"Those who are at present so eager to be reconciled with the world at any price must take care not to be reconciled with it under this particular aspect: as the nest of The Unspeakable. This is what too few are willing to see... Be human in this most inhuman of ages; guard the image of man for it is the image of God.." Thomas Merton, Raids on the Unspeakable “A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death— the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, and murders that we are not going to be judged.” Czesław Miłosz
Government ministers ‘congratulated themselves’ for cutting fire regulations Charles White for Metro.co.uk Friday 16 Jun 2017 "Conservative ministers were proud of slashing fire regulations, just months ahead of the Grenfell Tower block blaze. In February this year, ministers posted on a government website details of their ‘anti-red tape’ agenda on new-build properties. In a separate report fire safety inspections, the Conservatives said, had been reduced for some companies from six hours to just 45 minutes. The move, titled Cutting Red Tape, was part of the Tory plans to abolish a ‘health and safety’ culture that they claimed was hurting money-making businesses. Residents in Grenfell Tower block have complained that their homes were not properly fire-safe including lack of sprinklers and alarms. Former Prime Minister David Cameron promised to abolish the ‘albatross’ of ‘over regulation’. He said in 2012 that a Conservative government would: ‘Kill off the health and safety culture for good’. The death toll from the fire in Kensington is expected to rise to almost 100. More than 2,400 pieces of regulation have been scrapped since Cut Red Tape began... Read the original article here.
