Monday, February 12, 2007

Village life

I don't live in a village but with government legislation about to make car and air travel a luxury that only the rich will be able to afford I feel we are heading for an insular society. We already do most of our shopping online and with the advent of social communities online. Why would you want to set foot outside into a world where you may be robbed or worst still accosted by a bod with a clip board doing a survey?

I am not a conspiratist but the Nanny state is here, telling us what we can and can't eat and making us feel guilty if we so much as touch chocolate to our lips. Informing us that if we don't exercise, walk more steps and make our kids play out we will disappear in bubbles of fat. Give me a break who are they serving this rubbish to and who is buying it?

Where am I going with this? Well nowhere of course I'm not political but I also don't want to sleepwalk into a future where it takes a years wages to go and see my family abroad. Yes we have to be responsible for what type of planet we leave for our children but wouldn't it be nice if they could get to see some of the planet that we are saving.

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