Monday, 21 March 2011

Current affairs...

Now I'm far from being a hippy but I'm really concerned about all the madness that's bubbled to the surface in the world. Now many people know the wars we see televised don't even cover half of the ones that don't make it to our screens at home.
So what's the fuss with all this stuff? Iraq, Iran, North Korea (oh yeah they're still trigger happy), Japan (it's like the oriental version of the New Orleans catastrophe) and now Libya... now if it's not just bad luck or an act of God, all of these terrible things boil down to one country either forcing its will on to the people who are tired of being told what to do/think/believe etc... or one or more countries ogling enviously over its neighbours resources.
Now we all know effectively the world as we know it would grind to a halt without oil - everything is based upon this resource. Ironically we can't live with it and can't live without it. Westernised civilisations are clinging onto its authority and power but the balance is swaying back east with India and China looking ready to blow the traditional cultures away economically.
We have to really take a long hard look at the events that are happening and try to look a little harder at everything to not just simply accept all the gubbins that is spoon fed to us through some less than impartial means with alterior motives. I'm definitely not sympathising with the oppressive dictatorships who are holding on for dear life now they've incured the wrath of NATO, but it just seems as though we are all itching for a fight... yet it's madness simply blowing everything up which is 'bad', as if we don't have the structures in place to enforce the new era and positive changes, there'll be a vacuum and of course as we all pat ourselves on the back for a good job well done and walk away, the poor souls left there to now rebuild their lives whilst we dip our hands in to the cookie jar to try and make more money and dig ourselves out of the debt our lovely banks have created for us by taking the occupied state's resources for our own gains (because let's face it, we wouldn't give too much care if it wasn't believed we could get something better out of it - and let's not delude ourselves with thinking it's to protect ourselves from 'them' as we no longer have a 'them', we fight everyone wherever they are - even on our own shores.)
In the 1950's US had a trouble with those believed to be communists or sympathisers, now it's terrorists in all its various forms, yet in this hysteria and hype in the media we lose focus on what terrorism is, in all its forms and don't know how to deal with those willing to inflict harm on anyone indiscriminately - let alone with preventing those or looking at the reasons why people would wish to choose this path rather than a normal, peaceful one. Just seems so funny when everyone's got so many options and freedom of choice, more people seem to pick routes which aren't good... but isn't that what happens when you give the world to people yet not educate them how to deal with it and the tools to make the right decisions. Sadly there'll always be those who'll prey on the vulnerable, weak and less fortunate.
The oddest thing about all this is how on the same pages in all the newspapers and news shows are lame stories which try to touch our hearts... I think it's fair to say we're so numbed from all the information and mixed messages, we don't know what to feel any more. And don't even get me started on the state of benefits and how we seem to be hurting ourselves with helping out people who have no intention to work, whether they are from here or elsewhere... who knows?! Just seems to be mad to me!

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