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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
There is a station Ident where I am based offshore that is a sort of nationalisation ceremony; it ends “we now pronounce you a member of the <station> nation you man now kiss the sky.”
If anyone recognises this – just keep it to yourself. Hector doesn’t need to know and we’ll have a mudslide together.
How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
Into the valley
Peas sure sound divine
.........
But who can Viv iron?
The soldiers go marching
There's masses of lamb
Whose disease is catskin
My picture is Hugh's toe
Ahoy! Ahoy!
Len see a sty
Ahoy! Ahoy!
Barman and soda
Ahoy! Ahoy!
Juicy men embalmed her
Ahoy! Ahoy!
Lung nearly gave
The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”
There's a Paul Simon song that goes "I don't know a soul that's not been battered". Not really a mishearing, but it always makes me want fish and chips.
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