Posted by spoonman Thursday 28 February, 2008 06:19 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to modern day Australia, Wowserville.
Wowserville - the place where the government tells you where you can (or more accurately, can't) smoke a cigarette from pack with diseased organs plastered on the cover. There is no dignity in Wowserville.
Wowserville - the place where the government will cull the number of pubs and the hours they can open, because we can't be trusted to have a beer or three without trashing the joint and belting the locals.
Wowserville - a place where you are not responsible for how much you drink, because the people serving you are, under its Responsible Service of Alcohol rules. There is no personal responsibility in Wowserville because there is always someone else to blame.
Wowserville - a place run by a guy who wants to stop binge drinking.
The same guy who got so pissed in a New York strip club he couldn't remember whether the girls were naked or not.
Wowserville - the place where those responsible adults left are treated like children, because our governments think we can't be trusted to do the right thing. Someone should remind them that they work for us, not the other way around. But hey, it is Wowserville.
Wowserville - a place where drivers are slugged with outrageous road tolls because governments are too useless to fund and build new roads. It's also a place where if you break road the rules by a fraction, a camera will snap the 'offence' and that same useless government will send you a fine 3 weeks later in the mail. They call it a deterrent, when it's really a government sanctioned rip-off.
Wowserville - the place where those same useless governments encourage you to leave the car at home and catch public transport that is is dirty, ancient and always late or cancelled. Thanks for the advice.
Wowserville - the place where the government decides what adults can and can't watch on TV, in cinemas, or play on your favourite games console. They decide what is good for you to consume.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Wowserville is our place - the place we have let go to the dogs in Parliaments all over the country who think they are better than us, smarter than us, more responsible than us.
What other examples of life in Wowserville can you come up with?
And what are we going to do about it?
Over to you....
