There’s an old saying, “Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad!” and it seems to me that, that may be exactly what is happening to us today.
These days there appear to be an ever growing list of allergies or disorders, some of which strike me as just plain crazy, such as the so-called “species dysphoria”, even though no such condition is actually recognised in science.
Allegedly a growing number of school children are allegedly insisting on identifying as some kind of animal.
And the way some of them behave, they pretty much fit the bill!
But things have surely come to a fine pass when a council goes so far as to accept that a secondary school pupil can identify themselves as a wolf, and expect teachers and others to rally round in support.
What has the world come to when educators and councils insist on accommodating and excusing bad behaviour by dressing it up with pseudo-medical terminology?
Now it seems that groups of people are using social media to arrange meet-ups for those identifying as animals, and the secondary school pupil identifying as a wolf has been granted, what amounts to “protected status”
In my day any such nonsense would have been dealt with by telling the individual concerned, not to be so damn silly, “snap out of it” and get to grips with reality, but instead it now seems that this too must become part of the “woke’ political correctness agenda.
It’s not that long ago that a pupil at a school was reprimanded for taking the Mickey out of a classmate who identified as a cat!
‘How can you identify as a cat when you’re a girl?’ asked the 13-year-old.
She was then slapped down by her teacher saying that her attitude was ‘despicable’, and that she’d really upset someone’ by ‘questioning their identity’.
Perhaps she should be careful or her classmate just might get her claws out and scratch her eyes out.
Just recently I heard of a case of a child in a local school, note a LOCAL SCHOOL (in Essex but just to be clear, NOT Brentwood) who identifies as a dog and goes around barking.
Perhaps they could be put to good use to act as a guard dog after hours, whilst the child claiming to be a wolf, could perhaps be sent out to forage for their own food and thereby help to reduce costs for the local council.
So am I going mad, or is it the world?
And talking about lunacy, how about this?
A row over garden ornaments at a sheltered housing complex in Swansea has led to “threats, intimidation, accusations of theft and damage”.
Disputes over their shared garden had grown so regular that the police and local council had to intervene and now all garden ornaments have been banned.
In a letter to residents, a Swansea Council housing team leader said: “Over a period of time officers have responded to issues raised by residents, which included threats, intimidation, accusations of theft, financial inconsistencies and damage to the communal areas.
Obviously this type of behaviour is inappropriate and unacceptable and officers have been working with those involved in an unsuccessful effort to try to find a satisfactory solution.
After careful consideration as landlords of this complex, it has been decided that all structures, ornaments of any descriptions must be removed from the communal areas with immediate effect.
“I am sorry that the behaviour of a small minority of residents has resulted in this decision having to be made. However it is clear that no other option is available to us as landlords to ensure the health and well-being of all residents.”
One resident, 80 year old, Ron Little, claims he was the victim of a “mafia” style gang of residents and that the arguments have triggered his angina. In an interview with the South Wales Evening Post: he said “It’s a community garden, everybody is supposed to share, but it’s like a mafia here.”
However Julie Curtis, whose mother is also a resident claimed that Mr Little was responsible for the trouble.
I guess we’ll never know for sure who’s to blame.
I think on that note, I’ll leave you but hope to have your company again tomorrow,
Scott
