an insane world

I was making tea, the radio was blurting out more killings in that reality TV program, what's it called, "Pop Genocide - Choose The Survivor"?

Some bloke called George Bush was saying: "Today I spoke to our Generals ... " but I'm afraid I lost the motivation to remember the rest, so can't enlighten you as to what the generals may have told him.

None of this is new of course. There was a 1987 pilot for the current show, a film called Running Man starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. That was just a taster, a few guilty individuals pitched against each other in a life and death struggle which served to entertain the public. What we have here has so much more. I mean, we get to hear of loads of guilty and evil people being killed every day, and not just killed, but beheaded, raped, private parts mutilated, etc. Whoever thought that a ridiculous science fiction film would ever become reality?

Of course it's a bit frustrating as we can't see the killing directly, the mutilated naked bodies, the dried blood, the frozen expressions of fear and terror. We only get to hear about it. It's a bit like comparing the Archers to Eastenders. We have to use our imagination. And I think it's a bit mean that we don't get to hear about all the killings. I mean how can the public be entertained if they only get the 40 evil ones killed there by a car bomb or the 30 killed here by summary execution. What about the individuals, the men and the women?

Do you think the financial cost of this show means the annual TV license charge will go up? Now I don't know about you but I simply don't agree with that. Surely it would be better if they cut costs on the set, maybe by murdering a few less people. Mind you, it is about time they changed the scenery, don't you think?. It's been quite samey for a while now. You'd think they could move on to a different country or at least choose people with a different skin colour.

And I think the ratings would improve if they could score. You know, put up a proper daily scoreboard and tell us the body count for married women, plumbers, the under 5's and the like.

Now if lived in a sane world, I wouldn't expect to see George Bush, Tony Blair or their entourages continue their roles in government until an independent investigation had taken place, to assess their ongoing conduct and whether they had been guilty of inciting hatred on the basis of fear. But of course what independent body exists that could perform such an investigation? Luckily there's no need to worry about these complex problems because we live in cloud cuckoo land. Much easier for us that we get to vote for them again and again, using the red button on the remote. Democracy, this thing that enables us, gives us our freedom, allows us to effect change. To change the world and vote for issues instead of people. Oh, hang on, sorry, slip-up. I mean people instead of issues. For the people who brought us the greatest reality TV show of all.