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Thursday 12 June 2014

What Does Cameron Mean By British Values?

In the wake of the "Trojan Horse" school scare in Birmingham David Cameron has said that he wants "British Values" to be part of the curriculum. The problem, however, is what "values" Cameron wants taught. He heads a government that persecutes the unemployed, the sick and the disabled, a government that shows no concern over the housing crisis, ignores environmental concerns, favours tax cuts for the rich while the wages of ordinary people continue to shrink and takes no action while utility companies steal what little money we do have. Apparently then the "values" that Cameron favours are greed, selfishness, arrogance and a complete disregard for the plight of others. The truth is that Cameron and his fellow Tory crooks have no values and certainly not any that any of us would want taught in our schools. Meanwhile with Gove in charge of education our schools are being turned over to various corporate sharks, religious maniacs and right-wing dingbats. It also begs the question why, in Britain, we still allow superstitious mumbo-jumbo to be taught in our schools in the first place? Schools are for education not to indulge the irrational belief systems of those who want to use religious observance for their own perverted ends. One thing for sure is that no one in the government has any interest in encouraging critical or original thinking. What they want is a straightjacket designed to shackle young minds to an unthinking acceptance of the status quo - to be good, obedient Tory voters and to accept their place in the great scheme of things without question. While the Tories are busily engaged in turning our schools into machines for the dissemination of Tory propaganda what right do they have to complain when some other control freaks want to do the same?

2 comments:

  1. So much for democracy then? Its been a long time since I've seen social responsibility described as bribery and theft, especially by someone who obviously supports asset stripping Britain for the benefit of a tax-dodging elite whose greed knows no bounds. In all the years I've supported Labour I have never found its members to be either lazy or thick though, by the depth of your political awareness, it seems that Tories are. Indeed, as John Stuart Mill once observed; "Not all Tories are unintelligent people, though most unintelligent people tend to be conservative. All those, like you, who attempt to raise their uniformed prejudices to the level of a political philosophy simply demonstrate to the rest of us how thoroughly unpleasant you are.

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  2. Well that's the difference between those who wish to see society work in the interests of all and those, like you, who value stupidity and greed above all else. You think my intentions are naïve and misguided? So did Charles I, Marie Antoinette and Tsar Nicholas II. Redistribution of wealth is the price you pay to buy off revolution. But, of course, you believe that bombast and insults can buy you time. I've been called many things in my life but coward isn't one of them. Like all smug and self-satisfied bullies you think that insults can make up for your total lack of character. You hide behind capitalism then call me a thief and a coward? Scum you are and scum you will always be.

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