The Dawn of a New Age.

Met Russell today, my social worker or should I say trainee social worker.

He's one of the new breed that's in touch with the youth of today with his baby faced complexion; Shockwaves styled out of bed hair-do; alumnus plastic beads garnished with a shark tooth; 3/4 length trousers and Jebus sandals.

And he like totally says totally all the time dude.
Totally beginning my year babysitting this Russell, well at least he's not a Barry.

Surprise Party...caw...caw...

Teri showed up with a troop yesterday, along with Charlie and Phoenix, was Heidi, Sarah (Heidi's pal) and Daniel (Teri's cousin) armed with a carryout - cool.
I had expected Teri just to come up and drop the kids off then head out to get pissed. But they decided to include me, oooh how nice...
Really they just wanted me to get drunk and hyper so I would show off my eagle inspired fighting moves. Needless to say, I obliged along with the battle cry
'Caw caw...caw caw'



It was a funny night which ended pretty early at about 12.30am with Daniel and Sarah leaving, it turns out that all the chat about chainsaws had got their hormones racing. They woke up Daniel's mum who waited up to see who it was, then spying out her window she saw her son in the street flapping his arms shouting caw...caw...to Sarah. The next morning Teri got a call from her Aunty informing her of Daniels antics and wierd behaviour.

I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
I send them over land and sea,
I send them east and west;
But after they have worked for me,
I give them all a rest.

Serving the Community...

Today was the day that marked my return to work...
I was up earlier than anticipated to a hungry Charlie demanding her Weetabix. Teri was up soon after with a hungry Phoenix demanding her breakfast. After Teri set off to do her part for underprivileged kids, I was left with the mammoth task of waking Heidi. Once supervision of the kids was assured I set off for 'work'.

An hour and 2 buses later I arrived at my destination, Captains Road Social Work Centre. The burd at reception informed me that they had stopped using the sign-in book
(something the letter said I must do)
Then she told me to have a seat.
9.15am came and went then at about 9.30am I spy out the window a Tipper van leaving the car-park; for a moment I panic, did I read the letter wrong? It did say reception didn't it? After reading it through again I know that it is their mistake and that the girl at the desk hasn't a clue what's going on. I give it another 15 minutes before wandering up to the poor lass with a blank look on my face letter in hand.
'This is the right place?' handing over the letter. She reads it through,
'Yes, hold on a minute and I'll call someone'
The guy in charge of community service shows up, the receptionist explains that I have been sitting there since well before 9.15am.
'They're away! there's nothing I can do now! Your meant to meet round the back.'
'Oh sorry, the letter says reception, it's my first day'
'It's alright, it's not your fault, I'll show you where we meet and you can sign in'
Ya Dancer!!! my plan had worked. I was present and had to be marked present but was allowed to go home.
And it would have been so if the leader of group - Joe, wasn't so laid back (fucking Aussies.) He actually came back for me 25 minutes after he had left. Joe introduced me to Dale, Gazza and Greg (the other criminals)

It was actually really enjoyable, we went to a workshop where we constructed trestle fences. Greg just sat drank tea and did nothing and said nothing which fostered resentment and gossip among my co-workers. I was just happy that sitting on your arse all day without getting breached was an option. Gazza thought that his quiet recluse behaviour
'made ye wunder wit he did...A ken they put beasts oan cumunity servis'
Dale agreed that it was troubling which gave me a giggle.

Everyone is a peedo, no one is safe...

Animal Farm.

Charlie and Mum have just returned from a nursery trip to East Links Family Park. It's a fair trek to Dunbar, you'd think there would be something like this a bit closer. Though it does look class, especially the Hay Play Barn.

· NEW! Hay Play Barn and Climbing Walls
· Train Safari
· Pedal Tractors
· Toboggan run
· Horseshoe pitching
· Kids Rabbit warren
· Milk can skittles
· Farm Animals
· Bouncy castle
· Go-Karting
· Giant maze
· Fish nursery
· Pony rides
· Small animal handling
· Tearoom!!


Charlie stepped up to fed the ambitious youngsters.

Napoleon, Squealer and Snowballs conspiring.

Charlie feeds us. If she were gone, we would starve to death.

Mum a Raindeers Santa Claus; where Santa Claus.

Old Major tells the animals that they must all band together to fight the common enemy, Man, and rise up in rebellion when the opportunity comes. He exhorts them to remain true to their animal ways.

Charlie takes note of the wise old pigs grumblings.

Llamas? What you doing here? Seeking asylum?

And finally Charlie met a Donkey named Dunc...er....Benjamin.

Aunt Heidi's stench returns to the Martin house.

Aunt Heidi has returned to the house after a notable absence of about a month. This happened after I (stupidly) left my hashtray downstairs one night when Heidi was staying. The next morning I woke to find that two fags had disappeared leaving me just one, she then denied taking them. This led to me banning her use of the intraweb until they were replaced. Heidi stormed out and hasn't returned till now. The only reason for this turn in events is Heidi isn't trusted to stay at home while her parents are in Egypt, so we've been lumbered with the delinquent.

Although she still denies it, she did replaced them a month after the event.

Long time no see, Gran...

Gran and Granda have been off cruising round the Mediterranean, and as a result Gran appeared strange to Phoenix and left her in tears. Although visiting such sites as Pompaii, Rome etc. Gran seemed to be more excited by the goings on in the BigBrother House - receiving text updates everytime someone scratched their arse.

Then to top it all off, on your weekend with your grand-daughter you taught her an impression of the most annoying person in the house and a pavlovian response to the BigBro music.

"WHO IS SHE, WHO IS SHE"

No Regrets? well maybe just one...

'Perhaps reading is not a strong point of yours. Anarchy is exactly what these places have. Anarchism is not.
Those letters make a large difference - about the difference between my statement and yours. I realise that anarchists use a different definition of the word than the rest of the world but to assume that I would be using the (tiny) minority definition rather than the accepted one is obtuse at best.'
Why else would you bring up these points if it wasn't a reference to my being an Anarchist. Sounds like back-peddling to me Dunc...

Nevertheless, excepting the fact that your misplaced patronising is based on your mistake, rather than mine... your arguments still don't hold water. What you have made is a classic 'straw-man' argument. Reprinted from your favourite reference source, wikipedia, just in case you don't know what one is:
Present a misrepresentation of the opponent's position, refute it, and pretend that the opponent's actual position has been refuted.
Duncan I just presented a brief explaination of Anarchism since your reference to Rwanda and Somalia made it clear that you had no understanding of the topic. Then suggested methods of direct action and passive resistance that individual could do. I didn't realise that you had a point to be refuted.

So ignoring that, why don't you explain, in short words if it helps:

1. How such a successful and in your opinion ultimately dominant social order as anarchism can ever work when every time it has been tried it has failed. (Failed means not succeeded - which it hasn't. More claims of sabotage by other systems do not hold water by virtue of there being no evidence to support this claim and simple evolutionary basis).
It can work, it has worked, it does work. If you want full explaination, I suggest reading a book.
A History of Anarchism would be right up your alley if you really wanted to know about Anarchism as a philosophical and political creed over the centuries, and for which many have been persecuted by other more authoritive ideologies like fascism and state socialism. There have been anarchist-inspired revolutions - in Spain, in the Ukraine, in Mexico - which have in turn led to (however short-lived) anarchist administrations. But anarchism's power has, first and foremost, been the power of the lone protestor, the dissenter who is unafraid to expose himself to reprisal for the sake of preaching the real gospel of liberty, equality and fraternity which so many so-called revolutionaries usually leave in tatters once they graduate from barricades to corridors of power. The author argues that the spirit of anarchism is in the voice of Tolstoy, of Gandhi, of Bakunin, of Godwin, of Camus and of Chomsky.

2. How point 1. can be overcome as it is a direct result of human nature, not capitalism.
Human nature has nothing to do with it, we are conditioned from early childhood to become good citizens in whatever social system we are in at the time, it is only when the masses realise that not only do we not need a government, but that these institutions of power are dangerous to others, to its own people and to our environment. That we have the spark needed for revolution.

3. How you stealing from some independent vendor affects the bottom line of some big multinational (I'll go into this in a bit more detail below as it is a fundamental flaw in your theory and self-indulgent practice of your claimed ideals).
Duncan, just look at how filesharing and bittorrent have got the music and film industry shiting their pants - this is theft, and it works because it affects their bottom line.
Obviously a group of 5 guys won't affect anything but even as small a number as 100 targeting major corporation shops and services in one city everyday could be very successful at driving away global companies. It is just an example of what I think is more effective direct action than marching with a police escort round a city chanting 'Property is theft'.

4. How you can make any comparison between small communities and their success with anarchy (there are notable successes with communism too) and larger scale society.
The example set by the Spanish Republic should have covered this the first time, and it was still working until Franco crushed them. The Republic's defeat in the war does not reflect poorly on Anarchism. Franco had weapons, the Republic didn't; Franco won but at the end of the day Anarchy was shown to work in a larger scale society.

Now, surely you realise that the corporations you resent so much build the actions of people such as yourself - stealing, stock damage - into their business? The price you pay includes the cost to cover all these losses. So they don't actually give a shit. They also have insurance. Who pays for that? Ultimately, all the other insurers with that company. At the end of the day, all the costs are passed back to the customer - and the only customers who feel it are the people who can't pass it onto their customers, because they don't have any - that being Joe Public. So for all your shoplifting and vandalism all you've done is taken money out of the pocket of some poor bastard who can't afford to feed his family because some dickhead keeps nicking all the Rizla in Asda.
If he can't afford to feed his family, then he should steal the food.
Joe Public is exactly who needs to get pissed off for a revolution to take place, the problem is that even the poorest people here can survive easily and have fairly decent work conditions, they expect to work 40+ hours a week and have 20-odd days holiday a year until they're too old to be useful. So nothing compels them revolt, The irony of course is that the better conditions and education that liberals have faught and died for throught history are what passifies us (myself included). I would enforce the direct action I preached more if it wasn't so easy for me to get by, filling my time by playing addictive computer games, reading and fannying about in general. But at least I still have passive resistance - hey, it worked for Ghandi.

And that's just as long as you only take from the big chains. The smaller, independent shops - that directly hurts them. They're not really capitalists - just dudes trying to make a living. And the whole raising taxes thing - as you yourself said - it doesn't affect the rich, only the poor. You're not gonig to cause a social revolt - maybe just a little more misery among the most unfortunate members of our society anyway.
I agree with local independent stores so wouldn't steal from these.

If you take away people's prospects of livelihood, you are not an anarchist - this has nothing to do with their ideals. That's in effect what you are proposing - trying to justify it by saying your putting it to the man is just childish.

Arbeit macht frei

Duncan if a persons livelihood is harmful to the rest of us then it is our duty to destroy their livelihood. Our society is so concerned that we make something of ourselves career wise that it doesn't matter if your job has a negitive impact on everyone around you; as long as it steady work. Now if someone does a job that actually enhances the quality of life of people without inadvertently doing any irreparable damage to the environment, wildlife or the quality of life of others then I'm all for it.

Communism makes far more sense as an ideal than anarchism anyway. But neither work. Simple as that. Bottom line is that your actions will not change anything. All they do is expose you to the risk of getting your head kicked in by some bouncers, losing your freedom by potentially getting put in jail, and all the knock-on effects that it has on your family by you not being there.
Anarchy is the final stage of Communism when 'the Government withers away'. However, as anarchists predicted, Communism will always fail because it has a powerful centralized government that retains the monopoly of violence (police, army, intelligence agencies, courts and prisons) and mankind just can't be trusted with that kind of power.
You keep mentioning bouncers, but seeing as it's been about 5 years since I was regularly getting arrested for fighting bouncers and the police, it really holds no weight

I also notice no replies to the other commenters who have also made equally valid rebuttals of your points.
Naw, they haven't...

You are welcome to start your own anarchist club if you were actually inclined enough to bother. Your passive actions (which largely just excuse your own bad behaviour) are the mark of someone who has no strength to their claimed convictions - you aren't doing anything positive.
Spending the day home with my children is far more positive than anything you could suggest Dunky methinks.

You aren't getting involved in politics.
You are joking right? I thought you knew what Anarchism is? If Democracy actually changed anything they'd abolish it.

You aren't writing letters.
Duncan do you really think any of this makes a difference, really? I have actually e-mailed all the news channels and papers asking them to investigate and reveal to the mass majority the planned demolishion of WTC 1, 2 and 7. I am still waiting for the news story or response, which we all know i'll never get.

You aren't doing anything which is any effort to yourself. You are instead meeting other goals - getting stuff you want for free.
I don't actually shoplift Dunc because I'm too feared (because of a close-shave). I do still try and get meat for free though when I do a big shopping - it's about all my bottle can stand. Like I said above if my life was more uncomfortable then I would be compelled to get over this fear. (which I know is both pathetic and conformist)

Acting like a tit and excusing your behaviour with some claim that it is for the greater good. I mean, you got chucked out of the student union for God's sake. The mean bouncers you were assaulting were some skinny computing students who were the last sort of people someone of your convictions should have given aggro to. And that chick whose nose you redistributed a few years back - did you think she might have joined the police at some far off point in the future?
I've never tried to excuse hitting that burd, I can't remember it at all and it's not in my nature so it's kinda hard to explain...sometimes ye feel so bad.
But it wasn't quite as sinister as you make out, she was hit while trying to split up a fight between me and her man. It is the only thing I regret doing, I was disgusted at myself when I found out, I have never said anything other than that and since I didn't have an understanding of Anarchism way back when, you are clearly talking shit.

And the lady who lived downstairs who you frightened into calling the police, who then 'assaulted you' (an action which there is no witness to other than yourself) - this doesn't mean they didn't, but it's not like they were knocking doors looking for someone to beat up. She may have been a nosy, intolerant neighbour. But you frightening her half to death is just thuggery. I spoke to the poor, terrified woman. She didn't want to answer the door. This was a few days after the event. She was selling her flat and moving back to her last city, all because of you. Proud of yourself? I don't think I ever have been, or ever will be again, so ashamed. Nothing - nothing - can ever justify your behaviour. And you sit here on your made up pedestal trying to excuse several years of being a total scumbag by trying to say that it's George Bush's fault and that none of your drunken brawling would have happened if only everyone could get along like the Tanzanians.
Again never used Anarchism as a defence, my defence is she's an evil bastard who assulted me on my doorstep, then fabricated a web of lies that led to me getting a kicking ( I dragged her into the staircase by her hair, was what the cop said) and a fine for breach of the peace.
Chapping on a door is not thuggery dickhead and it is quite reasonable behaviour, It was Willetts (who everyone knows is the most passive person alive) who in a moment of stupidity opened her door (met with hysteria of a woman howling on the phone that we were breaking her door down) and I had already started walking away after she refused to answer. She must have been so terrified of us that she forgot to lock her door eh?
Yes Duncan she was so terrified of me that she would walk past me in the staircase with a smug grin, even after I left that flat she would come into Tesco (when I worked there) and grin at me as she walked by. So I take it that she decided to stay and face her demons what a brave soul.

You are acting like a spoilt little boy who, rather than admit each fault, makes another two and says it was all part of the masterplan. How your brawling opened your eyes to the injustices in the world. How stealing some carrots is justified by some philosopher whose worls you are currently reading.
So having your eyes opened to the injustices in the world and reading the greatest thinkers are faults?

Get a fucking grip. Seriously. You have a loving family - despite all that you have done - who all despreately want you to grow up and be a man. You have two beautiful, healthy daughters who need you to be with them, not stoned in a jail cell. You have a partner who has stood beside you despite all of your shit. Someday I hope you will realise that there are a lot of very important things which you are too pigheaded to appreciate which you have and don't seem to care about enough to even try and change.
Resistence is futile, individuality is irrelevent, you will become part of the collective.
I agree that my daughters need me to be with them so going out and getting a job is the last thing I should do. As for avoiding gaol, I do my best, it's been years since I was in any bother for fighting authority figures. It seems to have been forgotten that in this recent charge it was us who were attacked and outnumbered 3 to 1, and my crime was kicking one of them in the face to keep him down. It was the fact that it's been so long since I picked up a charge that factored in me not going to gaol.

And enough of this silly argument. It was fun enough to take apart but we have all had enough. It doesn't hold water. It never will. It doesn't excuse your behaviour - not now, not then, and not in the future. Why don't you put some of your wasted talent to some use before it really is too late? And eventually, it will be.

I mean, come on, are you really fooling yourself here?
You didn't take apart any argument, rather you made a personal attack on my drunken behaviour of a few years ago and made a pathetic attempt to relate this to Anarchism. As for my talent, I feel that it is at it's best possible use in fatherhood, than use it to help maintain society.

Adventures of the Babysitter.

Patrick and Gary were through for the whole weekend for the Martin experience. Charlie was waiting eagerly at the window all day on Friday.

David dropped off the boys and hurried off to beat the traffic going back through to Glasgow. Charlie and Phoenix were delighted at the injection of energy into the house. It wasn't until bedtime that this became a problem. Charlie had been relegated to the cot-bed in our room to make room for the boys, this didn't go down well at all.

The next morning was a hot day, Auntie Teri took FeeFee to Granmas and as promised the rest of us set off for the park. The three of them squeezed into the buggy and Uncle Kris (a.k.a. Spiderman)was commanded to run all the way there.

On arrival, they excitedly scrambled for the chute although the enthusiasm quickly faded under the Scottish sun.


15 minutes later...


Though the oldest, Patrick was the only one to remain on the buggy the whole way back. Gary and Charlie opting to hold hands and walk.

Teri abandoned ship at 3.30pm in favour of a BBQ leading onto a night out. Gary and Charlie were out in the street playing with the cars and motorbikes. Patrick had acquired a new friend Chloe who inspired him to build a mud-pie.

Friend quickly became foe, Chloe's orders were met with descent.
"Your not the boss" shouted Patrick throwing a rock into the mud-pool. The resulting splashes sparked a new idea.
"Can we have a water-fight" enquired Patrick and Chloe.
Gary and Charlie were happy continuing to top up the mud-pool (which was quickly becoming a pond) out the back-garden, Phoenix watching from her buggy while Dad made some progress with the garden. Suddenly Patrick starts screaming and runs through from the street crying that Chloe threw water over him.
"Patrick, you were having a water-fight. What did you expect to happen?" I was baffled.
The friendship was over...

There was more fun and games that night when they were getting bathed. What's this fear of water nonsense Steph? Both Patrick and Gary started screaming when I wet their hair, Patrick screamed so much that it set off Charlie. I think you need to get them playing with water more often cause you don't want them feared of it. Some water-pistols, water-balloons, buckets and a hose and hey presto no more fear.
Settling down for bed was much easier, all were asleep for 8.45pm. Dave, Josh and Aunt Amy came round that night for a wee smoke...

Sunday was another scorcher, Teri and the kids were out the front for most of the day. There was a small scare, Gary disappeared!!! Teri came in from the street, and asked me if I had seen Gaz. We searched the house, he wasn't there; we asked all the other kids in the street if they had seen him, they hadn't. I put my shoes on and was getting ready to go looking but as I glanced out the window, I saw him sleeping in an old carseat in the house in the garden.

An eye-opener, was the amount they ate, they were like teenagers. They were hungry all the time.

On Monday David came to pick them up, Steph's dance jig had a mini-disaster with the sound but other than that her thingamyjig went well. The boy's survived, nobody fell and broke their neck despite there being many moments were gran and their mum would have put this fear into them. Fun was had by all...

Charlie was sad to see her cousins go but glad to see her own bed that night.

Be Realistic. Demand the Impossible

What a rookie mistake Duncan, it appears that you have acquired your concept of Anarchy from the Daily Mail. Like so many others you have defined Anarchy as chaos, none of the places you mentioned could be described as anarchist but the 'liberal' media loves to use that word to describe these breakdowns in society.
Anarchists are often mentioned in the newspaper and TV coverage of globalisation protests. They are often portrayed as violent criminals. Almost never are the ideas of anarchism explained. I'll take this time to outline some ideas to help your childish understanding of the subject.

First of all though I'd like to point out that rape, murder, looting and the emergence of feudalism and micro (later macro) dictatorships are happening in all areas of the world. America is leading the way. Just look at how they murdered 1000's in a false-flag operation known as 11/9 - Documentary in order to murder 10's of 1000's in the middle east while accelerating America's emerging police state
and protecting the dollar from the euro - Petrodollar Cycle



Secondly, forms of anarchy exist throughout the world today in rural populations. i.e. the Hadzi of Tanzania
The Spanish Revolution revealed that Anarchy can work successfully in city populations.

Anarchism in Spain

These did not fail, it's more a case of being crushed by Fascism (a.k.a. Capitalism). The betrayal of the Commies didn't help either.


Anarchism is a most misunderstood set of ideas. It is constantly portrayed as meaning chaos and violence. Nothing could be further from the truth. Anarchists believe in creating a classless society. They oppose capitalism as a system that puts the profits of a small minority of bosses before the needs of the vast majority. It is a system based on the exploitation of workers, a system that inevitably causes poverty, starvation and war. Anarchists oppose authority in the sense of opposing the 'right' of any small minority to have power over everyone else. They oppose the State (meaning government, army, police, courts) as an institution whose purpose is to enforce the will of a minority on the majority.

Anarchists believe in class struggle, that the bosses and workers have no common interest and that the workers must organise to take over the running of society. Ordinary workers are quite capable of running society. It would be done through a system of workers' councils with mass democracy which would be far more rational democratic and efficient than the existing set-up. Anarchists stand up for the freedom of the individual and oppose all oppression on the basis of race, sex or sexual orientation. The only limit on individual freedom should be that it does not interfere with the freedom of others.

From early on the anarchists opposed the building of bureaucratic State Capitalism in Russia. Initially they supported the revolution but were against the attempts of the Bolsheviks to take power into their own hands and create the seeds of the "dictatorship of the party". Anarchists hold that how you organise will reflect the type of society you want. Small minorities can not liberate the working class, the working class will have to emancipate itself. Democracy and accountability are the cornerstone of anarchist organisation. Direct action is the method. Rather than relying on small groups they say workers do have the power and strength to change society. That strength lies in their ability to organise at the place of work, a strength that should be used not only to win immediate reforms from the bosses but eventually to overthrow the whole system of capitalism. This belief is central to anarchism Anarchists do not only want workers' control of industry, they want a society where all relationships of authority are abolished and people do not look to others to run their lives.


Unfortunately, there are no anarchist/direct action groups anywhere near me, I've checked.
However, for anyone out there who wants advise on personal 'direct action' - SHOPLIFT!!! if possible get all your friends to start shoplifting.

This is beneficial in many ways
1. It fucks with the only thing companies care about - profit...
2. It's fun, that burst of adrenaline ahhh...
3. You can have all the best food and drink - no need for cheap processed shite on the five finger discount.
4. It leads to generosity because there's always plenty to share.
5. You can sell on e-gay, in order to buy the stuff that's not nickable.

Attack private property that's in public space.
VANDALIZE!!! - Companies spend millions on advertising but with a thick marker pen or paint you can advertise the truth about them on their billboards for free.
As well as shoplifting, just destroy products in supermarkets i.e. poke holes in the wrappers, pour liquids on floor etc.
Another justified target is big bro, at any opportunity destroy CCTV cameras or spray paint the lens.
Sabotage your workplace, get sacked.

As for 'passive resistance' - sign on, get housing benefit, take out unsecured loans with no intention of paying them back, refuse to pay tax
Basically, anything that costs corporations and/or the Government money, getting arrested costs the government tons, getting the gaol cost the government even more. Make them raise taxes and hit the poor harder (well they're not gonna tax the rich). They don't care about demonstrations and marches anymore, they actually help organize them because it makes people feel like they've been heard when really they've just been pacified. You've got to stop paying them and drain them as much as possible.
It's funny to note that the white bands and t-shirts in the G8 'make poverty history' were made in sweatshops in the EPZ.

You won't break the system, it'll break itself. But you can have fun helping to accelerate its demise. The important part for anarchists comes after the revolution in ensuring that power stays diluted and the land stays collectivised.


(disclaimer: most of this advice is illegal and you may get into trouble, but only if you get caught)

Alcoholics Anonymous.

Anonymous said...

So your justification for not having a drink problem is that you don't care, and it's someone else's fault (bouncers, police).

Interesting.

I know many people who routinely get drunk to the point of unconsciousness most weekends. Society does not consider them to have a drink problem. I only know one who has been arrested a total of around 10 times (is it more now?). What is it about your behaviour that is so different? Or are you going to maintain that it is just co-incidence, and that they are all out to get you?

Bottom line is that alcohol has affected your life negatively - this is the definition of a drinking problem. So you have one. Simple as that.


At no point did I ever say that I personally was being victimised, what is different about my behaviour from the herd is that I hate the fact that they have unjust authority over me and when they try to exercise it I tell them to go fuck themselves. This helps escalate situations because these wankers hate insubordination.

About my experiences having a negative impact upon my life. I would have to question this. Though they my have been unpleasant experiences at the time, life is full of them and though I have always challenged authority, without experiencing the abuse from these authorities I doubt I would have studied the nature of authority or the nature of punishment. This would have left me more racist, more nationalist and more ambitious career-wise, among other things. I thank myself(God) for these experiences that put me on the path of the virtuous whilst taking me off the path of consumerism and wealth.


As for punishment, even if I had got 4 months - big wowws
It pisses me off that they have the power to punish anyone, but I'm not afraid of them or the punishment and I won't behave because they told me to.

So again, Drink! not a problem - my Crack habit, now that's another story...

Dutch Courage

Duncan said...

been reading your tosh below with amusement.

I was under the impression that a drinking problem was any alcohol related behaviour which impacted negatively on your life - i.e. someone who gets shitfaced 3 times a week and does nothing more than wake up with a hangover, but continues to have a productive and enjoyable life, does not have a drinking problem. Someone who has negative effects does have a problem - this could be alcoholism, losing friends, losing their job, or getting multiply arrested due to acting like a tosser when drunk.

Any thoughts?

Getting jumped by 7 guys isn't acting like a tosser.

4 years previously when I did tend to get arrested on a regular basis the typical situation would be me possibly acting like a tosser then being taken into a back room where bouncers would be heavy-handed (to say the least)and I would resort to biting and/or headbutting them since it's usually the only weapon they wouldn't have restrained. Acting like a tosser does not excuse these pricks for taking people into a backroom at battering them. Then you've got the scum, well some of my experiences; one entering my cell unbuckling his belt and saying he was going to rape me.
Another time I was beaten unconscious by 5 cops after a neighbour complained about a party - Amy and some of my friends heard me shout for help but nobody saw it, Aimpots and Andy got threatened with jail for enquiring to why I was shouting for help. I woke up with a footprint on the back of my neck with no recollection of the night before. It was only when they claimed that it was Andy Willetts who had inflicted all the damage to my body that I realised that they were full of shit.


So like I said, I don't have a drink problem. It just makes me not care about the consequences of ignoring their monopoly of violence. If I thought I could get away with it I'd do alot more than kick shit out of them while sober....best not tell my probationary officer that though.

Strolling through the schemes.

Before FeeFee's moment of triumph yesterday, Teri and I took both the kids on a tour of the local schemes as we journeyed to the Jake Kane Centre. We live in Craigmillar and next to us is Greendykes and the infamous Niddrie. Danger lurks round every corner on these streets so we had to be careful...here's a look at our habitat.

There are many areas all around here like this, rows of old tenements completely dereleeckt. An exceptional breeding ground for junkies and crack whores. Fortunatly most adolecents who are raised in these areas are violent to the neighbouring schemes kids so no important people get hurt.

Here's a look at the library that serves all three schemes, It's about the size of two portacabins. Luckily, Charlie and Phoenix have Uncle Josh, Dave and Ally to help with their book needs.

Because of the extreme violence in these areas, all the residence have voted to have CCTV cameras pointing in their windows. I find it strange that more wealthy people refuse proposals for CCTV in their areas. It is the best weapon against terrorism....didn't you know?

After many enduring trails, fighting off junkies, peedos, bams (now known as chavs for some reason), drunks and the soandsos we finally arrived at our destination 'the jakie playpark'

Of course Teri and myself had to do the routine check for any stray needles then sanitise the swing seats and chute before we could allow any fun to be had. Charlie didn't know she was in Niddrie so sometimes wandered up to a stranger to say 'Hiya'. I had to educate her on peedo's and tell her talking to people is BAD.
She loved the chute which is a lot bigger than she's used to, it took her ages to climb the big steps up to the top the first time but seemed to fly up everytime after that.



The rope bridge was a spot of bother but with some brainstorming, she came to an effective solution


We then came back through Greendykes which I would have to say makes Craigmillar look respectible while being on par with the scumminess of Niddrie. Though a look at Craigmillar High Street might suggest otherwise.

Although I am being facetious it is worth noting that there was a shooting in the local pub about 2 weeks ago.