* Posts by Maboza Richie

2 publicly visible posts • joined 14 Jan 2009

Police ad urges: 'Trust no one'

Maboza Richie

Sad times

The witch hunts of the 21st century are about to begin, Joseph McCarthy rises from his grave to oversee proceedings, assisted by Joseph Stalin. Meanwhile, Yevgeny Zamyatin rises from his grave to write a sequal to We, and George Orwell types follow-up to 1984, writing in the wind and rain as he can't find anywhere that allows him to smoke indoors. Sad times indeed.

Librarians redubbed 'audience development officers'

Maboza Richie

A virus

This nonsense will probably spread like a virus (I can't think of a suitable name, at the moment), just like 'community' libraries (who are they for if not the community) 'community' fire stations (!), polic vehicles daubed with 'serving the community' or 'making the community a safer place' and all the other faciley named 'community' facilities and services. Councillors should have to pass a reality exam before taking office, since most of them don't seem to have passed any other kind of exam.