Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Blue Labour joins attack on family
Not to be outdone by Labour's attack on the family yesterday, today David Cameron leader of Blue Labour joined in. Here is the report from The Times.
Apparently he's proposing what I can only assume is a state endorsed/controlled/sponsored "formal “rite of passage”, marking the transition from childhood to adulthood". This would take place at 18 and the legal ages (for politically incorrect activity such as smoking) raised to this age. It will come as no surprise that he has no plans to raise the age of homosexual consent to 18.
Under his proposals, if you complete a course at a younger age then you'll be given the adult "rights" early. Quite how early he doesn't expressly say, I think the age of 17 is what he's got in mind, but why not at age 10 if you've completed the course?
Cameron then attempted to justify it by saying that different legal ages for different activities was "confusing" well if he can't work it out, how does he expect to run the country?
"He said that many societies had rites of passage marking the transition from childhood..." Yes, but they're not state sponsored or controlled, this is an area which has nothing to do with the state.
You can see the poor quality of his "argument" on the one hand he criticises: "...the closest thing to a rite of passage is going out and getting hammered on your 18th birthday”." On the other "... the scheme would be voluntary, but young people would be encouraged to do it because they would win the rights of adults earlier, such as being allowed to have a drink in a pub at 17." Well which is it? Drinking bad at 18, but good at 17?
One teenager (demonstrating at least the basic competence to vote) said to him: "“You do not know your arse from your elbow, you b******.”"
This sort of thing is nothing to do with the state, we've got huge taxes, rubbish "public" "services", and massive apathy amongst voters and the leader of the "opposition" is turning out this tosh. We want less tax, less state, less laws and less government. It seems to me there is a ceremony that all aspiring politicians submit to these days it's called castration.
Apparently he's proposing what I can only assume is a state endorsed/controlled/sponsored "formal “rite of passage”, marking the transition from childhood to adulthood". This would take place at 18 and the legal ages (for politically incorrect activity such as smoking) raised to this age. It will come as no surprise that he has no plans to raise the age of homosexual consent to 18.
Under his proposals, if you complete a course at a younger age then you'll be given the adult "rights" early. Quite how early he doesn't expressly say, I think the age of 17 is what he's got in mind, but why not at age 10 if you've completed the course?
Cameron then attempted to justify it by saying that different legal ages for different activities was "confusing" well if he can't work it out, how does he expect to run the country?
"He said that many societies had rites of passage marking the transition from childhood..." Yes, but they're not state sponsored or controlled, this is an area which has nothing to do with the state.
You can see the poor quality of his "argument" on the one hand he criticises: "...the closest thing to a rite of passage is going out and getting hammered on your 18th birthday”." On the other "... the scheme would be voluntary, but young people would be encouraged to do it because they would win the rights of adults earlier, such as being allowed to have a drink in a pub at 17." Well which is it? Drinking bad at 18, but good at 17?
One teenager (demonstrating at least the basic competence to vote) said to him: "“You do not know your arse from your elbow, you b******.”"
This sort of thing is nothing to do with the state, we've got huge taxes, rubbish "public" "services", and massive apathy amongst voters and the leader of the "opposition" is turning out this tosh. We want less tax, less state, less laws and less government. It seems to me there is a ceremony that all aspiring politicians submit to these days it's called castration.
Tags: Blue Labour, state, freedom
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