Bob's Our Uncle - node 23.001

... and Bob's our Uncle - node 23.001: The New Inquisition

"... it was only a coincidence it was only a coincidence it was only a coincidence - the mantra of fundamentalist materialism, which works just like an ordinary Hindu mantra: it quiets anxieties, it stills the restless mind, and eventually it stops thought entirely." - RAW

Nowadays, when notified about renewing a particular piece of personally permissive paperwork, the government reminds us to "please keep your hands tidy and clean, as fingerprints will be taken." Trying hard not to feel guilty-until-proven-innocent, one cannot quite escape the urge to look in and cry out, in disbelief rather than despair:
"What the flying fungus? Goddess please, bear with me!"

It started off with the incorporation of an rfid-tracking-device, which became combined with facial and iris recognition. Next up: DNA-samples at work? A short stop at the Piss Police to drop a sample before shopping? Beyond a distant horizon, Kafka and Orwell pull up their frowns in astonishment and laugh out loud in sardonic ridicule.

To repeat another tranquilizing mantra: if you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to worry about. Right. Carry on, move along, nothing to see here. At such moments it seems best to keep it [+] and share a good laugh about it with Robert Anton Wilson, our Uncle Bob.



"The world is much stranger than most people realize." - RAW

· watch Robert Anton Wilson's 'The New Inquisition' on youtube
· watch the longer version with slightly worse audio on youtube

· click here to fold out to node 23.002 - The TSOG Interview

· visit Robert Anton Wilson - [ click here ]
· visit the RAW archive - [ click here ]


.: relax - everything is under control :.

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