29-06-2012, 07:07 PM
Quote:A leaked memo was sent to all staff in April ahead of cuts to incapacity benefit and disability living allowance.
It details a "new policy for all DWP businesses to help them manage suicide and self-harm declarations from customers".
The guidelines include a "six-point plan" for staff to follow.
Location: Anytown Job Centre.
Jobseeker: "I can't go on. I'm gonna kill myself"
Jobseeker pours petrol on himself and reaches for lighter.
Job Centre staff member pushes paper around desk: "Hang on, will you. I'm searching for my Six Point Plan."
Jobseeker sets himself on fire.
Job Centre staff member starts flicking through the Six Point Plan: "Can't help you, mate. There's nothing in here about self-immolation. (Sits back in his chair.) Perhaps you could continue that outside."
Jobseeker is now fully alight, his skin bubbling and peeling off....
Job Centre staff member: "Next. C'mon c'mon - I've got targets to meet."
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war