{"id":174,"date":"2008-08-13T03:49:28","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T03:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2008\/08\/13\/on_mal_informed_yet_influential_twonkishness\/"},"modified":"2008-08-13T03:49:28","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T03:49:28","slug":"on_mal_informed_yet_influential_twonkishness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2008\/08\/13\/on_mal_informed_yet_influential_twonkishness\/","title":{"rendered":"On mal-informed yet influential twonkishness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Or, Get ORFFF mah LAHND!<\/em><\/p>\n

\nIn my role as Emissary Extraordinaire to the Colonies, I often find myself defending the Monarchy to the more republican shackle-draggers I encounter. It does, I claim (in the context of a Constitutional Monarchy<\/em>), counter the excesses of a supreme Executive elected in a mobocracy, provide employment and entertainment to the hoi polloi, engenders tradition and a sense of belonging, and gives a chance for every red-blooded Brit to scoff at wimpy and whiny journos stuck for copy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nBut before we all launch into five chorusses of Rule Britannia<\/em>, I’m going to have to backup a bit.<\/p>\n

\nWith a nod to Pamela<\/a>, I want to know how the hell it is that a certain Charlie<\/a> is able to spout utter tripe<\/a> in the press about genetically-modified crops, and not immediately precipitate rioting in the streets, general strikes and a march on the Palace by thousands of angry scientists. Someone who has absolutely no idea of how the real world works thinks that genetic modification is a Bad Thing, and through the accident of birth has an entire nation’s attention over it.<\/p>\n

\nBut rather than whine about it, drink my gin<\/del> tea and move on, I’m going to suggest that we leverage this meretricious codswallop to our own advantage. Remember what I said about the public fear<\/em><\/a> of science? Exactly. <\/p>\n

\nPrince Charles says GM “will be guaranteed to cause the biggest disaster environmentally of all time”. <\/p>\n

\nI say “Remember the dinosaurs? Exactly. Give us more funding or it’s curtains for all of you. Bwah hah hah. Oh, by the way I have a beautiful daughter locked up in a lab in the tallest tower of a foreboding castle, and a servant called Igor.”<\/p>\n

\nWell, it makes as much sense to me as does the Monarchy, right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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