Public servant talk

Some public servants recently attempted to communicate to relatives of mine. They failed, of course, because they write in a special language called 'kludge'. The example below is not too bad, and the conversion from 'kludge' to English is relatively simple. I've shown how. On the upside, I'm much relieved that they didn't start "I am writing to tell you..." which of course, as a start to a letter, is a statement of the bleedin' obvious.

Marriage and biology

Someone's seen my post, or Twitter feed:

Functionally, a dud!

I note Mr (MP)'s talking about 'genuine commitment to marriage equality'.

Of course, given the biological basis for marriage, I'm all for equality as well. What does puzzle me is how the current debate pretends that there is no functional issue here, but one of mere 'being in love'. 

Marriage has in view procreation. Eons of evolution have shaped this, no law, no culture, such that reproduction requires a zygote and no pair of the same sex can make one.

Thus the current debate is about marriage debasement, commoditisation of children and the intrusion of the law into the fairytale world of happily ever after romance.

I know that the law will probably be changed: the real world has never stopped legislators, but let's not pretend that there is a biological equality of function between a same sex pair (who cannot sexually reproduce) and a mixed sex pair who are able to make babies all on their own and that said babies will grow up in the company of their parents.

The Plebiscite: letting the plebs have a say!

I almost wrote "Plibersek"; she thinks she speaks for the people.

But no.

Its on its way: the same sex marriage farce plebiscite. I'll not be surprised either way, and parliament will do what it wants. I don't care.

But what amazes me is that we even contemplating doing homage to the emptiness of same-sex-non-sex; unreproductive effort, with the term 'marriage'.

Where on earth is the public policy interest in something biologically and socially inert and of no moment in the continuation of the species?

Its represents a genetic dead end; does nothing to add to society (numerically, of course), and if it does involve children, its in the same terms that Nyland used in the SA Royal Commission into Child Protection Systems of adoption: its for the entertainment of adults, or in some cases, for them to give vent to their perversion.

Same sex marriage, in the final analysis, serves no beneficial evolutionary purpose. Its no business of government and probably damaging to children in the aggregate.

Here's how to run the government...

Every so often some worthy in government claims the breathtaking innovative idea of making the public service more like the private sector.

Let's remember how the private sector works:

In firms I've worked for we enjoyed: lunch provided by the employer, free alcohol whenever one wanted it, another firm provided drinks every Friday afternoon; a firm-hosted picnic day once a quarter, free Christmas parties...all good stuff. I'm awaiting the government following suit.

I see private sector workers (I guess...they are not dressed like public servants) in the city bars near me from about 3pm every day; more on Fridays.

All wonderful.

Now let's look at private sector performance:

Phillip Morris and purchase of 7UP: they couldn't make a quid on it and eventually sold it.
New Coke: big loss...let's get 'Coke Classic' back on the shelves.
VW and its emissions scandal.
Enron and Arthur Andersens and their shared scandal.
Xerox's numerous forays into IT, and back out again at huge losses (not to forget DEC, Compaq, IBM's late run at PC, Blackbery...)
And things you might not have heard of:
Bic underwear, Heinz cleaning vinegar, Virgin Cola, Gerber Singles (baby food for adults), Harley Davidson perfume, Pepsi AM.
Some things you have heard of:
Ford's Edsell (old now, but a goodie from the private sector experts), or what about the GM bailout from the US government because they cocked up their finances/customer knowledge/product development/forecasting/you name it?
A few from Australia: Queensland Nickel, SPC cannery, every car manufacturer, Arrium (SA steel mfgr), Australian Submarine Corporation, it goes on and on.

I'd think for some things, the  public sector is a safer bet than the private...at least we can toss the clowns out every few years.

Its in the numbers

8000 pups killed every year: shut down the industry ( in NSW)

But over 10 times that number of babies killed...quite acceptable.

Child sacrifice is an active part of the modern West.

Range Eggs

I used to buy range eggs, but only because they were free; today, in protest at their not being free at all, I bought cage eggs. I felt great. Who cares about chickens? Even dumber than regular birds.