[essence of life] wallace, gromit and freedom

For those of you had the extreme misfortune to miss the post on Wallace and Gromit by Tiberius Gracchus [real name Westminster Wisdom], this blog believes that he encapsulated the whole essence of what we're fighting for now in the west.

Writing of a couple of endearing clay puppet characters, Tiberius put it this way:

Civilisation isn't just Michelangelo and Machiavelli, its Wallace and his efforts to get to the moon, its loving Wensleydale and its a dog knitting in a chair and rats with shades over their eyes, its merry eccentricity which is a value all to itself.

The absurdity of life is in many ways its essence- when we talk about freedom often we lose sight of the fact that freedom isn't just a political issue- its a personal issue as well.

Put simply in a totalitarian state like North Korea, you can't live a life based on Wensleydale and tea - you can't just decide to build a rocket to go to the moon (theoretically you could in the West) and you can't be madly, loveably, endeeringly and frustratingly often eccentric.

That's the reason its important to be free - its so the Wallaces and Gromits continue to flourish in our society.

Yes, yes, yes and yes. Change anything you like here for North America or Oceania, Asia or Africa - the principle is the same. This is now officially adopted as the philosophy of this blog - the very thing we must fight to the death for - the right to be happily loopy, to do as we wish as long as we don't hurt others.

We know who they are, with their ID cards, SPPNA, EU Army and all the other paraphernalia of a very sad bunch of people who delude themselves that they are the elite.

Thank you for putting it so clearly, Tiberius.