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Oct. 5th, 2014
Drinking as an Act of Political Protest
Oct. 5th, 2014 12:15 amSo Iain Duncan Smith (memorably described as 'the Poster Child for the Forces of Darkness' by Cory Doctorow at LonCon) wants to introduce Benefit Cards that will prevent people on benefits spending their benefits on anything but food and clothing and their rent (and probably only from major donors chain stores knowing the Tories). So no booze, no taking old friends out for a coffee to see if they know of any jobs going and so on.
When I first heard that, I was in the middle of drinking a beer, because I had a screaming backache and, like a lot of people I know dealing with chronic pain, booze, in moderation, can be quite a useful addition to your pain control regimen. And IDS wants to stop that. It just occurred to me that every time I have a drink, especially a drink because I'm in pain, I'm sticking a great big finger in the air to IDS and the rest of the forces of darkness over at the DWP and can justifiably claim it's an act of political protest.
Drinking as an act of political protest, does it get better than this? ;)
When I first heard that, I was in the middle of drinking a beer, because I had a screaming backache and, like a lot of people I know dealing with chronic pain, booze, in moderation, can be quite a useful addition to your pain control regimen. And IDS wants to stop that. It just occurred to me that every time I have a drink, especially a drink because I'm in pain, I'm sticking a great big finger in the air to IDS and the rest of the forces of darkness over at the DWP and can justifiably claim it's an act of political protest.
Drinking as an act of political protest, does it get better than this? ;)
