Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Aaargg!! Charles Clarke The Ignoramus
In his defence of ID Cards, Charles Clarke says (via the BBC):
Longrider has some further analysis of the dictionary definition of voluntary. If you're a member of Labour, you would do well to remind yourself what the real meaning is.
"But Home Secretary Charles Clarke said passports were "voluntary documents" that no-one was forced to renew."Aaarggg!! Words fail me. Passports are not voluntary. We're forced to have them if we wish to leave the country (which sounds like a good idea to me). How can the Home Secretary (of all people) not see this? It's like saying that buying food is voluntary. It is, as long as you don't mind starving to death.
Longrider has some further analysis of the dictionary definition of voluntary. If you're a member of Labour, you would do well to remind yourself what the real meaning is.
