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October 24, 2007
A Moonbat's Concept of Choice
The word "choice" ranks almost as high as "diversity" in the moonbat vocabulary. Yet just as they tolerate no diversity when it comes to ideology on college campuses, they don't think much of choice if it's a baby's choice to live (and what innocent creature wouldn't choose to live?). Yet an example of a moonbat advocating choice has come to light in Britain, where hysteria over undesirable body mass indices has led to calls for totalitarian control over the citizenry. Here is Health England chairman Julian Le Grand's concept of choice:
He [Le Grand] proposed the introduction of a smoking permit, which smokers would be required to show each time they bought tobacco. It is then their choice to go smoke free and not buy a permit.
Employees would also be able (for now) to choose not to join in a national "exercise hour," to be mandated for any company with over 500 employees.
According to Le Grand:
It is not like banning something, it's a softer form of paternalism.
Just call it incrementally imposed Fuzzy Fascism.
On a tip from xantl.
Posted by Van Helsing at October 24, 2007 11:23 AM
Comments
This is just like Orwell 1984 - where upon waking everyone had to excercise in front of the local commissar or whatever she was; in the 1984 movie. Figures that Airstrip One/England would come up with a crackpot scheme like this.
Posted by: General Jack D. Ripper at October 24, 2007 11:44 AM
Coming next year: Strength Through Joy!
Posted by: phil at October 24, 2007 12:49 PM
Arbeit macht frei!
Posted by: Ian from the EUSSR at October 24, 2007 2:38 PM
...and some people are still under the illusion that the German/Italian Fascists were rightwing.
Posted by: Gore Blimey, the sky is falling at October 25, 2007 12:43 AM
