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Saturday, September 6th, 2003
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1:19a - so very very depressing
I'm not sure I can really bear to say much about what's really bothering me, which is the careless stupidity and bigotry of some of my friends. I've talked about it with my dad tonight, so I've unloaded, but the fact that it's been making me angry since Tuesday bothers me more than somewhat.
What kind of people can just casually ignore the state of this country and reproduce the kind of mindless self-serving prejudice that caused it in the first place. I'm afraid they'll all grow up into little Tories, and what's even worse: they won't even know it. Nobody seems to care about this stuff, or even be aware of it, but since I went away to uni and started listening to the radio alot it's been bothering me. I think I was always interested in politics to an extent, and I know I was probably more aware of it than most kids my age. My parents used to watch at least two hours of news every weeknight, and if I wanted to sit with them which for the most part I did, I watched it too. So I knew who the secretary of state for this and that was, and i had some awareness of what was going on. I have memories of the first Gulf war on tv, and the Rwandan war (which Kelly claims no memory of) and, most oddly, a vivid memory ofa Tory leadership election!
I have my opinion on most political events since 1999/2000 (when I was 18). Foot and mouth, tuition fees/top-up fees, the firefighters' strike, escalating refugee numbers etc, etc. Emma claims to have no opinions on this kind of thing, and doesn't seem to see that as a weakness. Kelly says she doesn't watch the news or read papers or news on the net (as I do), and the radio, for both of them, is for music only.
I can't fucking stand it frankly, and some of the things said on Tuesday have been making me ponder what kind of people they are. And honestly? I'm not very encouraged.
It's a sin to care in this country, and a sin to think. Education is a privilege or a lottery when it should be a right. Older people are insignificant. Oh, and alcohol, is a god.
Emigration is looking more inviting every day.
current mood:  depressed
current music: Buffy radio (comment on this)
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12:11p
Just mending the house for my parents - oh, what a life! ; )
current mood:  good (comment on this)
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