tebop opened this issue on Jun 20, 2008 · 25 posts
arcebus posted Sat, 21 June 2008 at 7:46 AM
Well, in my case it's because I live in England. The House of Lords is currently debating a bill to outlaw displays of emotion in public places. In my village, if you try to make a joke with the (very sweet) girl in the pharmacy, the smile police jump out from behind the counter and drag you away for a beating.
Yep, but that bill isn't again every emotional display. Just against the ones they don't like, like singing "Come out ye Black and Tans", car-stickers that say "The petrol industry is managed by criminals and the House of Lords covers them" and so on.
And the girl in the pharmacy will wear a full-body veil anyway, soon.
(The above writing is meant to be sarcastic and does in no way imply that the author believes it is supposed to better elsewhere in the world. And now all together: Come out ye Black and Tans.... )