Wilde Savages!

When the Emperor Hadrian's Wall was built, some time around 100 AD, in order to "keep out the barbarians," it was planned to be operating in entirely the wrong direction. Were it operating today, maybe it would be hoping instead to 'keep the savages in.'

Hadrian had sought to keep the 'civilized' empire intact, to seal the borders from uncivilized attack, to protect the more cultured races from invasion. Today this historical site marks another border, that separating the humane from the savages, as the issue of fox hunting again rears its ugly head. That is to write, the noble head of the native fox, as opposed to the foie gras and vintage port stuffed heads of the idle rich.

Yes, whilst the rest are being fed the tired old lies relating to the 'benefits' of austerity, those who are never affected by such things- except for those opportune moments to cash in upon the misery of others 'less deserving'- are busily manoeuvring to repeal * 'the fox hunting laws.' The only 'belt tightening' that might ensue here, might be in order to spare the horses.

Many thanks to Hunt Sabs

Should we observe this blatant hypocrisy against the conveniently buried story of 'The Middleton Hunt rearing fox cubs, in order to supplement the currently much depleted fox population,' we might consider this move in a more informed light. To spell it out, our native red fox population is currently considered low enough to require the additional release of captive animals, yet at the same time being considered numerous enough to require culling. Amongst the hypocritical classes such issues may have become nothing more than an issue of personal conscience, where clearly none exists. But to the wider electorate this should be of greater concern, lest we should wish to blunder onward, entirely oblivious to what is being considered on 'our behalf.'

The term 'savage' purports also to refer to a less civilized being, perhaps a stage of development which we have long since hoped to have surpassed. Savages, acting rather like animals- a comparison with which I have often struggled- would necessarily place the self above others. The concept of sharing would constitute a degree of civilization, thus should be considered to be beyond savagery, ergo a savage would not share food, but nor would a savage plan ahead regarding feeding itself. It is 'sold' to us that we have 'developed' beyond this.

Many thank again, to Hunt Sabs

'Moving on, we find that a huge chunk of 'the 'civilized' modern world not only no longer shares its (abundant) food, it now actively destroys much of this in order to maintain profit margins and to further the monetarist's ideals. The supermarkets may hide this fact behind the pretended logistics, but the mountains of surplus food should be allowed to 'speak' for themselves. 'Surplus' is the term applied to this destroyed food, that might otherwise keep other human beings more comfortably alive. But, perhaps this, many of us already knew! These discoveries are hardly recent, which rather begs the question, why has not more been done to resolve this issue?

Those that propose to repeal the * fox hunting laws appear to have devolved beyond even this, that is that whilst 'owning' the means of production- they own pretty much everything- they now seek to again butcher that which cannot be eaten. As Oscar Wilde so succinctly put it, "The unspeakable, in full pursuit of the uneatable."

* Before we profess great indignation here we might first consider that the idle rich are anyway routinely and almost daily flouting current fox hunting laws. How dare we seek to exploit democracy, in order to impose so upon 'our betters!'