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From where I am, reading the news in various online publications every day - I remain English thoughr fo I have long consigned the UK to the dustbin of history in my mind - what he says is just. It's *that* bad.The nanny-state is the British way of describing it with humour - but preserve us from such a devouring nanny! I fear its encroachment as the EU commission becomes more demanding & controlling. In the end universal darkness will cover all, only the frozen wastes of Canada will remain for those who yearn for liberty to escape to - but how long before they too thaw & the surveillance rats move in? mj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 7:29 PM Subject: Re: pullman on liberty > very interesting, sad, frightening. is it really that bad yet? or just, > so to speak, in the laws passed as prologue...? > > Doug > On 27-Feb-09, at 5:28 AM, Martin Walker wrote: > >> This was in the Times today - I would have expected it in the Guardian >> or Independent. >> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5811412.ece >> >> M.J.Walker - no webpage, no blogspot, no idea >> >> Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the >> comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is >> violating all His laws. >> John Adams to Thomas Jefferson. > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > > Latest books: > Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > Wednesdays' > http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html > > It's always night or we wouldn't need light. > > Thelonious Monk