has cctv replaced god?
Segolene believes that the former all-seeing, all-knowing god has been replaced by electronic transaction tracking and closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) with infra-red night vision which peer down on us from street corners, banks, offices, airports and shopping malls – and are soon coming into a bedroom near you.
"Once upon a time the fear of an all-seeing, all-knowing god was enough to keep the masses in line -- it was for this very purpose that god was invented," says Segolene, "but since the Enlightenment man has been able to use reason to deduce, increasingly, not only that no god exists but also that those pushing a fear of this imaginary person were the most corrupt."
"Once the fear of god was removed, and their hypocrisy exposed, the control freaks moved into government and went crazy with legislation which, by and large, was totally ineffective because law-breakers knew they could get away with it – the ridiculous prohibition on alcohol in the 1930s, for instance, was the most lawless period in modern history."
"Robbed of their traditional cushy occupations as moral leaders -- and seeing more and more of their celestial palaces turned into housing for the godless masses -- those who would have entered the god industry are now finding alternative employment in government positions and while such employment may be less lucrative it is definitely more amenable to their purpose in life which is, as we all know, to chastise, control and tell people to do what they want them to do (whilst often doing the exact opposite themselves)."
"For instance, most of us grew up believing homosexuality to be abnormal -- because religious leaders told us so -- and it is no coincidence that as more and more of the religious hypocrites were exposed as raging gays, and moved on to new jobs within the government, that homosexuality gradually came to be seen as normal."
"Just about everything our religious leaders told us was abnormal is now normal," laughs Segolene, "and while a hard core group still holds fast to their old beliefs about the abnormality of homosexuality, abortion, masturbation, adultery, sex before marriage, women's submission to men, stem cell research and other such things, the general consensus is that these things are now as normal and wholesome as apple pie."
"So normal, in fact, that one's right to do some of these once abnormal things is now enshrined in law."
"Without getting into a philosophical discussion about man's innate corruption," sighs Segolene, "it would appear to me that the more laws are passed, the more lawless we become. What happened to parental and personal responsibility?"
"Normally, I'm a mild manner woman, but increasingly I'm becoming abnormally angry at being frisked at airports, having my every move being monitored, my every transaction being recorded and my whole life being reduced to a mass of data to be mined by faceless control-freaks,” says Segolene, “and in many ways I wish we could return to the old God.”
“With the old God we had personal responsibility; with the CCTV god we have none.”
"Once upon a time the fear of an all-seeing, all-knowing god was enough to keep the masses in line -- it was for this very purpose that god was invented," says Segolene, "but since the Enlightenment man has been able to use reason to deduce, increasingly, not only that no god exists but also that those pushing a fear of this imaginary person were the most corrupt."
"Once the fear of god was removed, and their hypocrisy exposed, the control freaks moved into government and went crazy with legislation which, by and large, was totally ineffective because law-breakers knew they could get away with it – the ridiculous prohibition on alcohol in the 1930s, for instance, was the most lawless period in modern history."
"Robbed of their traditional cushy occupations as moral leaders -- and seeing more and more of their celestial palaces turned into housing for the godless masses -- those who would have entered the god industry are now finding alternative employment in government positions and while such employment may be less lucrative it is definitely more amenable to their purpose in life which is, as we all know, to chastise, control and tell people to do what they want them to do (whilst often doing the exact opposite themselves)."
"For instance, most of us grew up believing homosexuality to be abnormal -- because religious leaders told us so -- and it is no coincidence that as more and more of the religious hypocrites were exposed as raging gays, and moved on to new jobs within the government, that homosexuality gradually came to be seen as normal."
"Just about everything our religious leaders told us was abnormal is now normal," laughs Segolene, "and while a hard core group still holds fast to their old beliefs about the abnormality of homosexuality, abortion, masturbation, adultery, sex before marriage, women's submission to men, stem cell research and other such things, the general consensus is that these things are now as normal and wholesome as apple pie."
"So normal, in fact, that one's right to do some of these once abnormal things is now enshrined in law."
"Without getting into a philosophical discussion about man's innate corruption," sighs Segolene, "it would appear to me that the more laws are passed, the more lawless we become. What happened to parental and personal responsibility?"
"Normally, I'm a mild manner woman, but increasingly I'm becoming abnormally angry at being frisked at airports, having my every move being monitored, my every transaction being recorded and my whole life being reduced to a mass of data to be mined by faceless control-freaks,” says Segolene, “and in many ways I wish we could return to the old God.”
“With the old God we had personal responsibility; with the CCTV god we have none.”
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