Monday, November 22, 2004

From India, to Britain, With Love

I don’t agree with everything Rashmee Z Ahmed writes in his recent column for The India Times titled “Blair’s nanny govt leaves little choice," but, for the most part, I like the way he’s thinking.  A couple of his thoughts.

"So where are we at? Labour, the most nannying government in British history, has begun a campaign to re-brand the very word choice. Like ‘Animal Farm’, choice now means ban. Or a command issued by the ‘servants of the people’ for the greater common good. When Blair’s government recently issued a White Paper on public health, ‘choice’ was mentioned twice in the title and 35 times within the document."

And his concluding statement.

"But it cannot and must not be government business to tell a people what to eat, how much to drink; where and with whom to have sex. Dressing it up as nirvana for the nation’s soul is just a thinly-disguised tyranny."

Posted by John Venlet on 11/22 at 03:12 PM
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