Boat Race

I come from what I suppose would be considered a poor background, but never suffered or required anything. I went through state schooling and here I am. I have a regard for others and take great pride in the achievement of others as it relates to me, the national sporting champions for instance or the business I work for being successful.

I am mildly interested in the Boat Race and extremely proud that these august institutions have remained centres of academic excellence for centuries. Are they flawed? I would imagine so. But they still attract the best brains.

So what of the imbecile who swam in front of the race to highlight his assertion that 'elitism leads to tyranny'? Well, inasmuch as quite a few people would see him as being somewhere inside that bubble, I suppose there must be some truth in it because he feels people should bend to his will. That is a tyranny.

His high handed actions relied inherently on the people taking part in and running the race not being arrogant, rude, selfish and uncaring towards others as he clearly is, because otherwise they would have just run him down. Had not an oar knocked him unconscious a following boat may have shredded him with its propeller.

A large number of people turn out to watch the boat race and I just wonder who he thinks his constituency is? It would seem likely they reside in Bedlam.

Elitism gives us the fine buildings of Wren, the country modelling of Capability Brown, the art of Da Vinci. It even constructs the Olympics and admires Usain Bolt. He runs faster, over a short distance than any one else and this makes him elite. Or, just faster than any one else.  The difference is only realised if you decide to take offence. Elitism challenges us to do better.

A lack of elitism leads to the architecture of Stalin and North Korea. An absence of the effort required to 'do well' leads to starvation and war through envy. It leads to a 'class war'. Indeed, the supposed 'intellectualisation' of thought is the opposite. It is the debasement of thought.

The Left refer to Intellectual the same way they refer to Progressive; as lies. They attempt to capture language so they can distort it and present a narrative of their creation, to support their assertion, but which fails the test of reality. Progressive means to progress, but the Left just change, change to move things on in a direction they desire. Intellectual is used to try to suggest they are elitist thinkers and therefore beyond reproach. Elitism here being acceptable!

In reality a Left 'intellectual' is someone who feels someone else should fund their life, while they 'think' important things. Common people call them wasters when they are being polite. Which brings us back to Boat Race Pillock.