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Complaining e-mails are down this week, so no work for me in the 'call centre' today. They did, however, offer us a day's work in the warehouse, a chance that I jumped at. Collecting odd job experiences is fun! And now I understand just how parcels can come to be sent out to the wrong people.
Not many of my colleagues joined me. I couldn't really understand their objections - perhaps it's something to do with being near the bottom of the economic pecking order as far as office work is concerned, and not wanting to let their self-image take a further knock by sinking to manual work. A year ago, I might have felt the same, but 3 months cleaning in France helped me get over that little hang-up. It was very interesting to observe other Iona volunteers - marketing executives or pastors or academics - struggling with their egos as they stacked shelves and cleaned toilets.
But, though I'd want something more mentally stimulating in the long term, my body certainly enjoyed spending the morning moving about and wrapping parcels rather than sitting in front of a screen guzzling tea and biscuits. And we had the radio on, and were treated to this.
According to this guy's myspace blog, his little record has been banned from the BBC for being too political. So he's trying to get it into the charts so 'they have to play it'. I'm a bit skeptical about this - it seems the record isn't actually released until March and he's asking for preorders. If he really wanted to get it out there, why not make it a free download rather than making us wait for a month? But I guess it wouldn't hit the official charts, then. Regardless, I'd like to hear the rest of the song. And I'd like to hear it on the BBC - it could be quite cathartic to a lot of people. And it has quite a catchy chorus. ;)
That said, encouraging people to vilify financial institutions is rather missing the point. Basing money supply on interest-bearing loans is inherently doomed to failure, and talking about securitisation as if it's just a technical issue is akin to thinking that burning fossil fuels more efficiently will save us from climate change and the vagaries of Russian gas companies.
I do feel sorry for the BBC, though. They've taken so much flack about being political that they seem afraid to do anything. But life is political. People accuse the churches of being too political, too - but surely the act of refusing to be 'political' is also political? To ban a song that comments on a major issue of the day (albeit in a very tongue in cheek fashion) is blatant censorship of the arts. But I guess that doesn't count as being political...
Oh, and while on the subject of amusing comments on the current financial crisis, which neatly relates to my last public post, check this out.
Not many of my colleagues joined me. I couldn't really understand their objections - perhaps it's something to do with being near the bottom of the economic pecking order as far as office work is concerned, and not wanting to let their self-image take a further knock by sinking to manual work. A year ago, I might have felt the same, but 3 months cleaning in France helped me get over that little hang-up. It was very interesting to observe other Iona volunteers - marketing executives or pastors or academics - struggling with their egos as they stacked shelves and cleaned toilets.
But, though I'd want something more mentally stimulating in the long term, my body certainly enjoyed spending the morning moving about and wrapping parcels rather than sitting in front of a screen guzzling tea and biscuits. And we had the radio on, and were treated to this.
According to this guy's myspace blog, his little record has been banned from the BBC for being too political. So he's trying to get it into the charts so 'they have to play it'. I'm a bit skeptical about this - it seems the record isn't actually released until March and he's asking for preorders. If he really wanted to get it out there, why not make it a free download rather than making us wait for a month? But I guess it wouldn't hit the official charts, then. Regardless, I'd like to hear the rest of the song. And I'd like to hear it on the BBC - it could be quite cathartic to a lot of people. And it has quite a catchy chorus. ;)
That said, encouraging people to vilify financial institutions is rather missing the point. Basing money supply on interest-bearing loans is inherently doomed to failure, and talking about securitisation as if it's just a technical issue is akin to thinking that burning fossil fuels more efficiently will save us from climate change and the vagaries of Russian gas companies.
I do feel sorry for the BBC, though. They've taken so much flack about being political that they seem afraid to do anything. But life is political. People accuse the churches of being too political, too - but surely the act of refusing to be 'political' is also political? To ban a song that comments on a major issue of the day (albeit in a very tongue in cheek fashion) is blatant censorship of the arts. But I guess that doesn't count as being political...
Oh, and while on the subject of amusing comments on the current financial crisis, which neatly relates to my last public post, check this out.
