Just home from India... and contrary to predictions, FC did not get the runs! Bell and Prior and Pietersen however did, so that elevated my mood higher than the local Bhang. More good news is the un-looted status of my home. Less good news is the four-nil thrashing QPR received in their first home game - all of which has imposed the theme of home on my thoughts.
For instance why did I not cry but chuckle when Richard Branson's home on Necker was hit by lightning and burnt down? A laugh that rose to a guffaw when I heard Kate Winslett was in it. Is it because something deep and primal in the human psyche keeps repeating it is wrong for a man to own his own tropical island - unless you are Jeff Tracy or Francisco Scaramanga, in which case it should be to house the secret HQ of International Rescue or a "Solex Agitator" not some luvvie who conned her way to an Oscar by speaking like Herr Flick from 'Allo 'Allo and twitching her eyes like a horse being put down at a race track.
I have also been giggling over the eviction at Dale Farm in Essex. After decades of unlawful trespass the Irish Traveller's Community has been finally asked to move on... and is protesting vigorously! Why? You are Travellers , move on is what you do, I mean "travel" is part of your name!
Meanwhile the home town of Muammar Gaddafi is being bombarded by NATO jets concurrently with a ground attack by rebel forces - all under the auspices of the strict UN Security Council mandate "to protect civilians from assault". Which means the bombs are indeed legitimate under international law... if they were falling on the invading Benghazi forces pouring into the city shooting everyone they see. I am frequently puzzled by the condemnation of Gaddafi (guilty of many other sins)for "using force against his own people" given that he is doing so on account of having been "attacked by his own people (for reasons good and bad). It is a bit like condemning a battered wife for "using force against her own husband" as he punches her.
It is not whom you attack that confers legitimacy or attracts opprobrium, it is why you attack. That applies to NATO and Gaddafi.
And while on the subject of unprovoked assault, I would like to officially welcome midfield scrapper Joey Barton to Loftus Road. Please don't hit me.
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Welcome back FC I've missed the beautifully phrased, erudite musings but I guess you were pissed or jet lagged when you wrote this one ..the sentiments wouldnt be out of place in a Daily Mail editorial...
ReplyDelete1. Someone's house burns down. Hilarious. As long as its not yours
2. Travellers! Go travel! As long as its not near you, eh?
3. Yes I've often noted the similarity between ghaddafi and battered wives....what the fuck..
Sort him out, joey
But my provocations were directly inspired by Joey's Tweets!
ReplyDeleteAnd Barbara Ellen has copied my position on the demise of one of Sir Richard's well-insured several homes not in the Mail but the Observer (the torching of Greggs in Peckham which got much less media attention, I am genuinely furious about).
Never liked the Green Dictator's ghastly domestic human rights abuses but when it comes to standing up to the West's self-serving vast military intimidation can't help but sympathize with a small African country's right to fight back.
And the irony of self-identified "Travellers" refusing to move is a satirical open goal only Salomon Kalou could miss. The squat is authentically illegal and council house alternatives have been offered.
Still, respect all you points, Blog.
FC
WHAT! You're inspired by Barton! You agree with Barbara Ellen! They torched greggs pie factory! They offered those pikey scum council housing!
ReplyDeleteNow I'm genuinely outraged.
Nah I apologise for the po faced previous post. Id just spent half the day on a British Rail bus.... sample Exchange with BR (or whatever they're called now) staff
-but I've got a train ticket
-Get on the bus.
-I want to speak to your manager
- you missed your bus
Hmmm,it seems something has got under Blogidy's skin.
ReplyDeleteBus travel does that to a man I suppose.
Still,at least the papers are now full of Arsenal woes.
Great,more hand wringing and bleating to look forward to.
BBC SPORT: Kilmarnock interested in Belgian defender Mark de Man.
ReplyDeletethey are also interested in striker Skor de Gaulle and goalkeeper Bloek de Schott.