Against Conspiracy.

It strikes me that in a city the size of Birmingham there are probably a few hundred people who have been the subject of action of the authorities, whether UK based authorities or those overseas, for the purposes of state control, social management or however we prefer the notion of illegal government activity to be termed which is supposedly carried out in the name of national security. I don't find it unimaginable that there is action carried out, not necessarily by the police or employees of the public sector, in order to incapacitate individuals, frame them or otherwise cause inconvenience to the individuals who live in the UK. While I may think this, I imagine that to most people this will appear to be rather insignificant conspiracy that is relatively poorly conceived. I imagine that

there is reason to consider how statistically likely it is that during your life either you, someone you know of or a member of your family may be subject to illegal action that the police are under no obligation to investigate, that is to say, the statistical basis of conspiracy theory. There are possibilities of a great many people being subject to government action, say in a city the size of Birmingham, perhaps there is a possibility of several hundred if not several thousand people having been subject to state action that will not be investigated by the Police that may only be illuminated by cases brought in front of the European Court of Human Rights.

May be one day I'll get some form of resolution on the matters that I've put before the police and hopefully there'll be no need to go as far as the European Court. I do wonder whether the term 'conspiracy theory' should be thought of in terms of unprofessional conduct. If anything a conspiracy theory is one which is not supported by the authorities, as a result, for an individual to have discussed an explanation, explanation being a term for a description that links together action or incident with causal relations, a conspiracy theory should perhaps only professionally in the light of political correctness be considered as a 'non-government supported explanation of events'. Perhaps this could reduce unprofessional attitudes towards some clients and open up more legitimate discussion on the issues that are linked to behaviour change and managing client groups. Perhaps, paranoia does have some links to those who are convinced of 'non-government supported explanations of events' and there could be greater clarification of this issue area to improve the rights of offenders, improve the mental health of offenders and thus as a result reduce the risk of re-offending.

The notion of a non-government supported explanation of events may be interesting to examine - perhaps what could be used on a regular basis may be explanations that are assessed by Primary Care Trusts as legitimate throught their Public Relations Departments - are these to provide the version of reality that we're to find is the healthy balanced truth...?

'Men' of letters – is this a significant dimension of the blogging phenomenon?

Blogging is something I do more as a pastime than anything else. I was hoping to improve the quality of my writing through frequent practice and I don’t think that my writing style has reduced in quality as a result. The criterion of good writing having a quality of ‘communicating to an audience’ is very significant for most written text. It assumes that a piece of writing or text can be evaluated to make some form of impact upon an audience, does seem to be one issue which is of significance when I look at the pseudo-social-science-style that I engage in. And to an extent I could imagine that becoming a ‘man of letters’ and use whatever intellectual ability I do have may be a reasonable goal at some point if I wish to pursue this area. However, so few people become what can be classed as very influential men of letters that I doubt this will happen: it is extremely unlikely that anything of any significance will come from a blog which has started in this manner. It is also almost a Victorian concept in todays society like having a 'considered opinion' although both of these are important notions.

My writing may be clear but there isn’t any impact upon any sphere of life. To an extent I think this may mean that there is significant failing of my outputs. In some respects this may be the case, however, not everything is meant to ‘work’ or ‘be effective’ when there is a strong emphasis on this type of the impacts of this that and everything else – maybe the element of loafing in British culture is what has been lost on in the grand scheme of things. To an extent I guess I should consider what extent of a leisure activity this – to a very great extent I think there’s something to be said for the art of loafing and blogging is my loafing at present. There perhaps should be a greater consideration of minor influence through blogging in a more post-structural or post-modern sense.

It does strike me as unusual that relaxation has been removed to a degree from Western culture and that there is a requirement to discover eastern mysticism, misrepresenting Hinduism and Buddhism as a result. There is such a great emphasis on meditation to an extent where relaxation may be seen as much a part of our necessary living along with the need to experience a necessary form of excitment to compliment this relaxation. Has the art of loafing become a degraded concept in the west? Are we only to loaf in a number of consumerist contexts these days?

There is perhaps an underground loafing movement which came into being upon the harsh act of altering British summer time in order to stop peasant labourers from loafing during the day. Perhaps the ruling classes have been subject to strange forces because of this barbaric and ruthless act? Why else remove relaxation and freedom to do absolutely nothing unless from life unless this is class- action – this is the plague that hits the ruling class if they remove this basic right from the working classes. Perhaps the new age phenomenon of the South-West is a justified and healthy movement?

I’ve thought about exploring the issue of relaxation, meditation and why there has been an East-West divide, why this may create a need to explore meditation rather than explore relaxation through one's own culture - why do we seem to be sold on the spirituality of India (other than the fact it has been the birthplace of several major religions). I haven't undertaken any research or considered these matters in any detail, however, I do feel as if this is fertile ground for exploration. It makes me wonder about the new form Islam that is meant to be arising from Birmingham. Will there be a new form of relaxation within it, perhaps based on Tiswas and other forms of low-brummie culture? Possibly shariah law will be replaced by contests on Gladiators? Will Barry Fry be the messiah? Tiswas style executions of buckets of water and custard pies for women who have been unfaithful to their husbands? Maybe it is better to consider myself as not having any degree of influence and not speculate on such stupid things.

It is quite difficult to identify a crucial influencing factor in most social events which take place and if anything I assume that even if there are thousands of bloggers there will be no impact of this writing. Maybe I did think for some really quite bizarre reason that I would be able to influence some part of the world through a blog and that there were a small chance of influencing this next form of Islam if it ever arises. Whether the quality of my writing has improved rather than just stayed the same through blogging as I started on, is another question.