Journal of Real Stuff
Issue 13
Pages 67 - 76
The Ramafications of
Electrification
Introduction
The electrification of radios and also other forms of
telecommunication has been widely discussed by Hague: 'Thesis on
the Real World' (1967), published in the journal of real stuff,
issue 11, pages 31 - 34. However this paper mainly centres around
the psychoanalytical processes formulated from the study rather
that the moral and ethical considerations of pumping a so-called
'electical appliance' with dangerously high volumes of
electricity. This action leaves the appliance disorientated and
jellylike shivering without taking into account the pain of 240V
pulsating through the circuitry. It should also be noted that
around nineteen radios are now seeking legal advice and are
forming a 'union of abused appliances' (UAA) with the intent of
sueing the electricity board of supplying their owners with a
substance which caused them pain. The leader of the UAA campaign
to stop pluging-in is a bosch 788 electric toaster who is said to
have suffered 22 years of abuse from a pensioner and alleges that
he ate toast at least once a day. It really is an appliance of
science.
Not all electrical appliances complain or even suffer these side effects from prolonged exposure to electricity but surely if there is a chance of inflicting grave discomfort the action should be outlawed? You are faced with a ethical dilemma which only you may decide for yourself: