A Reminder of What We Face

I think this would be an appropriate moment for me to remind people of the dangers we face and what our programme is up against in the War against Antisociality.

What we do here is part of the global struggle against the enemies of freedom, the enemies of civilisation. There are those in the world at large, as you know, who are waging war on the values of the West. But this aggression is fed by low-level forms of terrorism—antisocial behaviour in general. So OfCare and our sister bodies are ensuring the public is protected from some of the most dangerous people in society.

Recent legislation acknowledges the public anxiety over the increased threats from alien disease carriers, paedophiles, football fans, zoophiles, binge drinkers, gerontophiles, truants, ichthyophiles, bullies, necrophiles, smokers and spitters, Russian Hell’s Angels, gumchewers, and Holocaust and climate change deniers.

We have already addressed the decent majority’s concern over such problems as:
teenage pregnancy, binge drinkers, gum abusers, youths running through gardens and knocking on doors, throwing sweets at cars, abusive religion and religious abuse (not to be confused), bad parenting, appearing in underwear, unacceptable or inappropriate public erotic behaviour, attempted suicide, truancy, self harm, rage, offending people, malignant witchcraft (benign witchcraft is, of course, sanctioned as a complementary medicine and welcomed as an alternative faith), playing music with repetitive rhythms, use of weapons of mass destruction, and hate speech.So we really do have to be vigilant and, as Joseph recognises, be vigilant even towards ourselves. You are all lucky enough to be in a Community which empowers you to employ the latest self-management methodologies to both protect society and maximise your own personal development agendas.