I went to a lecture called The Varieties of Environmental Literature in North America this Monday. There the lecturer mentioned the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and that president Bush's talk about drilling for oil there because no one lives there so it's a waste land. It reminds me of that dam thing in Iceland (I've read that Alcoa's planning to build another smelter in Húsavik the other day) and something else even bigger.
The cause behind the case of drilling is, of course, vehicles, or our personal freedom as they normally put it in commercials where you can see a bunch of good looking, fashionable smiling and laughing sunny folks in their SUVs or whatever and always on the open road. Life's good huh? To preserve our personal freedom no obstacles are allowed. Sorry, Mother, but we must punch a few wholes on your body, nothing personal.
Something similar goes on here in Taiwan as well, only with a different appearance. The government has announced that this July everyone must hand out his fingerprints to exchange for the new ID. And of course there's a very beautiful name for this: a safe society. In the name of security we need your fingerprints to bust those trouble makers and protect our peaceful citizens away from harm. "It's all for your own good, I don't see why there're people against this fine policy, it's for the well-being of us all, I don't see what's wrong with that, so those of you who are protesting I urge you to stop doing that", as one of the asshole backbenchers mentioning with anguished face the poor families of the victims of the various crimes and talked painstakingly, righteously to the camera like a father would to his stubborn, rebellious crackhead son, trying to talk him into the right way, be a honorable, respectable person in the society, a pride of the family. Make us proud! For the ultimate protection for you and your loved ones, we need your fingerprints, pupils, whatever biocharacteristics. For your maximum safety, we need to mount cameras everywhere, in your living room, bath room, garage, wardrobe, your body, every and anywhere to prevent you from the intruders. Perfect society! You can count on us. We are family.
The cause behind the case of drilling is, of course, vehicles, or our personal freedom as they normally put it in commercials where you can see a bunch of good looking, fashionable smiling and laughing sunny folks in their SUVs or whatever and always on the open road. Life's good huh? To preserve our personal freedom no obstacles are allowed. Sorry, Mother, but we must punch a few wholes on your body, nothing personal.
Something similar goes on here in Taiwan as well, only with a different appearance. The government has announced that this July everyone must hand out his fingerprints to exchange for the new ID. And of course there's a very beautiful name for this: a safe society. In the name of security we need your fingerprints to bust those trouble makers and protect our peaceful citizens away from harm. "It's all for your own good, I don't see why there're people against this fine policy, it's for the well-being of us all, I don't see what's wrong with that, so those of you who are protesting I urge you to stop doing that", as one of the asshole backbenchers mentioning with anguished face the poor families of the victims of the various crimes and talked painstakingly, righteously to the camera like a father would to his stubborn, rebellious crackhead son, trying to talk him into the right way, be a honorable, respectable person in the society, a pride of the family. Make us proud! For the ultimate protection for you and your loved ones, we need your fingerprints, pupils, whatever biocharacteristics. For your maximum safety, we need to mount cameras everywhere, in your living room, bath room, garage, wardrobe, your body, every and anywhere to prevent you from the intruders. Perfect society! You can count on us. We are family.
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