A closing society?

The following are indications that society is closing:

1. Make people afraid of an internal and external threat
2. Secret prisons, where torture can take place undisturbed by the trifle of law
3. Develop a paramilitary force
4. Keep a watchful eye on ordinary people
5. Detain and release ordinary citizens- to show them you have the power
6. Restrict the press, so that you only get the news they want you to have
7. Label any dissent as an act of treason and criticism as espionage

8. Change the law when it suits you.

Any of this familiar????

One step forward, 10 steps backwards

Personality Disorder Checklist


• Unconcern for the feeling of others

• Inability to maintain meaningful/ long term relationships

• A complete disregard for the feeling of others

• Repeated lying, dishonesty and manipulating people in order to make a profit

• Not being able to feel any guilt or remorse

• Not having the ability to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviour.





The above is just a basic checklist, but I have a strong feeling that we can apply them to anything in this society. That is a sad thought, and it’s not just individual people but large corporations and entire governments. In this so called “developed countries”, everything is pushed towards the idea that if you don’t step on each other, you will not get far in life; it’s ingrained in everything we see and where it was a stigma to do the above, now it is encouraged!



A few points from the list pop out as soon as you read through it, the first one is: a complete disregard for the feeling of others. This can be proven just by reviewing what kind of television we watch amongst others. The “reality show”, first of all it’s not reality, the mere fact that it is being filmed and that there are cameras changes everything from what we would normally do. The format of these types of show are basically the same, a combination of humiliation and shame with a final dose of judgement and finally exclusion.



It makes me sick to my stomach that society has stooped this low into a world of depravity, yet these countries claim to be the moral compass which everyone should follow, the hypocrisy is nauseating. But it doesn’t stop at a person’s viewing habits but also the habits and practises of the governments and corporations. They make it policy just to think about the ends rather than the means, they don’t care whether or not they hurt anyone because of their actions, all they care about is profit. This kind of collusion between government and corporation reminds me an awful lot of Fascist Italy under Mussolini.

People have become so uncaring about anything other than themselves, and a large part is because of the media. Television shows, newspaper article all perpetuate this notion that to get to the top of the ladder you must be cold and willing to screw people over if it means success. All this has done is giving birth to a nation of selfish and hostile individuals, that will only pay you any attention if they will get anything out of it.



The next two points can be covered together as they have the same type of theme running through them. The first one: repeated lying and manipulating other for a profit and incapacity to feel any guilt. Now what springs to mind…. The banking sector!! They have used our money in their fraudulent activities and made US bail them out and then had the nerve to blame the public and calling everyone else lazy and have twisted the issues, so that it looks like it was inevitable and now it’s up to the public to suffer austerity for their errors!



Austerity is just the modern way of saying that we’re all slaves. Any benefits that we used to receive like a liveable wage will disappear. Not only will wages continue to decline but the cost of everything will increase, plunging more people into poverty. What the hell is wrong with everyone? Everyone has been tricked into believing that we must pay an obscene amount of taxes while the rich get away with paying the bare minimum.



The media is very crafty about how they go about distracting us with news about the royal foetus and how companies like Amazon have been avoiding tax, let me tell you one thing, the rules for big companies are written in such a way that they can pay pennies and get away with it, so in the end it’s the laws in this back ward country that need to be changed. What made me laugh hysterical is when they described these companies as being “ immoral”, I mean seriously, this government can hardly comment on morality, they are still opposing the tax on the wealthy! How is that moral? When you have people living out of dustbins and they get no help while you are bending over backwards to accommodate the rich and their private jets?!!

And the little help that we do get, will be rendered useless as living cost continue to rise, and it’s not as if it’s easy to get help, you have to jump through hoops for years before you even get considered and they will do whatever they can to make sure you get the peanuts!



I urge people to open your eyes to the truth, we are living in a fascist society and day by day they are trying to bring back the “ good old days” of the aristocracy. The society we live in now ticks all the boxes at the start of this piece and we’re all encouraged to be SOCIOPATHS!

The best league in the world.. Really?

Juventus have made it out of their group and have condemed the Holders Chelsea to the Europa League. But it wasn't all plain sailing as Juve had drawn the first three games, and dropping vital points that could have helped with my level of anxiety on the last day. Their final game against Shakhtar Donesk was always going to be difficult as the Ukrainians had won three games while only drawing 1 and that was against Juve.  Shackhtar only lost twice and they both had an element of fortune about them, the first was a narrow 1-0 to Chelsea and the second was again a 1-0 loss this time to Italian champion Juventus who were helped by a unfortunate own goal. Having said all that, when Shackhtar do lose, they don't lose by much!

It is no secret that The Old Lady has had some difficulty scoring goals, but to get far in a major competition you have to have a solid defensive line, as Chelsea showed last season by winning this competition by focusing on defending.

Juve have defied critics and the polls by getting out of their group, now all they have to do is get to the latter stage of the competition for Italian pride. As Juve are the only one besides Milan that hail from the Italian Peninsular, a lot will be riding on them to put some credibility back into Calcio. Italy lost their third CL spot to the Bundesliga which no one can dispute, having watched the German League on numerous occasions, I have to admit they are very impressive. What I do have an issue with is the English Premier League.

The EPL has four spots and two of the teams have been eliminated before the competition has really got started. Man City were the first to be shown the boot having not won a single game! And  they are the current holders of the EPL- says a lot about the league! Chelsea on the other hand won this competition last season and they couldn't find a way to win comfortable and we mustn't forget that they were pummelled earlier this season when they played the winners of the Europa League; Athletico Madrid. Chelsea's new boss Benitez hit the nail on the head when he eluded to the fact that other teams have surpassed them in quality.

Even Man Utd lost  their last game to Cluj and they were hardly convincing in their previous wins. What Benitez said in his post match conference had alot of truth in it, English teams are all about speed and being physical, and that may be sufficient in the League where everyone plays like this, but on the big stage the team have started to evolve and have learnt how to play well without being big and strong- just look at Barcelona. One of the major problems with English teams is that they've become arrogant and have stopped trying to evolve, when this happens other teams will overtake you and embarrass the league as a whole!

Fragile Beauty

Is this progress..Really?



How far have we fallen as a civilization? It makes me sad just thinking about it, just the sheer coldness and how everyone has become so uncaring and oblivious to anything other than profit. People have always had a love affair with money that goes without saying, but now it has gone to a point where people are willing to stand on each other’s dead corpses to get an extra buck, it’s absurd!

It is not just individual people who think like this but entire governments. The purpose of having an elected government is so that they will be able to make decisions that benefit the entire population not just the elite few or the corporations. One has to keep in mind that corporations have only one objection- to make a profit, and if they have to stand on a few necks and screw some people, they will. It is up to the government to regulate them and make sure they are not taking advantage of the people and that they stick to the rules.

Many places in the so called “developed world” will allow these big companies to bend the rules, sometimes even write new laws to accommodate them, but for the struggling household they will enforce the law to death! It’s simply unfair and immoral.

This country has no right to be talking about morality; London is one of the most corrupted cities in the western world! A certain banking scandal started here, not to forget that the UK is a tax haven for the rich and entitled! And lest we forget how much the tax the average Joe, and where does it all go, because it doesn’t go towards improving vital infrastructure or towards any improvements on the NHS!



People in this country have become so complacent and arrogant that they have no idea that the rights that people have fought hard to achieve are slowly being eroded away. The only thing that would wake them from this zombie state is if they raised the price of alcohol! As long as the people are pissed off their heads they won’t notice if their houses were taken away and they were replaced by cardboard boxes!!

The people here are so repressed that they feel the need to get drunk everyday just to distract themselves from their meaningless consumer driven lives. Is there anything of any note here where you cannot find anywhere else? Shopping streets can be found anywhere, and you know what- they’re better. We have a lot to learn from Europe, they know how to live and some things are to sacred to privatise, like public transport, although because the banks decided to frack most of Europe, I fear this may change as the “ work till you die” culture may become more evident in some of the last nations of beauty and culture.

( free speech, got to love it!)

Juventus V Torino

This was a very special derby, " Derby della Mole"  and is always a heated  as Torino is mainly supported by the locals as it is more of a local team, whereas Juventus is supported all over Italy and the world. Il Granata has had its fair share of success mostly between the late 1920's and 1970's where they won 7 Serie A titles amongst others. But ever since the tragedy of Superga where " Il Grande Torino" tragically lost their live on May 4th 1949, Torino have been a far cry from Il Grande Torino, the team who won 5 Serie A titles in a row.

In the season 2011-2012 this current crop of players were promoted to Serie A after 3 years languishing in the lower tiers.

Torino did give Juventus a real run for their money but after Kamil Glik saw red after 36 minutes after a dangerous challenge on Emmanuele Giaccherrini, it was always going to be tough for Torino to get a foot in and it seemed that it was going to be a matter of time before the great wall of Torino cracked.

After numerous chances, most of all from Paul Pogba, who had 5 shots, some were just wide but others were cracking saves by the Torino Keeper, Andrea Pirlo had a penalty after 41 minutes, it seemed as though lady luck was a Bianconeri, but to everyones surprise he ballooned it over!

The half ended goal less but with both teams still having to do some work, most notably Torino who had to try and deal with Juventus' attacks with a man light. It wasn't long before the pressure got to them and it the 57th minute Juve youth product and local lad Claudio Marchisio bravely headed in the goal that would break the deadlock. Ten minute later it was another "Turin lad" to score, Sebastion Giovinco coolly slotted in the second, Juve did not stop piling on the pressure as there was still time for an upset, Marchisio scored his second in the 84th minute to insure a comfortable victory.

This victory not only insured that Juve remain on top but was a glowing endorsement of Juve's youth Academy as they were in scintillating form. Now all eyes should turn to the Midweek clash against Shakhtar in the Champions League, where Juve just need a point to qualify but in all honesty all three would be even better!

FORZA JUVENTUS!