Welcome to the very first post on my new blog, Sedition UK. I've set this up to provide anybody with any interest in politics (UK or otherwise) a means with which to air frustrations, vent spleens and voice concerns over the way in which our society is governed. I will post a weekly(ish) article based on the issues that seem most important to me, but will welcome any contributions in the form of comments and emailed postings.
The guiding principles of this blog are:
1. To provoke thought and action through the use of intelligent debate and articulation.
2. To explore controversial political and cultural theory, not avoid them for politically correct reasons.
3. To highlight when and where our governments are failing the people they have been elected to serve.
The name of the blog is Sedition UK, but this does not mean that contributions from pro-establishment readers are not welcome. Indeed, this excercise would be a complete waste of time without balanced argument. I would also beseech contributors to be completely honest about matters of race, culture, religion and crime when posting. I cannot guarantee any legal immunity for those concerned, but I suspect the blog would be closed down before anyone got into real trouble (especially if contributions are made anonymously). At its conception, this blog has no systematic moderation, but I have a few rules to adhere to:
1. No intentionally cruel or thuggish postings. The subject of race and religion in particular are obviously sensitive to some. Whilst this blog is an arena to frankly discuss these areas (and I would probably discourage those averse to that from reading the blog) I do not wish Sedition UK to become an organ for hatred.
2. No traditional monosyllabic forum 'trash talk'. This includes pointless insults and moronic abbreviations, eg. omg, imho, grofl, lol, smileys, noob, L33t, pwned or suchlike.
3. No condemnation without proper judgement. By this I mean that if, for example, a contributor expresses racist or seemingly predjudicial views, I would like a considered intellectual response rather than an enraged tirade. This could be difficult and may mean that some righteously indignant responses are removed whilst the offending articles remain. There are plenty of other sites around where reactionary outbursts are welcome, but not this one.
There, that's it. It all seems rather serious so far, so it may be a relief to some that the first article (due around Friday 15th February) will only be about speedbumps in the road.
In the interests of what our US cousins call 'Disclosure', it should be pointed out at this time that the author of this blog is decidedly 'Liberal'. All corporations dealing in lily livers, muesli and mealy mouths are welcome to sponsor this blog.
