I think I may have reached the end of this blog. I want my blogs to be more specific.
I now therefore have two blogs which I aim to update reasonably regularly:
www.mightbebipolar.blogspot.com
www.thefalmouthterrorist.blogspot.com
n.b. if anyone is actually reading any of this, whilst presently there is still nothing on the latter site, it is a different site to the one listed in the previous posting due to registering it on the wrong profile.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008
New Blog
I've started a new blog. Well, started might be a bit optimistic. I've created a new blog - www.falmouthterrorist.blogspot.com.
The plan is to put my political rants on that blog, and use this one for everyday ramblings.
I realise the reality is I'll probably not use either. But the intention is there. Honest.
I might even write something new for both blogs later.
The plan is to put my political rants on that blog, and use this one for everyday ramblings.
I realise the reality is I'll probably not use either. But the intention is there. Honest.
I might even write something new for both blogs later.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Watching the police
Okay, so I know telling the cops who were stepping on a man's head that I was a concerned citizen who doesn't like cops, wasn't the best response.
Luckily I wasn't drunk, so when they started pushing me and telling them I was obstructing them, I didn't kick off. Luckily, I didn't get nicked.
I didn't know what the situation was. I still don't. Maybe the bloke wsa an arsehole. But if someone's crying out in pain and shouting for someone to stop standing on his head, you at least see if you can do something.
All I did, was to kneel and ask him whether he was okay. I was asked who I was and my reply was simply based on letting the bloke know where I was coming from. I should have said I was a solicitor, said something that might have been of help.
Instead, I got pulled up and pushed away. I asked what he'd been arrested for and was told many times I was obstructing the police.
Do you know what though? I lied. I was calm because I remembered the hash in my bag and my notebook with a "fuck the police" sticker (yeah, I know - but it's fun to pretend to be a teenager sometimes), not to mention the writing contained therein.
I know it was the right decision regardless. It would have been stupid to needlessly be confrontational without knowing anything about the situation. Had I witnessed the situation, my judgement may have been different, because I think it is important for people resist cops.
However, it led me to thinking about cop watching in small towns. Cops lie in their notebooks. We should all know this by now - it's been proved time and time again. Having a few people on the streets on a Friday and/or a Saturday night in the centre of town to monitor what they're doing and to act as sober witnesses where necessary, could start making them accountable for their actions.
More importantly, it could also start to change people's attitude towards the police. Seeing a regular presence challenging their actions can be a start of questionning attitudes to authority and our culture of obedience and passivity.
People could do it autonomously in their towns....Cop Watch Falmouth, anyone?
Luckily I wasn't drunk, so when they started pushing me and telling them I was obstructing them, I didn't kick off. Luckily, I didn't get nicked.
I didn't know what the situation was. I still don't. Maybe the bloke wsa an arsehole. But if someone's crying out in pain and shouting for someone to stop standing on his head, you at least see if you can do something.
All I did, was to kneel and ask him whether he was okay. I was asked who I was and my reply was simply based on letting the bloke know where I was coming from. I should have said I was a solicitor, said something that might have been of help.
Instead, I got pulled up and pushed away. I asked what he'd been arrested for and was told many times I was obstructing the police.
Do you know what though? I lied. I was calm because I remembered the hash in my bag and my notebook with a "fuck the police" sticker (yeah, I know - but it's fun to pretend to be a teenager sometimes), not to mention the writing contained therein.
I know it was the right decision regardless. It would have been stupid to needlessly be confrontational without knowing anything about the situation. Had I witnessed the situation, my judgement may have been different, because I think it is important for people resist cops.
However, it led me to thinking about cop watching in small towns. Cops lie in their notebooks. We should all know this by now - it's been proved time and time again. Having a few people on the streets on a Friday and/or a Saturday night in the centre of town to monitor what they're doing and to act as sober witnesses where necessary, could start making them accountable for their actions.
More importantly, it could also start to change people's attitude towards the police. Seeing a regular presence challenging their actions can be a start of questionning attitudes to authority and our culture of obedience and passivity.
People could do it autonomously in their towns....Cop Watch Falmouth, anyone?
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Blog Block
I've been having real difficulties with my blog recently. In fact, I've been having problems writing. I took time off over Christmas, and now I can't get into the swing of things again. The problem is compounded by paper work. I have piles and lists of stuff to do. This stuff is supposed to be sorted before I embark on any kind of creative project. Not that my blog is very creative, but it's more creative than writing a public interest immunity argument.
Instead, I sit in front of the computer and compulsively check emails and facebook. I can't write because I have too many other things to do, but I can't find the motivation to do the things I really need to do. Therefore I waste time, doing shite, and wishing I could be a more productive person.
It's also been a mental block. My posts have become so few and far between that I keep thinking I have to start with something substantial. I should be saying something worthwhile. However, I need to remember this blog exists to get me going, to actually get words down on a page.
But it's interesting. Update my blog regularly and I'm happy putting up any old inane drivel, but when I don't do it for ages I feel under enormous pressure. It doesn't really make sense. But when have I ever made sense?
So, hopefully this will lift the curse and unclog the drain. Hopefully...
Instead, I sit in front of the computer and compulsively check emails and facebook. I can't write because I have too many other things to do, but I can't find the motivation to do the things I really need to do. Therefore I waste time, doing shite, and wishing I could be a more productive person.
It's also been a mental block. My posts have become so few and far between that I keep thinking I have to start with something substantial. I should be saying something worthwhile. However, I need to remember this blog exists to get me going, to actually get words down on a page.
But it's interesting. Update my blog regularly and I'm happy putting up any old inane drivel, but when I don't do it for ages I feel under enormous pressure. It doesn't really make sense. But when have I ever made sense?
So, hopefully this will lift the curse and unclog the drain. Hopefully...
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