Privileges... Freedom of speech, education, health care, freedom of religion and cultural believes... Voting rights... Right to information, correct, unbiased and up-to-date...
I hold them all very dear but I don't think about them on a daily basis; I don't have to, I live in the UK... Had I lived in Sudan or Iran, Eritrea or Libya that would have been different... There, my live could depend on whether or not I think about it... But I don't and my live does not depend on it... Or, at least, it didn't...
Recently I have changed... Not because I moved to a country like Zimbabwe or North Korea but because of 'our' own current government in the UK... My privileges are slowly being taken away from me... And from everyone I know...
I can see the cogs turning while you read this... You are wondering how for instance my freedom of speech is being taken away, or my right to information... Let me tell you a story so that you can make up your own mind.
Modern technology lets you share information with one click of a button. Whether you share to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or any of the other popular social media sites. It lets you share news, photo's, your latest thought bubble, rant or cry for help. And it doesn't matter if its just one sentence or the size of a decent book... Until recently you could do so freely, without more than just the one click of a button... Now you have to type in a 'captcha' when you want to share something to Facebook that could be conceived of as critical of 'our' government or 'our' media... In some countries, we would label this as censorship...
Most media is currently publishing information on the NHS, based on data known to be 'flawed', 'assumptions' and 'incorrect'... They are force-feeding the nation government's desire to break the NHS down, sell it bit-by-bit to the highest bidder, by purposefully damaging the name and brand of our beloved institute. If you believe all the drivel that is being printed and broadcast, thousands of people, all over the country, are dying needlessly and without the slightest compassion from hospital staff. (People are dying - needlessly - left, right and centre??? An absolute carnage in each and every ward, department, hospital up and down the country??? The church bells would be tolling every hour... They don't do here. What about where you live?) Where is the data that supports this? Nowhere... The numbers are projections and estimates based on opinion, best scenario-worst scenario arguments and grossly inexpert coding. Have a look here https://indicators.ic.nhs.uk/webview/ and make up your own mind...
And so, slowly but surely, my privileges are being taken away... And those of my friends and family... And those of you and yours...
As long as I have a voice, I will speak up and out... Once I lose my voice, I will keep on typing and sharing (with or without captcha's)... Please, help spread the word...
No comments:
Post a Comment