I thought I'd run a bath for Mrs P before I sat down to write this post (I'm nice like that) but I find that my hands are stinking of her bubble bath, some of which has found its way into my mouth. Pah. Pah.
Ahem, now where was I. That's right, a letter from the E&E. Now what I like about the E&E letters page is the 4 or 5 right wing resident loons who take the typical bug bears of the little Englander and add their own twisted logic that forces you to consider the sanity of their author. Take this entry from Tony Parsons (no relation):
WHAT IS THE POINT OF SPEED CAMERAS?
12:00 - 12 May 2006
We are now heavily taxed in all ways yet the Government is continually saying we have insufficient funds to improve the NHS, pay medical staff and invest in transport. So it invests in speed cameras and makes a few million pounds. There is no doubt in my mind that speed cameras are installed to make money.
Thus the letter starts off as a standard attack on speed cameras. Boring. But this is Tony Parsons (no relation) and he's going to delve deeper into the subject in the only way that a E&E letter writer can.
We are a country of people who fear death. The police say they are saving lives by installing speed cameras and this makes most people happy.
But why do the police want to save lives when the Government is no longer able to pay our pensions?
Tony Parsons (no relation)
Haymans Close, Cullompton
Let's have a bit of analysis here: Tony Parsons (no relation)appears to have identified an anomaly that he feels supports his assertion that cameras are only around to make money.
People don't like dying. The police recognise this and say "We are installing cameras to save lives." But this doesn't add up, not for Tony Parsons (no relation) anyway. That's because in his world the police, puppets of the government, have no interest in saving lives. If truth be told, they would be a lot happier if more of us would die, thus solving one of their governmental master's big problems: pensions. Maybe they'd even get a bit more money themselves to spend on a new siren sound - how about the theme from the A-Team done by Crazy Frog. How cool would that be, they're thinking. Therefore the police don't want to save lives, not really. They're only saying it as a front for the real reason: to make money.
Q.E.D.
2 comments:
Can I suggest this letter for comment? I think it's noteworthy for two reasons - the most flagrant lie about a scenic site since the Kings Chapel incident, and one of the most bizarre metaphors ever committed to print.
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=137329&command=displayContent&sourceNode=137080&contentPK=14468691&folderPk=79957
Catherine
Hmm, that link probably won't work - the letter I refer to is May 13th, 'Council Has Ruined Cathedral Green'
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