The greed and the revenge

 February

In my second novel House of Pain, (self-published two or three years ago), two paedos were branded on their foreheads by some of their victims. Last night I saw a post on Facebook where this had happened in real life: https://www.facebook.com/jddanielsshow/photos/a.463844620337097.105300.458249380896621/934817283239826/?type=3&theater. The man concerned is serving a life sentence for the sexual abuse and murder of 10-year-old girl. His brand is the girl’s name and the word Revenge beneath it. When Jan first read the novel she liked the idea, but seeing that photo she is not so sure about it really.

In the past I’ve ranted on about these pervs and how to deal with them, House of Pain was one of my ideas. The basis of it from a film I saw called Bastards where Jewish GIs were capturing German soldiers and carving a swastika on their forehead. That way everyone would see what they were during the war. And my friends is what we need to do to paedos, otherwise how can we tell them apart from normal people. I am tempted to go a bit further and remove the means of their offending but leaving a way to urinate. Sadly I can’t see any government having the balls to do either of them – can you?

Storm Imogen has left chaos in its wake, and continues to do so. Last night we sat in here and could hear the rain and wind hitting the windows. We were very pleased to be in here and not out there. Mind you, it makes me wonder just how well the nations’ homeless people managed last night. It’s cold and wet as it is on a normal night, last night would have been a lot worse for them. Even so, we as a country are giving away huge amounts of money in foreign aid every day, even though we have a lot of needy folk here at home. When will   government, of whatever colour, begin to see that money can be better spent here in the UK. Yes, of course we should help out in times of emergency where we can, but we need to fix thing here at home before long term projects overseas.

Is Daft Dave scar mongering I wonder? He’s now claiming that we will see migrant camps like those in northern France if we pull out of the EU. The agreement that British border staff would not be allowed to operate on the French side of the Channel and therefore would leave our borders open to abuse. I am not convinced, though of either point he has made. The biggest weakness to our borders is that bloody great hole under the Channel!

The real answer has to be to stop migrants leaving their homes in the first place. That is where the major problem is and that is where our efforts should be targeted. So many of these countries are rife with corruption and greed. Backhanders are the norm there. Yes, we might have people using food banks here and our homeless numbers are increasing, but even so, the UK is not a poor country. It’s also not a mega rich country, but the migrants think it is, and I suppose in comparison to their own country, it is rich. That is why they try to come here. What needs to be done is to tackle the corruption, to attempt to get those governments to share their nations’ wealth across all their people, and not just for the chosen few.

But you know what? The UK is no different in that is it? Our government, yet again irrespective of colour, always look after their own friends first and make sure the get richer in one way or another. Well, I mean, these people of politians and are always on the look out to ensure they have something to make leaving government for worthwhile. They will only act when see or think their own (not so), little nest egg is threatened. Then of course it’s us poor bloody tax payers who pick up the tab as usual.

Today’s photo …

Look at that – one the few times I had money. This was taken in a pub in Preston town centre some years ago.  

Today’s funny …

A condo committee was screening a couple interested in renting an apartment:
"What kind of work do you do?" they were asked. "My husband is an engineer and I'm a school-teacher," the wife replied.
"Any children?" asked a committee member.
"Yes, 7 & 8 years old," the wife replied.
"Animals?" asked another committee member.
"Oh no! They're very well-behaved!"