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A step in the wrong direction
7:56pm Thursday 1st March 2012 in Blogs By ivor
I can remember the age before CCTV cameras invaded our lives.
We could go about our daily business as free people knowing that big brother was not watching our every move.
Now every citizen is tracked and photographed on every step of their journey and the pictures stored for recall later if required.
There are even cameras checking the speed at which we drive and recording the number plates of every car that pass a certain point on the road.
Back in the 1970's if a policeman wanted to get in touch with the station they had to find a public telephone box to make a call. Now radios give them a direct link wherever they are.
Hasn't the new technology done us a good turn and improved our civil liberties?
Surely by now crime has been eradicated and its merely a memory in the minds of the elder members of the community?
No matter how many crime combating measures are taken we can be sure that crime will keep rearing its ugly head and what's more the fear of crime will only increase.
After all haven't all the aforementioned crime prevention technologies been installed on the back of the fear of crime?
This evening I read a news article on this very site entitled “Police to tell yobs: You're banned from these streets”. From what I read this new policy is a very worrying development.
Is banning people from certain streets the right thing to do? Firstly the yobbos will merely go somewhere else and secondly it isn't going to alter their behaviour is it?
Of all the places to implement the new scheme I was shocked to learn the place of choice is to be the violent ghettos of darkest Marlow!
If this scheme is the way forward then surely it would have been better to try it out where there are real problems such as in Desborough Road, Castlefield or Micklefield?
This new scheme seems to be no more than tough talk to tackle crime in a soft place.
There will be some who will sleep safer in their beds after learning of this latest idea but I am not convinced. Moving yobbos on does not solve the underlying problem.
Rather than over the top ideas that defer crime to another area it would be better to teach the youngsters of today decency, respect and community values while they are at school to nip the whole criminal mentality in the bud and stop the next generation growing up as criminals.
If things carry on in this vein then it won't be long before yobbos who have set foot in the wrong street have a price put on their head and “wanted” posters appear like in the days of the wild west.
Maybe that would be a good idea?
After all yours truly could become a bounty hunter and earn some desperately needed money identifying people who walked down the wrong road.
I like the thought of me as a bounty hunter, maybe they could make a film about me and call it “The Good, The Bad and The Bigun”?
What do you think?
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Comments(43)
ivor
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10:10pm Thu 1 Mar 12
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Maybe I should do a blog on the topic of neighbourhood watch?
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Well, I am glad you shared your thought with us! That would a little bit of an awkward title for a song....
Alberto The Great
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10:35pm Thu 1 Mar 12
"After all yours truly could become a bounty hunter and earn some desperately needed money identifying people who walked down the wrong road."
Well Ivor, if your so good at identification, why didn't you identify to the police, the paedophile who reached out to touch that little girl?
ImpeturbableLawrence
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10:58pm Thu 1 Mar 12
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The Bucks Record Society has published the 1798 Muster Roll for the County of Bucks – this is a list of able bodied males in the county between the ages of 15 and 60 capable of acting in a military capacity. The names are listed by parish and occupation within it. Which page and which parish shows the existence of Biguns?
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Also tell us about your 'purity' - not just more vague adjectives like 'decency'. Do other men over 65 possess this 'purity' and 'decency', or is it a uniquely igorian quality, with other veterans of the 1970's being impure and indecent in comparison?
I think we are entitled to an answer after waiting patiently for so long.
ImpeturbableLawrence
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11:03pm Thu 1 Mar 12
igor, as ever, provides some fascinatingly outlandish views. I hadn't realised that cincrete brutalism was so 'magnificent' and attractive, nor that what would make the town centre safe and attractive for pedestrians was to de-pedestrianise it and encourage higher traffic speeds!! '
ImpeturbableLawrence
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11:09pm Thu 1 Mar 12
Edna_Welthorpe_ wrote:“The Good, The Bad and The Bigun” - it's at moments like this that you realise the loss now that Laurel and Hardy are gone - and Norman Wisdom. How about Eric Sykes - he could come back from his retirement?
you are a genius. Simon Pegg would love this film idea. Ever considered Neighbourhood Watch?
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By the way, did you know that Angela Lansbury recorded a song called 'The Step in the RIGHT Direction' for the Disney musical 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks'? It was dropped from the film at the last minute. She was somewhat off key. I suppose that was her step in the wrong direction. Anyway, that was the song I was singing to myself the whole time I read your blog. So, in answer to your question 'What do you think?' - that.
ivor
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12:46am Fri 2 Mar 12
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Because no offence had been committed....
ivor
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12:47am Fri 2 Mar 12
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I have already commented on your two points and you will know the outcome of my visit to the library in the near future....
ivor
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12:47am Fri 2 Mar 12
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The sad truth is that so many people fail to appreciate the true beauty of brutalist buildings....
ivor
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12:47am Fri 2 Mar 12
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The artists you mention are some of my favourite.
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I wish we could see some more of Eric Sykes indeed I think he is absolutely brilliant....
Alberto The Great
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1:04am Fri 2 Mar 12
ivor wrote:Then why did you leap in front of him, and confront him?
Re the comments of Alberto The Great at 10:35pm
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Because no offence had been committed....
Alberto The Great
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1:06am Fri 2 Mar 12
ivor wrote:A comment isn't an answer.
Re the comments of ImpeturbableLawrence at 10:58pm
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I have already commented on your two points and you will know the outcome of my visit to the library in the near future....
When will you "Answer" these questions?
ivor
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1:24am Fri 2 Mar 12
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When I know the answer to your first question myself....
Alberto The Great
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8:58am Fri 2 Mar 12
ImpeturbableLawrence
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9:48am Fri 2 Mar 12
ivor wrote:You haven't commented on your 'purity' to my recollection.
Re the comments of ImpeturbableLawrence at 10:58pm
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I have already commented on your two points and you will know the outcome of my visit to the library in the near future....
Alberto The Great
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10:12am Fri 2 Mar 12
ivor wrote:I suppose it takes much longer to create a believable story as to why no members of your fictional family appear in factual historical records.
Re the comments of ImpeturbableLawrence at 10:58pm
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I have already commented on your two points and you will know the outcome of my visit to the library in the near future....
Your previous stories have never had to concern themselves with verifiable facts, so can be churned out reasonably quickly, without the worry of realism or fact, in the belief that they won’t be challenged.
ImpeturbableLawrence
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10:32am Fri 2 Mar 12
ImpeturbableLawrence wrote:Why don't you do a blog on your IMPURITIES - that would be much more interesting.
ivor wrote:You haven't commented on your 'purity' to my recollection.
Re the comments of ImpeturbableLawrence at 10:58pm
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I have already commented on your two points and you will know the outcome of my visit to the library in the near future....
ImpeturbableLawrence
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10:33am Fri 2 Mar 12
Mama36
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5:18pm Fri 2 Mar 12
Alberto The Great
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5:30pm Fri 2 Mar 12
Mama36 wrote:I like it! :-)
Hows about the The Good The Bigun and The Big Bad Mama??? Ooer missus!!!
Mama36
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5:43pm Fri 2 Mar 12
Alberto The Great wrote:Part II will be featuring Lawrence!!
Mama36 wrote:I like it! :-)
Hows about the The Good The Bigun and The Big Bad Mama??? Ooer missus!!!
Alberto The Great
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5:53pm Fri 2 Mar 12
Mama36 wrote:What part do I play?
Alberto The Great wrote:Part II will be featuring Lawrence!!
Mama36 wrote:I like it! :-)
Hows about the The Good The Bigun and The Big Bad Mama??? Ooer missus!!!
Cue the torrents of suggestions :-)
Mama36
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6:01pm Fri 2 Mar 12
Alberto The Great
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6:03pm Fri 2 Mar 12
Mama36 wrote:LIKE IT! :-)
You can be The Good?? (gone bad)
What are you after Mama?
Mama36
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6:06pm Fri 2 Mar 12
Alberto The Great
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9:38pm Fri 2 Mar 12
Mama36 wrote:Then you've found me :-)
The opposite of grotesque and morbidly obese!!
Edna_Welthorpe_
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9:59pm Fri 2 Mar 12
Alberto The Great
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10:04pm Fri 2 Mar 12
Edna_Welthorpe_ wrote:Are you after my body too Edna?
put her down.
ImpeturbableLawrence
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11:26pm Fri 2 Mar 12
Mama36 wrote:Phwoarrr!
Alberto The Great wrote:Part II will be featuring Lawrence!!
Mama36 wrote:I like it! :-)
Hows about the The Good The Bigun and The Big Bad Mama??? Ooer missus!!!
Edna_Welthorpe_
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9:06am Sat 3 Mar 12
Alberto The Great wrote:probably. I've been a widow too long, and I was never particularly fond of my husband when he was alive - far too fussy. As the youngens say, BRING IT.
Edna_Welthorpe_ wrote:Are you after my body too Edna?
put her down.
ImpeturbableLawrence
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12:43pm Sat 3 Mar 12
(See also:
http://www.joeorton.
org/Pages/Joe_Orton_
Life9.html)
ivor
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11:31pm Sat 3 Mar 12
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I can assure you there is no reason to question my purity....
ivor
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11:32pm Sat 3 Mar 12
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I can assure you that my family are most definitely real and helped to play their part, no matter how small, in making Wycombe what it is today.
ivor
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11:32pm Sat 3 Mar 12
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I suppose I could do a blog on moral standards in society today. Would that interest you?
ivor
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11:32pm Sat 3 Mar 12
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Given those three choices I would be “The Good”.
ivor
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11:33pm Sat 3 Mar 12
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Those three choices sound rather worrying! I'm shaking at the very mention of “The Big Bad Mama!
ImpeturbableLawrence
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12:32am Sun 4 Mar 12
ivor wrote:I'm not questioning it - I am sure I speak for most people in HW when I say that I would simply like to learn more about it.
Re the comments of ImpeturbableLawrence at 9:48am on Fri 2 Mar 12
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I can assure you there is no reason to question my purity....
Alberto The Great
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12:36am Sun 4 Mar 12
ImpeturbableLawrence wrote:DITTO
ivor wrote:I'm not questioning it - I am sure I speak for most people in HW when I say that I would simply like to learn more about it.
Re the comments of ImpeturbableLawrence at 9:48am on Fri 2 Mar 12
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I can assure you there is no reason to question my purity....
Edna_Welthorpe_
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10:33am Sun 4 Mar 12
ImpeturbableLawrence wrote:The problem with assumption is that it requires lots of gumption… I’ve been called many things in my time, but never a man. What a coincidence that filthy, disgusting man Joe Orton used my name like that.
I had always assumed you were a male admirer of Joe Orton (I have a great body too Edna).
(See also:
http://www.joeorton.
org/Pages/Joe_Orton_
Life9.html)
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I think I shall have to have a lay down.
ImpeturbableLawrence
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6:02pm Sun 4 Mar 12
Edna_Welthorpe_ wrote:Phwoarrr!
ImpeturbableLawrence wrote:The problem with assumption is that it requires lots of gumption… I’ve been called many things in my time, but never a man. What a coincidence that filthy, disgusting man Joe Orton used my name like that.
I had always assumed you were a male admirer of Joe Orton (I have a great body too Edna).
(See also:
http://www.joeorton.
org/Pages/Joe_Orton_
Life9.html)
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I think I shall have to have a lay down.
Edna_Welthorpe_
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1:34pm Tue 6 Mar 12
ImpeturbableLawrence wrote:how did you know i was naked?
Edna_Welthorpe_ wrote:Phwoarrr!
ImpeturbableLawrence wrote:The problem with assumption is that it requires lots of gumption… I’ve been called many things in my time, but never a man. What a coincidence that filthy, disgusting man Joe Orton used my name like that.
I had always assumed you were a male admirer of Joe Orton (I have a great body too Edna).
(See also:
http://www.joeorton.
org/Pages/Joe_Orton_
Life9.html)
.
I think I shall have to have a lay down.
ImpeturbableLawrence
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1:52pm Tue 6 Mar 12
Anyway better be careful here or someone will complain and we'll all be deleted.
ImpeturbableLawrence
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11:17pm Tue 6 Mar 12
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stamp collection.
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- Bringing back our lost A&E to Wycombe
- Buying on the never-never
- How many are in food poverty?
- Will Marlow be given an 'Archimedes screw'?
Edna_Welthorpe_ says...
8:59pm Thu 1 Mar 12
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By the way, did you know that Angela Lansbury recorded a song called 'The Step in the RIGHT Direction' for the Disney musical 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks'? It was dropped from the film at the last minute. She was somewhat off key. I suppose that was her step in the wrong direction. Anyway, that was the song I was singing to myself the whole time I read your blog. So, in answer to your question 'What do you think?' - that.