Prismatic Reflection

The Village Shows The way

   The citizens of The Village enjoy a number of privileges, a credit card system which was far from being the world-wide phenomenon that it is today, and has been for many years. Back in the mid 1960's there was only the Diners Credit Card, and in order to use it as a Credit Card, you yourself had to put money on the card. Soon after the Prisoner Barclays brought out the Barclay Credit Card.

   Then there's the non-alcoholic drinks, "Gin, Whisky, Vodka, looks the same, tastes the same." Well the world first caught up with The Village with non-alcoholic beers, which didn't taste at all the same as alcoholic beers. Then there's non-alcoholic wines, well I just wonder, what with the question of "binge drinking" here in Britain, how much longer it will be before we catch up with The Village with it's non-alcoholic Gin, Whisky, Vodka!

    The Village is an international community, which I believe was the prediction of what at the time was the "Common Market," but which is now the international community of Europe today. The Village has one currency the "Work Unit," and some countries have adopted the European single currency of the "Euro."

    There's the cordless telephone used in The Village, which millions of people enjoy today.....the mobile phone, an irritation which many people can do without!

    The Village strips away ones individuality, ones identity. And for years we have been concerned with the theft of ones identity, which we are all keen to protect.

    The identity card is carried by every citizen in The Village, but no-one is asked to see anyone’s identity card, because they wear their numbered badge on their clothing. But that is no proof of anyone. No.6 wears the numbered badge of 54 as part of his disguise as a Village educational administrator in ‘The General.’ Only once does anyone flash their identity card, and that was by No.2 to one of the security guards as No.2 went into the Generals office. So why is it that no-one in The Village asks to see any one persons identity card? Here in the UK there was the idea of making everyone have an identity card, but it would not be imposed upon anyone to have to carry their identity card with them wherever they go. But I am happy to say that this identity card scheme has been dropped by the new coalition government.

   So the world has caught up with The Village, and has become the Global Village, in which the international language has become English, which is the international language in The Village.

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