Prisoner Zero 8.

I am writing this blog for my Nephew Oliver a day after he was born.

He was born into a world of undecided torment. A world where state powers are corrupt and citizens turn a blind eye. Where humans as masses are selfish and moronic and where individuals voices are quiet. We are at the top of the food chain and technologically advanced, but still intent on destroying our world. We take and dont replenish. War has become sterile and we kill millions at the touch of a button. We are disasociating ourselves and send brave people to fufill the wishes of greedy politicians. We are consumer driven and manipulated by the Media. We support mindless idiots and find their un-educated thoughts endearing, and encourage our children to admire them. But not because of their brains and contribution to society, purely for their money, glamour and good looks. We are dominated by brain dead programmes on the tv and will happily sit through repeats of 20 year old sitcoms because we dont have to think. Our societies across the glove are angry at everything and everyone and we are lied to constantly. We are too sensitive and we deal with this by labelling it policical correctness. What in fact that is doing is merely sensoring what we can and cant say to allegedly create a 'peaceful atmosphere.' This is great in theory, but it has been taken to the extreme. Our justice system allows rapists and murderers to be set free within a year, drink drivers to only be cautioned and someone who beats an old lady up for a fiver may only get community service. People dont read anymore, preferring to wait for the film to come out and only Hollywood blockbusters are given financial backing, which often involves bad acting and no plot. We have starving people and millions are murdered in horrendous ways and we do nothing. Preferring to turn a blind eye as its not happening on our doorstep. But when we do make a stand, no one with any power listens to us, even in a democracy like ours. Those that want to travel are made to feel guilty because the latest fad is carbon foot prints. But we are told this by the same people (our prime minister) who will fly from London to Manchester instead of taking the train. We are told to support fair trade and use organic products because they are better for you but the prices are so high, and every day we are bombarded with reports of the latest cancer or contagin that is used as a scaremongering tactic. We do atrocious things to each other and then sweep it under the carpet and forget. Those that want to be educated more than the state forces you to be are pressured because it is so expensive. We have people living off the state systems who choose to so they dont have to work because they are lazy, but people like my mum who have worked 25 years for the same company and then was made redundant, cant get a job and cant afford a thing.

We as individuals are selfish egomaniacs who always think our lives are worse than others and all the while we are being terrified into believing that there is an unknown threat lurking outside waiting to kill us.

Your birth date was made sad 6 years ago because extremists decided to attack the west and kill over 3,000 innocent people and yet their government flew the highjackers families out of the country hours afterwards instead of holding them.

But the good out weighs the bad. It may not be enough to fill the same amount of lines, but the quality is better.

We care and we stand up sometimes for whats right, which in turn gives a shimmer of faith that we are good. We have the ability to stand on two legs, read and write and design amazing things. I can see photos of you from only a few hours old over the internet. Mobile phones are so small and you can watch television with them. I can keep in contact with people i have not seen for years through email which is instant, instead of letters. We draw and write beautiful things and are accessable to anyone. We can travel freely to anywhere in the world and everything is now cheap. We can have our say without being persacuted and i can talk to whoever i want. I can choose to have a good job and rival the men or i can stay at home and raise a family. I can see my favourite band and i can drink with my friends. I can read the books i want without it being censored (to the best of my knowledge anyway) and not be judged. I can take control of my sexuality and be my own person. I can buy amazing clothes and have colour and variety in ways people never had before. I can change my opinions and career with not much difficulty.

The world you are born into is awful at times, but it is far greater. I know that your parents have wanted you for a long time and now you are finally here. I have only seen photos of you and probably wont get to hold you for a long time, but i am proud to be an auntie and i will be the coolest one there is!

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