by Ely Tinkler

Created on: May 27, 2007

Funny, I was talking about changing the world with my dad the other day. He said that when he was my age he thought he could change it. I said the difference with me is that I know I can't. He told me to watch Erin Brockovich. So I did.
Just say I really could change it, like Erin. Be a somebody amongst all the nobodies. I'd scrap British systems in a flash.
And forget about 3rd world debt; all those billions of pounds they take from us every year could go to people who need it. But I don't trust all those agencies, I don't trust other people, so I'd go there and do it myself.

I'd tax those rich snobs like they've never been taxed before, so things get a bit more equal too.
The people in prison for unpaid taxes, fraud, not sending children to school etc would all be freed to leave room for real criminals.
I'm sure I would rewrite most of the laws.
School systems would have to change, so education is equal in all countries all over the world.
Oh the list is endless. I could go listing all the things that are wrong with our world forever and ever. I've thought about them, discussed them, got irritated over them so many times already in my life that I can't count them. But in the end, I can't do all those things.
But I also think maybe I was wrong when I said I couldn't change the world. Maybe nobody will take me seriously, tell me I'm a child and I don't understand, but if I stand up for what is right and what I believe in, then I am changing the world.

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