No-one is safe at the moment. Harsh words and possibly alarmist? Well take a quick look around and you will see that the word "safe" in this context has many meanings.
Firstly, the most obvious starting place is politics, after all the word safe has been used more than a few times when it comes to David Cameron this last few weeks. The penny is dropping that he is weak as a leader and has his hands tied by the Liberals, I refuse to use the word Lib-Dem as democracy and politics are somewhat at odds with each other right now. David has lost this battle before it has begun simply because we want more right now. We want more money we want better services we want better living standards, better roads etc etc. Of course all this costs money and that is something we don't have more of as a country but everyone now believes Labour can deliver that promised land where we can spend spend spend on those who have little while taxing those that have the most.
Well, at least that is what Labour will have you believe, it's a cycle, a never ending one. Labour spend money they don't have, Tories take money from everyone to rebuild a money pot which is very unpopular and off we go again with Labour..... and we wonder why no-one turns up at the ballot box!
Moving from politics to wars, well what a wonderful world Bush and Blair have left us, we now have a full on battle with the Islamic state and we are trying to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted. Russia has a new dictator who fancies himself more than Brad Pitt in a Mr Cowboy contest and on top of that he has a nuclear arsenal under his right thumb, no doubt the rest of you reading this will be horrified that MacDonald's have been shut down as a result of the squabbling in Russia, the thin end of the potato wedge so to speak, or the last western foothold before the cold war starts all over again?
Then we have the financial sector springing back into life and dictating what happens to our economy in the UK and when. Has no-one thought this might be a little dejavu? But I am sure they have learned their lessons and those huge bonuses are a thing of the past. (Ahem).
Perhaps it is a little bit gloomy at present but it's not easy to keep a positive outlook on such shenanigans especially concerning Russia whose people really should know better than let themselves be dragged into communism all over again, I feel very sorry for them as the few Russians I know are extremely polite and wonderful company, I guess it says as much about us in the West as it does their leadership that we are now facing another battle of the superpowers.
I suppose you could ask why should I be looking at the world in such a negative light right now? Well I guess being a father makes a difference, no longer does the slogan "it wont affect me" hold any water, it will affect me because I want my children to have a good long life they can enjoy much like mine has been, I don't want them faced with needless wars and diseases no-one can control, but like everyone else in this big world around us these things are very much out of our control, it is the risk we accept when we bring new life into the world.
On one final note and I am sure this is not going to be a popular thought but I am feeling a little uneasy at the amount of celebrities who find themselves close to death, (something we all have to face sooner or later) and parading it throughout the media and the public domain as if it is some badge of honour. Some people want to talk about their terminal illnesses but many others don't. I think facing such an illness is not an act of bravery as it is something we have to do there is no choice, bravery is a choice. I am sure everyone's motives are in the right place but it seems of late that its becoming a bit of a luvvie thing and as such carries less dignity. I genuinely feel for those who are given just a few months to live there can be nothing worse for us as human beings on this earth but I think something is lost if it is played out like a mini-series.
Anyway, less moaning, ironically I am off to a funeral this morning on someones behalf, no doubt I will be feeling unsure about my own mortality by the end of the service like everyone else, but as the old saying goes "life goes on" so feeling safe or unsafe there is little choice but to get on with it !
Firstly, the most obvious starting place is politics, after all the word safe has been used more than a few times when it comes to David Cameron this last few weeks. The penny is dropping that he is weak as a leader and has his hands tied by the Liberals, I refuse to use the word Lib-Dem as democracy and politics are somewhat at odds with each other right now. David has lost this battle before it has begun simply because we want more right now. We want more money we want better services we want better living standards, better roads etc etc. Of course all this costs money and that is something we don't have more of as a country but everyone now believes Labour can deliver that promised land where we can spend spend spend on those who have little while taxing those that have the most.
Well, at least that is what Labour will have you believe, it's a cycle, a never ending one. Labour spend money they don't have, Tories take money from everyone to rebuild a money pot which is very unpopular and off we go again with Labour..... and we wonder why no-one turns up at the ballot box!
Moving from politics to wars, well what a wonderful world Bush and Blair have left us, we now have a full on battle with the Islamic state and we are trying to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted. Russia has a new dictator who fancies himself more than Brad Pitt in a Mr Cowboy contest and on top of that he has a nuclear arsenal under his right thumb, no doubt the rest of you reading this will be horrified that MacDonald's have been shut down as a result of the squabbling in Russia, the thin end of the potato wedge so to speak, or the last western foothold before the cold war starts all over again?
Then we have the financial sector springing back into life and dictating what happens to our economy in the UK and when. Has no-one thought this might be a little dejavu? But I am sure they have learned their lessons and those huge bonuses are a thing of the past. (Ahem).
Perhaps it is a little bit gloomy at present but it's not easy to keep a positive outlook on such shenanigans especially concerning Russia whose people really should know better than let themselves be dragged into communism all over again, I feel very sorry for them as the few Russians I know are extremely polite and wonderful company, I guess it says as much about us in the West as it does their leadership that we are now facing another battle of the superpowers.
I suppose you could ask why should I be looking at the world in such a negative light right now? Well I guess being a father makes a difference, no longer does the slogan "it wont affect me" hold any water, it will affect me because I want my children to have a good long life they can enjoy much like mine has been, I don't want them faced with needless wars and diseases no-one can control, but like everyone else in this big world around us these things are very much out of our control, it is the risk we accept when we bring new life into the world.
On one final note and I am sure this is not going to be a popular thought but I am feeling a little uneasy at the amount of celebrities who find themselves close to death, (something we all have to face sooner or later) and parading it throughout the media and the public domain as if it is some badge of honour. Some people want to talk about their terminal illnesses but many others don't. I think facing such an illness is not an act of bravery as it is something we have to do there is no choice, bravery is a choice. I am sure everyone's motives are in the right place but it seems of late that its becoming a bit of a luvvie thing and as such carries less dignity. I genuinely feel for those who are given just a few months to live there can be nothing worse for us as human beings on this earth but I think something is lost if it is played out like a mini-series.
Anyway, less moaning, ironically I am off to a funeral this morning on someones behalf, no doubt I will be feeling unsure about my own mortality by the end of the service like everyone else, but as the old saying goes "life goes on" so feeling safe or unsafe there is little choice but to get on with it !
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