The great convergence of all the world’s idiots into one, big indistinguishable glob is a phenomenon that has been widely documented throughout the blogosphere but is one that, hitherto, I had only read about but not actually witnessed.
That has now changed. Just about an hour ago, I was caught up in real, live manifestation of this phenomenon on the streets of Tottenham, North London. Well, when I say, ‘caught up’, I was actually on my way to a DIY superstore to engage in some healthy, life-affirming consumerism when I got stuck in traffic behind a slow-moving demonstration. On being allowed by the police to drive slowly by while it snaked its way down Tottenham High Road, I got a good look at all the banners; Kurdish communists, Sinn Fein, Hamas supporters and anti-globalisation protestors. There they were, marching and chanting side by side, arm-in-arm in protest for or against something or other. I didn’t care enough to inquire.
But, as I drove by, I felt the warm satisfaction of knowing that they were chiefly complaining about people like me. Splendid! I wound down my car windows, turned up the John Philip Sousa march that was conveniently playing on my car radio and sped off to do my bit to help spread capitalism.
