The problem with the Syria/ISIS debate

There has been much debate over the last few weeks over whether the UK should have sent bombers to Syria to take out areas under the control of ISIS and that debate has, obviously, been divided between the pro-bombing and the anti-bombing camps.  The decision was made by a majority of Members of Parliament to send in the bombers on the premise that some of the bombs may actually his a member of ISIS and not several innocent bystanders.

The problem with the debate, I believe, was that it largely surrounded the greater or lesser use of Irrational Criteria (IC).

Jeremy Corbyn tried to stop the UK going into an unwinable war in the Middle East by wanting to use rational and less violent means or, to put it another way, used an argument that was less on IC.

Unfortunately, David Cameron managed to scare a majority of MPs into voting for war in Syria by using much more knee jerk emotional and irrational arguments or, to put it another way, used a more on IC case and people fell for his half-lies.

I have always known that Cameron was more-on-IC but now it seems that a great deal more MPs are more-on-IC than any of us could have thought.

My latest anti-Tory memes collected in one place

Here's the latest collection of memes.  Enjoy!

 

Learning the lessons from history

I have come under a certain amount of criticism on Facebook for being offensive and/or disrespectful to the victims of the Holocaust with my latest meme (above).  I can see why some people may take that stance but I see the meme as not even being about the Holocaust at all.  What the meme does is bring a comparison between mentality of the regime that created Auschwitz and the mentality of the current administration of the UK by using a topical image of Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to the scene of such human carnage.

I certainly have no wish to offend people with my meme but I believe that it is necessary for the human race to learn the lessons given to us by history.  The Nazis had a very negative view of the disabled as well as the Jews and anyone who did not fit into the society they were trying to create.  Disabled people were killed in concentration camps and were experimented on in the most horrific ways and, whilst the Conservative administration in the UK has not resorted to such overt methods, they have a very negative view of the disabled as being a drain on the State and have caused the deaths of many poor and disabled people with their welfare ‘reforms’.

The Conservatives seem set upon a regime of social cleansing that will reduce the numbers of poor and disabled people that uses eerily familiar language to that used by the Nazis.  Iain Duncan Smith used similar words to those found above the gates of Auschwitz – “Arbeit Macht Frei” (literally “work makes [you] free”) – when selling his welfare ‘reforms’ to the Great British public[1].  This, together with the deaths due to the welfare ‘reforms’, cannot be ignored as having unnerving parallels with what happened in Germany under Hitler’s rule so I believe that, as a political commentator, it is my duty to highlight these similarities so that the UK does not allow what happened in 1930s/1940s Germany to happen here.

Being a depressive, I prefer to use humour to capture people’s attention as people tend to respond to humour and satire rather than long drawn-out debates which is why I have been creating memes to draw attention to how ultra-Right-wing the current administration has become.

The Auschwitz visit meme is drawing attention to the similarity in the language used then in Germany and here in the UK right now.  It also draws attention to the deaths caused by the welfare ‘reforms’ with the mention of “population reduction” and to how far to the political Right the ‘Government’ has become with the mention of invasion plans (which also refers to Cameron’s willingness to bomb Syria as well).

The meme has nothing to do with belittling the human tragedy that was the Holocaust because I would never do something that crass; however, I must point to the lessons that history is teaching us lest we repeat the mistakes of the past.

Causing offence is certainly not my intention but I must, as a human being, speak out in whatever way is most effective to bring about public awareness.  Offensive humour, however unintentional, is not wrong if it highlights where a society is going down the wrong path or highlights an injustice.

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[1] https://youtu.be/QGY15gSc8OM?t=4m18s

You want more anti-Tory memes? Oh alright then!

Here are my latest anti-Tory memes.  Enjoy!

 

I told the Tories that I wouldn't stop! Part 1 - Target: Cameron

Some more anti-Cameron memes I came up with.  I hope you enjoy them!

I'll keep going until the Tories give up and go!

Here are some more memes on my favourite subject...

Feel free to distribute them around the web!

Some more anti-Tory memes

Here are some more anti-Tory memes I have been posting plus some that I'm posting here for the first time.

Warning: Some of these contain bad language and the last one may be viewed as extremely offensive.  You have been warned!

And here are the new ones...

Number 10 replies!

Below is the scanned copy of the letter I received from David Cameron’s office regarding Jackie Doyle-Price.

You may have noticed a discrepancy in the dates in the letter from Number 10.  Apparently, the Government now employs time travelers or clairvoyants to work in the PM’s office!

Here’s my response…

Dear Mr Cameron,

I received a letter from your PPS regarding my complaint and he said he hoped his response was helpful.  IT WAS NOT.

I was not asking for you to intervene in Ms Doyle-Price's dealings with me.  I asked for you to discipline her for NOT dealing with me and to give me a public apology.  I did so because 1) you are the Prime Minister and, therefore, should ensure that ALL MPs lead by example and 2) you are her party leader and, as such, should ensure that your party members act in an acceptable manner when the party Chairman fails to do so.

If you fail in your duty as party leader, then what use are you as a leader?

If you cannot or will not get involved then you should set up an INDEPENDENT BODY to handle complaints against MPs.

I'm not asking or expecting Ms Doyle-Price to give me answers I wish to hear but I should hear something approaching substantive answers I ask for.

If she fails to do that, then what good is she as a representative for Thurrock?

The response was sent via the same system as the first e-mail I sent to David Cameron so I was restricted to 1000 characters (including spaces) therefore it is not as eloquent as my other letters.

If I get a response, I shall post it right here as usual.