There's something I don't like about the way the Queensland Labor Government keeps suggesting another Referendum on Daylight saving when it isn't long since we had one and voted No. Their continued insistence makes me feel like Daylight Saving comes from the same stuff as the Left's moral, cultural and political relativism.
As one Pastor Tweeted: "Still proud to be a Queenslander - plenty of sunshine without messing with the clock. So, no confusion - church is at usual time tomorrow!"
If synchronization between the Tweed and the Gold Coast is desirable, then the Tweed can change for the Gold Coast not the Gold Coast for the Tweed - the Tweed has more to do with the Gold Coast than it does with Sydney 800km away.
It's interesting that the politically conservative States of Queensland and Western Australia adhere to standard time. Changing to Daylight Saving time seems to be akin to moral and cultural relativism.
Fact: four o'clock is four o'clock. To say it's five o'clock is an aberration, a deformity, mutation, contortion, distortion, malformation, deviation, manipulation, abnormality, defect, irregularity, disturbance, it's akin to relativism, it's the opposite to Conservativism and absolutism, it's latitudinarianist - to be honest, it's like elective cosmetic surgery.
If you want to make more use of daylight, get up an hour earlier - but don't call four o'clock five o'clock.
I wouldn't mind so much if the relativist Left wasn't so imposing after we've already had our say in a Referendum.
Queensland has only ever had one referendum on daylight saving and that was in 1992. So, nearly two decades ago - that's a pretty long time between drinks, even though you suggest it wasn't long ago. You are also suggesting that the fact of 4 o'clock is 4 o'clock. OK, yes, but that is an arbitrary time you are referring to. Daylight saving doesn't change any natural occurring event, it simply adjusts the time of the clock to be more realistic to where the sun sits in the sky. In summer, there is an hour of wasted sunlight - I can't mow my lawn at 5am or 6am.
ReplyDelete@ DAYLIGHT SAVING IN SEQ: Instead of calling four o'clock five o'clock in summer, just say, "During summer, we start work at seven instead of eight".
ReplyDelete@ DAYLIGHT SAVING IN SEQ: Daylight Saving also robs people of the freedom to enjoy that extra hour of morning sunlight for themselves at home before going to work - forcing them instead to have that extra hour of sunlight in the hot afternoon after a long day's work.
ReplyDelete@ DAYLIGHT SAVING IN SEQ: Yes, the Referendum was quite a few years ago - but, four o'clock is still four o'clock. The sun still rises at the same time. Some things never change - because they are absolutes. Queenslanders still don't think four o'clock is five o'clock - even these many years after the Referendum. If you want to go to work an hour earlier in summer, go to work an hour earlier in summer.
ReplyDeleteThe sun actually doesn't rise - the planet we inhabit (Earth) spins on its axis, making the Sun appear to rise - that is an absolute. Daylight Saving does not change this natural occurring event. If everyone who wanted daylight saving was to just "go to work earlier" as you suggest, then when you went to the shop at 4pm, you would wonder why it was shut. Not having daylight saving robs people of greater opportunities - I'm sure you wouldn't want your neighbours to be playing cricket in the backyard at 5am.
ReplyDeleteNot having daylight saving doesn't rob everyone of greater opportunities - it dictates to everyone when they will have that opportunity - in the afternoon - instead of allowing them the freedom to decide when they will have that opportunity - in the morning or in the afternoon if they want to.
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