In the days of the Latin American dirty wars, there were reports of the torturers going home to heir wives and children when their duty finished, enjoying a meal and a game with the kids before bed-time, then - unable to resist going back to the interrogation centre - they'd say they were sorry, very busy, going to have to get back to work. The wives probably had a fair idea what was going on, but knew (a) it was much better not to enquire, and (b) the communist bitches were only getting what they deserved ...
Yes, the joys of the 20th Century when men were men and women.... Oh never mind!
We still haven't found out exactly who the "You" of our story is yet have we?
And the wider political context of these events is about to take on added significance to certain members of CF, those members who also belong to the loose association known as 'The Resistance Movement': not the snappiest of nomenclature choices I grant you but it does pretty much 'do what it says on the tin'. The organisation running their depraved and horrific intelligence operation from the basement of the government office block put considerably more effort into the selection of a name alone that would strike fear into the populace generally and terror into the hearts of enemies of the State specifically.
This however
not being the 20th Century some spotty Millenial started by 'asking Siri', that individual now thankfully languishes in the deepest depths of the dungeons at the outermost edges of the Republic after, when, after they were told what they could do with their suggested names (suffice to say one came with a rainbow motif!), they persisted in asking the Senior Officer who had told them to "Fuck off and don't ever speak to me again!" why he was being "so rude" to them? Adding that the officer had "hurt my feelings, made me feel undervalued and added to my social inadequacy complex. I need to take the rest of the day off to drink ginseng tea and self reflect".
Still, there had to be endless Committee meetings at which several 'enlightened' types had insisted on 'focus groups' and the hiring of numerous Brand Consultancy Agencies, all of which finally resulted in the naming of the most feared, ruthless, underhand and generally despicable secret police force currently operating as "
Secret
Police
and
Non-
Conformity
Elimination &
Rehabilitation
Service (Otherwise known as
SPaNCERS albeit that sometimes the SP is inexplicably shortened to a W, oh, and the C
is pronounced as a K just is case you're one of those pedant types!). This was not a decision that sat well with the likes of our 'Teacher' protagonist as you might well imagine! In fact, he made a point of detaining the Chair of one Committee whom he found particularly objectionable and having 'found' the 'evidence' (that he had recently had planted) of her misdeeds was particularly spiteful throughout her interrogation....she no longer sits on any committees, in fact I believe she may have last sat on a rather large spike but who knows.....
But I digress at length once more, so, where was I? Oh yes the "wider political context", yes. The dictatorial government of our recently 'liberated' Republic has employed the ruse that "if you haven't done anything wrong then you have nothing to fear" in order to ratify legislation that will enter the statute book with Presidential approval later this week. Sweeping new powers are to be granted and a wholesale overhaul of the criminal justice and State Security systems will take immediate effect.
The basic premise being: You are a State Citizen ergo the State owns you. Hence you pay your taxes and obey all laws including curfew, freedom of speech etc. etc. Should you breach the laws of the State then the State may remove your liberty and impose any penalty it deems fit upon you. Human Rights are for those who do not breach the Rights of the State, those who do deserve the punishment that shall surely be allotted to them. Furthermore, gone are the days of the State warehousing criminal elements for free. Under Section 248, sub-paragraph 62, clause 14, sub-clause 8 of the Penal Reform and Securities of the Borders of our Glorious State Act 2020 "
Conviction whether summary or upon indictment shall lead to the imposition by the Government appointed Judge so-finding a penalty fine on a scale adjudicated with reference to Schedules 148 (Culpability of the Defendant) and 178 (Severity of punitive measures appropriate) and these financial impositions shall be disbursed by the convicted felon prior to any prospect of a Parole Board Hearing. To whit the convicted felon may be put to whatsoever task or sufferance that a properly appointed Penal Rehabilitation Institute Controller deems appropriate in the circumstances"
The effect of the above will be to enslave convicts. The fines range from RP1,000,000 (and that isn't Rupees! The Republican Pound is worth circa £1). A re-offending street prostitute for example can expect a fine in the order of RP10,000,000. At minimum wage working 15 hours a day 7 days a week that will take 215 years (roughly) to pay off such a fine and that is without taking into account the RP200 p/week that is charged by the Penal facilities for 'Board and Rent'.
Oddly enough, prostitution being what it is, the Government has concluded that it fancies itself as a Nationalised 'Pimp' and prisoners will be rented to whomsoever wants to rent them for the princely sum of RP120 p/hour and they can quite literally do anything they like to the convict short of killing them (that too can be arranged but deeper pockets will be needed), the State meanwhile has the visual rights to any and all exploits that take place within its corrective facilities and sells distribution and viewing rights around the globe to those who wish to view the punishment, use and humiliation of the guilty. There is to be a website established specifically for those who cannot attend in person to specify punishments or acts of a lewd and humiliating nature to be carried out to the prisoner of their choosing for an appropriate fee.
Failure by a convicted felon to participate in their Repayment to Society shall lead to summary punishment up to and including execution by any means mandated by the PRIC managing their Penal Reform Institute. Anyone here care to speculate as to how this might end?
Right now signs are being made for erection at all existing as well as the many new Penal Reform Institutions they read "
The State owns your flesh - your mind is worthless", The Resistance Movement is to be eradicated, it is pointless and futile to attempt to resist such forces as are ranged against you now. Gone are the days of shooting traitors, no matter how cruelly and brutally they did so. Now traitors will be slowly and deliberately broken, humiliated, demonised, sodomised and spat in the eyes before almost inevitably being put to death for "failure to properly and diligently discharge their duties in their Repayment to Society Programme".
Despite the certainty of long and protracted torture and abuse (or maybe because of it
) some members of CF and the Resistance Movement will fight bravely on until they too fall to the SPaNCERS, are you at risk? Have you been associated with any such members? Would you like to perhaps inform on a member for such activities? Members who wish to 'have a chat' can PM me.....
YOU meanwhile remain in your cell recovering from the night spent in strappado, when you return to the torture chamber it will be extremely difficult for you to maintain further resistance and you may not be alone.......