my negativity.
The Daily Fail was again trying to tackle those pesky violent video games by vomiting words without thinking.
Here is a quote from their article (more a jumbled mess of right-wing garbage than an article):
This Christmas’ top selling computer game could be one in which players kill hundreds of civillians in an airport. The sick game, called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, features a level in which players score points by shooting unarmed passengers at an airport terminal, according to a trailer released on the internet.
The footage shows the player entering airport security with a machine gun in hand, before killing every innocent bystander in sight, often while they are crawling away injured or screaming for help. Eventually, the player must shoot the police that come to the public’s aid to progress.
Gamer Alan Burke, 14, said “The game looks like a lot of fun. All my friends at school are getting it for Christmas”. But mum Cathy was outraged; “I can’t believe they thought this was suitable material for such impressionable minds ” she told us, “it’s absolutely sickening”.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare sold over 7 million copies, and this new version is predicted to break that record. Market research shows that most of the players are aged between 12 and 18.
PM Gordon Brown condemned the game in a conference call this evening, saying “It’s atrocious that the entertainment industry feels the need to make light of such a serious and grave issue”, and Conservative MP Justin Davis called for the game to be banned from sale. Activation, the company who make the dispicable title, refused to comment.
Damn those video games, coming over here with their violence, poisoning our kids minds, making them go on school shooting rampages. It gets me really angry, it makes me want to actually parent my children, make sure they don’t access 18+ games instead of complaining and whining like an extremist conservative cunt who is taken in by the media diarrhoea that pours out from within the Daily Mail pages.
Sidenote: If you’re letting your kid play an 18+ game, it isn’t the game at fault, it is you, the parent. End of. The fact that some ’sheep’ will follow the Daily Mail’s article is laughable, but another needless blow to gaming. Shooting (FPS) games have been around for a while now, maybe it is time people grew up and accepted the fact that a game is just a game.
My friend, Phil Whittle, a fellow gamer also said in an online discussion:
I really hate how the Daily Mail reports things, and I wouldn’t be suprised if this leaked footage was done by Activision to drum up a bit of free publicity about the game before release. We don’t know the full context of the scene yet, I read that there are two warnings before the scene starts and you can skip it at any time, and it’s actually there to demonstrate how bad the terrorists are, not to reward the player for commiting terrible acts as the article implies.
Since they brought up kids playing the game, it’s rated 18+ by both the BBFC and PEGI so they shouldn’t really be playing it (although that’s a debate for another day).
Sidenote 2: Doesn’t Gordon Brown have a country to run, rather than commenting on video games? Of course he doesn’t agree, his household still lives in the 17th century. I’m almost certain that gruel is their highlight meal of the week and everyone gets a lovely apple for christmas in his house.
Tags: Daily Mail, Gordon Brown, hate, News & Politics
Posted in Life, Culture & Activism, Media |
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
During my daily (well, whenever I remember) perusal of the BBC news website, as I was trying to keep abreast of all of the world’s current events (okay, that’s a lie, I was looking for the latest Strictly Come Dancing news), I came across not one, not two, but THREE headlines that I completely misinterpreted until I clicked on them and read the accompanying article. So I thought I’d talk about them here, because I (FN) hate getting the wrong end of the stick. Please note that I am not in any way making light of any horrible events described.
1. Killed British soldier ’superb’
Call me dense, but when I first glanced at this headline, I thought it was saying something completely different to what it actually is. The story is of a young soldier who has been tragically killed during service, and was described by army people as “superb” at what he did and that. It is horrible to hear of so many young men and women losing their lives, of course. But when I read the headline, somehow in my head I spotted a phantom comma, so I actually interpreted it as “Killed British Soldier, superb!”, as if I had accidentally stumbled onto the Al Jazeera website, or Gordon Brown’s diary. Although if I’d have stumbled across Gordon Brown’s diary I doubt it would have said anything so sophisticated, instead it’s probably line after line of things like “I like chicken, I like liver, maeow mix maeow mix please deliver” and “Almost smiled today. Managed to nip that disaster in the bud before anyone noticed. BTW that Andrew Marr is a jug-eared cunt, he does my napper in. g2g, luv Gords xxx”
2. Man donates rape reward to victim
Now those of a less cuntish nature than me would probably guess straight away that this story is about a man who was rewarded with £10,000 after giving information that led to a rapist being convicted, and he kindly donated the 10 grand to the victim. A lovely story, that shows that there are still nice people out there somewhere. But my depraved mind instantly assumed that a man had been rewarded for raping someone. Come on, it’s an easy mistake to make. Isn’t it? No? Whoops. Still, thank god that criminals aren’t being rewarded with financial gain. It wouldn’t surprise me in Brown’s Britain (yeah fuck you Gordon, I’m tearing you a new bungpiece in this thing). £10,000 for a rape, £50,000 for the jackpot of murder, and about £5,000,000 for killing your little girl in Portugal and then pretending she was kidnapped. Allegedly.
3. Ministers ‘to cut drugs budget’
This one isn’t about death or rape so I can relax a little. This story turns out to be about ministers in Scotland cutting their budget for drug rehabiliation. But to me it sounds like the credit crunch is affecting even the top brass in Parliament and they’re having to cut down on their orders of wacky baccy. Now it would come as no surprise to me to find out that half of the current government are smacked off their tits, as surely people that seemingly braindead must be under the influence of mind altering substances? According to reports this week (not by us, by proper papers and websites. So sue them instead), Gordon (hi mate) is taking loads of pain pills just to get by, so following his (alleged) example, you’ve probably got half of the backbenchers on acid. And perhaps whenever I watched Prime Minister’s Questions (which was infrequent, I admit), and that Scottish dude who was Speaker constantly shouted “ORDER, ORDER!”, he wasn’t trying to get everyone to be quiet, but they were all high and had the munchies, and he was trying to get David Cameron to decide whether he was ordering a curry or a bit of egg foo yung.
Tags: Gordon Brown, headlines, News & Politics
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