Rent A Cause

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Let's join a Cause, Anna.

I'm feeling a bit pissed-off and I'm sure someone's to blame, somewhere.

I'm not fussy about which Cause: It could be one where you want to stop something from happening; or one where you want to 'save' something (or somebody); or a really grand one where you want to start your own religion or your own state - or both.

The advantage of a Cause is that you can get away with anything as long as it's 'for the Cause'; (As one political 'radical' put it to me: the end dictates the means.  Behaviour that normally would  be termed anti-social, immoral or even  downright criminal is now judged only by it's expediency in furthering the aims of 'the Cause'. You can get away with murder - literally.

Do you have to be a fanatic before you join a Cause? Or does joining automatically confer fanatic status upon you?

I haven't got time to go into the niceties of this question, Anna. When in furtherance of a Cause you have to act decisively; none of this shilly-shallying over philosophical questions.

'After the revolution, the first to go are the old intellectuals'. Not only do you no longer need them - they are downright dangerous.

But wait - I've just had a better idea: Why not start our own cause? I am sure we would attract the disaffected masses, looking for somewhere to focus their angst - and their energy.

We could have some car stickers printed: Save The Ferret; Independence for Swindon; Back to Basics (we needn't be specific about what 'basics' we want to get back to - that's the beauty of this one: people could fill in their own 'basics'.

So what do you think, Anna? There may even be some money in it; not that I am interested in money - but every Cause needs funds!

Let's man the barricades.

George