In the West we are trapped in every way by our twenty first century surveillance states: by government debt and tax slavery, first and foremost, then by the classroom formed norms forced on us by a statute welding Arrogance of Altruists chanting their hollowed out ideology that politicians have their self-interest in check and are sane on matters politick, that crusading celebrities have a clue what they’re talking about, that …(Me – work in progress.)
I
could as easily have turned that last phrase toward celebrity hypocrisy.
On
this clip, John Campbell two days ago covered the controversy over the building
of a Milford/Dartmore tunnel in Fiordland. The clip makes a point of the
damning and slamming on environmental concerns of this tunnel by the usual
suspects amongst New Zealand’s Hypocrisy of Celebrities. Chief amongst them:
Sam
Neill, speaking, no doubt, as a concerned inhabitant of that corner of the
country; all the while apparently oblivious that he is currently caught in a controversy of his own,
wanting to subdivide and develop another part of that pristine vista to
build houses, to the chagrin of his neighbours.
Movie star Sam Neill – historically a rigorous opponent of rural over-development – is one of three landowners trying to subdivide a 25-hectare Dalefield plot and create two house lots.
The application’s been opposed by a council planner who says the proposed building sites are on the property’s most visible spots – and would degrade “the arcadian pastoral character of the site”.
At a hearing this month, a Fitzpatrick Road neighbour said he feared losing valuable mountain views.
Neill created international headlines 13 years ago when he slammed then-mayor Warren Cooper for “willy-nilly” carving up Queenstown rural land.
More
on this from Whaleoil here.
And
of course Peter Jackson had to have an opinion also: no to this tunnel. Mind
you, a cynic might say that’s okay for him, he doesn’t have to do the four or
five hour road trip, whatever it is, without the tunnel to Milford, as he can get
there in about ten seconds in his new carbon spewing $80 million Gulfstream private jet. That thing's faster than anything in our air force: truly, it is.
I
love both of these men in the work they do in their own field, they make my
life better by their creativity and ambition. I reckon they should stick to their specialties, however, rather than telling me how they think I should live my life. Or at the
very least, 'live your ideas, and ditch the hypocrisy, guys.' No subdividing pristine New Zealand, Sam; and get on the bus with the other plebs, Peter, but take your packed lunch: the trip takes a while.
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