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U|Rockers - The 100 Year Vision

U|Rockers are adamantly against the general lifestyle oppression that the population of the UK and most other western cultures are being increasingly subjected to from intolerant killjoys who feel the need to either justify their jobs or assert their fear-laden moralism on the free-spirited. Most of this suffocation is directed at activities that aren’t impactive on anyone but the chooser, and U|Rockers argue that everyone should have the right to choose to do what they like to themselves however harmful, so long as others aren’t endangered.

We want to live in a world where freedom of choice wholly exists, where our intelligence is not continually insulted by ridiculous restrictions on our way of life and where common sense is respected. U|Rockers have the belief that this can and will be achieved in the next stages of social evolution.

The need to control us is invariably driven by the insecurity of small-minded politicians and public officials who think that the only way they can be effective is to impose restrictions on where we go, what we do, how we do it and when. This is generally achieved by the multitude of regulations we have to adhere to everyday, but also by engendering fear by various means (the fear of terrorist attacks or deadly diseases for example) and by playing on already existing fears, in the case of race and drugs for example.

In years to come U|Rockers firmly believe we can push back the walls that have slowly been closing in and regain the freedom of spirit that the intolerant minority have been trying to snuff out. We’ll get the fires burning again and revive the diversity of character and eccentricities that make the human race such a valuable, rewarding and fulfilling thing to be part of.

Sex

It’s a basic human right, it’s the most natural act in the world, without it we wouldn’t be here, but it can provoke the strangest reactions in people: inhibitions, horror, fear. They seem to want to make it a dirty taboo activity most probably because they’re so frightened of being crap at it.

The rise in popularity of Dogging in the summer of 2003 has been a very healthy upturn of events and already the ‘authorities’ think they have to do something about it. Why? It’s not exactly going on in residential areas. OK, it’s happening in public beauty spots but invariably late into the evening so exposure to minors is highly unlikely. The argument that it brings in prostitution and with that drugs is a ridiculous one because dogging meetings are always planned and not a regular event in a regular location, and participants of both sexes are entirely consensual and considered. The argument that it involves date-rape drugs is also vacuous because most cases are initiated in bars and clubs by drink spiking and so controlling dogging is like shutting the proverbial stable door. The same goes for the fear of STD transmissions, follow that one and you have to first ban discos.

Live and let live is all we have to do. You’re never going to come across dogging activity unless you’re out there looking for it. It’s not harmful to anyone, it’s a free pleasure, let us get on with it and enjoy it.

Smoking

Everyone knows smoking is dangerous to your health but many people like it and everyone should have the choice, given the facts, to partake or not. The furore over passive smoking has substance and in response most bars and clubs have non-smoking areas. But the move to ban smoking in all public places is the work of fascists, not to mention the move to ban smoking altogether. The main argument surrounds the health costs: Get real. The estimated £1.7 billion cost to the NHS is less than a fifth of the £9.3 billion the government earns from taxes. We’re paying for our health care five times over.

U|Rockers say: Let us smoke ourselves to death if we want to.

Drinking

Drinking’s a healthy pastime too, a very social activity for the most part and one that society thankfully tolerates to a certain extent. Though why it tolerates this drug and not others is perpetually bewildering. We’re still told when we can and can’t drink in bars and clubs though, which is only explained by the need to control. We can drink anytime of the day or night at home, so why can’t we do the same in pubs?

U|Rockers will have us drinking when we want to where we want to – if the pub chooses to open.

Drugs

Here’s some more statistics for you: The government collected £154 billion in taxes on alcohol in 2003. The cost to the NHS for alcohol-related illnesses and injuries is estimated at £3 billion annually, a drop in the ocean. Drug abuse costs society upwards of £19 billion (£300 per person) of which only £4 billion is the bill to the NHS. The rest is all crime related. And of course the government earns nothing in duty.

U|Rockers aren’t the only ones to state the obvious: legalise all drugs. The war on drugs is a joke. Make it all legal, licensed and taxed and all the existing problems disappear: The organised crime, the individual crime to pay for it and the burden on the justice system. £15 billion pounds saved in one fell swoop and another £150 billion pounds are year from taxes, some of which can be directed at the root causes of addiction and drug abuse.

Motoring

Speed cameras on roads with unrealistic speed limits, don’t you just love them? Dual carriageways outside built-up areas with 50mph limits are a nonsense considering you can legally drive down a narrow country lane at 60mph if you want to. And there’s bound to be a camera on the dual carriageway. How blatant can they be without admitting it’s just another road tax, and the move to keep the fines but not the license points is further admission of the fact. Road safety figures have worsened since the widespread introduction of cameras and blanket speed limits but there’s no sign of a back-down. How frustrating it all is and then they wonder what’s causing the recent increase in road-rage statistics.

U|Rockers are confident that common sense can and will prevail and that a respect for the intelligence of the majority of drivers will win out in the next 100 years.
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