They say that the road to hell is paved with the best of intentions, maybe there is a valid point in that statement, yet I doubt it would ever stop someone who believes in their chosen course from moving ever onwards to their rendezvous with certain calamity. I suppose in reality we all have a lemming-type attitude somewhere hidden beneath the surface, be it exposed in our determination to see a task through to the finish whatever the outcome or be stubborn enough to stick with say a relationship that clearly bears little or no fruit, these are clear examples of sticking with your "wing man" that we really should have learnt from many years ago but still persist in continuing.
Having flown over to Australia in the last few days I was given ample time courtesy of British Airways to ponder such things as why we are such an antagonistic race, surely if we all got on with each other and shared the resources we have more fairly the world would be a much better place? Instead we have wars and fights and arguments etc that just seem totally pointless, I have yet to see any politician with a gun in his or her hand stood in a trench at four in the morning waiting for someone to take a pot shot at them, no that is done by the foot soldiers who unsurprisingly don't want to be there but follow orders and obey their superiors. The fact that those superiors are people who will not get killed by a snipers bullet and fine dine and drink best champagne with other "superiors" means that is one hell of a leap of faith for the soldier.
I think if government ministers thought more about the results of war and were put on the front line to witness it first hand we would have far less conflicts than we currently do, it's easy to play war games in an armchair. I guess as we gain experience through life we see things through different eyes, some of us also have offspring that we care about deeply and hate the thought of them being brought up alongside the theatre of war and accepting it as the done thing, it should be the last resort, not the guaranteed climax to negotiations but I somehow think while we have leaders we will always have wars.
The forest fires over here in Newcastle have been very intense and at times for the population very scary. Uncontrolled fire is nature at her most fiercest, especially when fanned by such high winds that have plagued the area for the last few weeks, it's almost the "perfect storm" as far as bush fires are concerned.
While travelling over from Sydney I happened to be speaking to a very nice couple who lived in the area and we got to talking about the fires, obviously they were both concerned as the fires were a little close for comfort but during the conversation I asked why the area we were travelling along now was not being control burned in stages so that the huge bush fires were not allowed to start stretching their claws across thousands of hectares and judging by the look they gave one another they too were as perplexed as I about the seeming lack of the most obvious action, the answer I was given very much surprised me, as apparently that is exactly what the Aborigines used to do, they would control burn areas in rotation but because the "Green" group don't want burning because of wildlife and emission issues that burning is now only allowed once every six years and apparently that will soon be voted to seven. I was astonished that modern day Australia bowed to such pressure from such sentimental beings as to me a bush fire is as much a part of nature as the leaping whale in Sydney Harbour, it's planned to take place in the grand scheme of things to help keep the balance and ensure longevity and the spawning of new life, it's a classic tale of "The road to hell" as I have commented above and I fear Australia is heading for much more devastation and heartache if these vast areas of bush are controlled by the wishes and hearts of the few while the sacrifice is felt by the many. Perhaps some of those high ranking Green ministers would like to grab a hose and stand alongside the brave men and women now tackling such horrific fires, or perhaps the fine dining and champagne while having a jolly good talk about the matter is much more appealing..?
Having flown over to Australia in the last few days I was given ample time courtesy of British Airways to ponder such things as why we are such an antagonistic race, surely if we all got on with each other and shared the resources we have more fairly the world would be a much better place? Instead we have wars and fights and arguments etc that just seem totally pointless, I have yet to see any politician with a gun in his or her hand stood in a trench at four in the morning waiting for someone to take a pot shot at them, no that is done by the foot soldiers who unsurprisingly don't want to be there but follow orders and obey their superiors. The fact that those superiors are people who will not get killed by a snipers bullet and fine dine and drink best champagne with other "superiors" means that is one hell of a leap of faith for the soldier.
I think if government ministers thought more about the results of war and were put on the front line to witness it first hand we would have far less conflicts than we currently do, it's easy to play war games in an armchair. I guess as we gain experience through life we see things through different eyes, some of us also have offspring that we care about deeply and hate the thought of them being brought up alongside the theatre of war and accepting it as the done thing, it should be the last resort, not the guaranteed climax to negotiations but I somehow think while we have leaders we will always have wars.
The forest fires over here in Newcastle have been very intense and at times for the population very scary. Uncontrolled fire is nature at her most fiercest, especially when fanned by such high winds that have plagued the area for the last few weeks, it's almost the "perfect storm" as far as bush fires are concerned.
While travelling over from Sydney I happened to be speaking to a very nice couple who lived in the area and we got to talking about the fires, obviously they were both concerned as the fires were a little close for comfort but during the conversation I asked why the area we were travelling along now was not being control burned in stages so that the huge bush fires were not allowed to start stretching their claws across thousands of hectares and judging by the look they gave one another they too were as perplexed as I about the seeming lack of the most obvious action, the answer I was given very much surprised me, as apparently that is exactly what the Aborigines used to do, they would control burn areas in rotation but because the "Green" group don't want burning because of wildlife and emission issues that burning is now only allowed once every six years and apparently that will soon be voted to seven. I was astonished that modern day Australia bowed to such pressure from such sentimental beings as to me a bush fire is as much a part of nature as the leaping whale in Sydney Harbour, it's planned to take place in the grand scheme of things to help keep the balance and ensure longevity and the spawning of new life, it's a classic tale of "The road to hell" as I have commented above and I fear Australia is heading for much more devastation and heartache if these vast areas of bush are controlled by the wishes and hearts of the few while the sacrifice is felt by the many. Perhaps some of those high ranking Green ministers would like to grab a hose and stand alongside the brave men and women now tackling such horrific fires, or perhaps the fine dining and champagne while having a jolly good talk about the matter is much more appealing..?
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