The Supernanny State
By Mitch Berg
When it comes to writing about the overweening nannystate, some posts write themselves.
For example – reading this story, it was almost impossible to resist referring to “Fashion Police” in the headline:
The “Too Much Bling? Give Us a Ring” campaign is the latest initiative by Gloucestershire police to lower the crime rate by cracking down on criminals who live in the lap of luxury as result of their crimes, the Daily Mail reported.
The police also urge residents to report anyone seemingly driving cars or buying items they shouldn’t be able to afford amid a credit crunch.
“In the current time of financial uncertainty, those who live a lavish lifestyle with no discernable, legitimate income become even more apparent,” Gloucestershire’s Chief constable Dr. Timothy Brain told the Mail.
Out-of-control leftism depends on turning citizens against each other – essentially deputizing all of us to become little junior spies, checking up on each other for the government. And of course, having us all know that our neighbors are checking up on us, lest we forget.
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:44 am
In a society where citizens currently call 9-1-1 when the fast food joint can’t make a burger to their liking, can the USA be all that far behind? America has come a long way from the 60’s with the election of a person of color as President. Soon though, this social state ‘report on your neighbor’ mentality will cross the pond (should I start spelling it neighbour?) and one of the 60’s more reviled characters, Gladys Kravitz, will become a national heroine in the new self-proclaimed progressive society the Light Worker is building.
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:06 am
Thanks goodness I don’t live in Gloucestershire. I have one of those jobs that’s difficult for my mother to explain and I work from home. I can only imagine what a busy-body neighbor would think…
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:28 pm
They’d probably think you were a politician… or related to one.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE54L1VG20090522