Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Ethics for Everyman















Throwing a bomb is bad,
Dropping a bomb is good;
Terror, no need to add,
Depends on who's wearing the hood.

Kangaroo courts are wrong.
Specialist courts are right;
Discipline by the strong
Is fair if your collar is white.

Company profit 'soars',
Wages, of course 'explode';
Profits deserve applause,
Pay claims, the criminal code.

Daily the Church declares
Betting shops are a curse;
Gambling with stocks and shares
Enlarges the national purse.

Workers are absentees,
Businessmen relax,
Different as chalk and cheese;
    Social morality
    Has a duality-
One for each side of the tracks.

Roger Woddis


(Italian emphasis my own)
(Picture: New-cover, Sue Coe)

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