Is it the end of the world?
Geese, all this fuss.
In Australia, the dreaded (not the hair, the fear based scary word) John Howard has got the big scary Industrial Relations Laws coming through. Leftist pinko’s roam the streets in gangs to denounce this is the end of life as we know it, the coming of the evil one and the end of the world in general. They haven’t been seen in numbers this big since the last time they mooted that the end of the world was nigh.
To be fair, things will change. But as normal, I’m predicting it won’t be the end of the world. And as normal, what will happen, will probably be somewhere in the middle of what the government says will happen, and what the unions will say what will happen. The middle ground is usually correct because both sides are just trying to cover their asses. In this case I’d be saying the union has the most to lose in this case so has the higher likelihood of lying more.
And that’s why, if I had to pick between slightly left or right of the middle ground in this issue I’d pick the right. The unions are screaming like an animal dieing, and there’s genuine hate there as well. I went to a union meeting at work the other day, largely as it was paid and I wanted a break from work. Either way after talking to us about only briefly relevant things the union rep spent 15 minutes that the company was paying for ranting about the end of the world. After about 10 minutes of no one talking except him and my work colleagues hanging off his every word I interrupted to explain my theory and then ask a few questions.
Let’s just say he didn’t take it very well. As is usual of people like himself he didn’t take objections very well. After I asked a few questions that were quite logical (at the time I hadn’t read up on the new laws so all I did was read between the lines and give a brief explanation of my middle ground theory) he got quite irate and started pulling excuses out of his “How to scare the minions into believing you” handbook.
It didn’t work for him. After he left I had workmates coming up to ask me what I meant and to tell me that they thought this guy was a tosser for not taking my points on.
Moral of it all, the world will not end and will probably get better even. I’m not certain but based on the fact that the last few times the lefties whined everything worked out fine so I’ll stick to that formula.