One Perfectly Justified Sacking
Apr. 2nd, 2008 01:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thessalianNick Eriksen got sacked!
So from those of you who remember my last entry, Nick Eriksen went around on a blog a couple of years ago, saying some really horrible shit about how "rape is a myth" and "career women are vile and unnatural". And it only came out recently that he was, indeed, the Mad Misogynist Blogger. And the uproar that ensued was, I gather, fairly severe, because the BNP, obviously at least knowing when things have gone entirely out of hand with one of their front-runners, basically went, "Erm ... no" and cut him out of the running for the London Assembly.
While I'm glad this man has no chance of actually getting in on the London Assembly, I sort of have to go through various levels of cynicism about this. On the one hand, I tend to think that if people had been quiet in their disapproval of this guy and his views, they'd not have bothered to remove him from the running. Therefore, on some level, my belief in the power of vocal protest is somewhat restored. But then I remember when the war in Iraq started (gods, that was so long ago) when there were massive protests and all Blair did was appear on telly from some conference in Blackpool, looking nervous and saying what boiled down to, "I know you all don't approve but I'm doing it anyway". I have no illusions about people making a difference when someone's really committed to being an arsehole. I'm not even convinced that the views on women espoused in that blog aren't fairly common among BNP members. In the end, I figure this all comes down to a bunch of political hacks trying to get rid of a weak link to improve their image (sure, we're neo-Nazi fucks, but at least we're not misogynist neo-Nazi fucks!) and get themselves in the press in some way other than "We're arseholes". Which depresses me, because it combines the worst aspects of politics with the 'no publicity is bad publicity' frame of mind that gets stars and their agents condoning destructive and antisocial behaviour to get their names sticking in the public consciousness just a little bit longer.
On the whole, therefore, I'm happy but I'm not about this bit of news. Odd place to be, mentally speaking, but what the hell. I'd have preferred to see him stand in the London Assembly and get whupped, personally.
In general news, I'm bored. Very, very bored. And wondering why on earth people don't seem to get that only Central Appointments is authorised to make appointments these days. I get that the patients might not know or understand that yet. The consultants, on the other hand...
I forgot what it was like to work for someone who insists that NHS policy ought to work for their personal convenience alone. Damn.
So from those of you who remember my last entry, Nick Eriksen went around on a blog a couple of years ago, saying some really horrible shit about how "rape is a myth" and "career women are vile and unnatural". And it only came out recently that he was, indeed, the Mad Misogynist Blogger. And the uproar that ensued was, I gather, fairly severe, because the BNP, obviously at least knowing when things have gone entirely out of hand with one of their front-runners, basically went, "Erm ... no" and cut him out of the running for the London Assembly.
While I'm glad this man has no chance of actually getting in on the London Assembly, I sort of have to go through various levels of cynicism about this. On the one hand, I tend to think that if people had been quiet in their disapproval of this guy and his views, they'd not have bothered to remove him from the running. Therefore, on some level, my belief in the power of vocal protest is somewhat restored. But then I remember when the war in Iraq started (gods, that was so long ago) when there were massive protests and all Blair did was appear on telly from some conference in Blackpool, looking nervous and saying what boiled down to, "I know you all don't approve but I'm doing it anyway". I have no illusions about people making a difference when someone's really committed to being an arsehole. I'm not even convinced that the views on women espoused in that blog aren't fairly common among BNP members. In the end, I figure this all comes down to a bunch of political hacks trying to get rid of a weak link to improve their image (sure, we're neo-Nazi fucks, but at least we're not misogynist neo-Nazi fucks!) and get themselves in the press in some way other than "We're arseholes". Which depresses me, because it combines the worst aspects of politics with the 'no publicity is bad publicity' frame of mind that gets stars and their agents condoning destructive and antisocial behaviour to get their names sticking in the public consciousness just a little bit longer.
On the whole, therefore, I'm happy but I'm not about this bit of news. Odd place to be, mentally speaking, but what the hell. I'd have preferred to see him stand in the London Assembly and get whupped, personally.
In general news, I'm bored. Very, very bored. And wondering why on earth people don't seem to get that only Central Appointments is authorised to make appointments these days. I get that the patients might not know or understand that yet. The consultants, on the other hand...
I forgot what it was like to work for someone who insists that NHS policy ought to work for their personal convenience alone. Damn.