As governments seek to Get Back Control

So the British government had its way on banning smoking in all enclosed public places and workplaces. The ban was made in the grounds of ensuring a safe working environment for all employees throughout the country. The ban applies everywhere except, of course, the same House of Commons. One might assume that this is because it is not open to the public and no one works! This is just another example of the hypocrisy of our government: 'Do as I do, do as I say'. 'You do not know what is good for you but we do it'. You can not have a wage increase or it must be restricted because it is not good for the economy, but we vote a significant increase because we are a special case ', and so it goes.

They also got their own way for the time on ID cards. Arguments about this have been displaced by the war on terrorism, the fight against illegal immigration than the current stop ID fraud. I actually had no idea that there are millions of people out there stealing each others' identity. I suspect that the only people guilty of identity theft are the same as members of the government seem to take a number of different forms depending on what side they want to ban or subject to us.

I suspect that the pressure of most of this recent legislation in the Western world is an attempt to regain control of the population. In the past if you stepped out of line or had an argument against were threatened with hell fire and damnation. With the decline of the Church, and his more modern approach of this control line is gone. With the immediacy of communication throughout the world we all now know what is happening at any time. Consequently, governments have lost control of the situation unless you happen to be in China!

There has been talk of putting chips in cars so that movements could be tracked us all the time. I do not know why the government just do not forget ID cards and go to the full step and put chips in us all. This would act as a means to verify your identity and have the added advantage of being able to track us and our movements all the time. Any body visiting the country could have a chip implanted temporary. In this way the police should not stop you, ask for a card that could simply scanning distance and if by chance 'chipless' that may block for 90 days.

Strange, is not it all started with a ban on fox hunting. I feel I had enough and should periodically move elsewhere, but where are you going? This seems like a tidal wave sweeping across the entire western world and it is impossible to stop.