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The future.....?

posted 11 years ago by sparrohawk-1
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I could not help thinking, in a cynical sense, how the odious British Pensions Minister Ian Duncan Smith would be wanting to continue the 'good work' of Bastôy in Britain today.
He has obscene Catholic overtones for his persecution of the poor and disabled, and there is a veiled notion of eugenics creeping into his propaganda; that children of poor and needy families have less well developed brains and ought to be taken into care and put in retraining camps to set them on the true path to cleanliness and freedom...and like Bastôy, use them as cheap and hard labour.
How he must hate the fact that Bastôy now must be the most liberal prison in the world..and Norway has one of the lowest re-offending rates in Europe.
Film for thought, indeed!

[–] PoppyTransfusion 11 years ago

I find Ian Duncan Smith to be 'human' in comparison to George Osborne or some of the other cretins like Lord Freud and the dingbat who suggested fracking should occur in the empty and desolate north east of the UK rather than the home counties.

But I agree about the discourse that runs through this government's demonisation of certain sectors of society that extends from the poor and those on benefits through to the disabled and public sector workers.

Unfortunately there is evidence of the effects of neglect and abuse on the brain's neurology with such children more prone, as a result, to mental illnesses, aggression and addiction. The nervous pathways can be redrawn but not by putting children in camps like Bastoy, which would serve to reinforce some of the neural pathways rather than amend them.

As to 'bandage' boy at the end. I assumed the footage was archive reel from Bastoy. But I'm not sure if the appearance of 'bandage' boy was authentic. Perhaps the film makers shot some footage to synch with the real film shots?

Why do you refuse to remember me?

[–] Robn80 9 years ago

I bet you're both annoyed that we now have a Tory Majority Government after the nonsense you spouted 2 years ago.

Good film.

[–] psdhart 9 years ago

Well the DWP did admit inventing quotes from fake 'benefits claimants' the other day