Personally, I see no convincing evidence for the existence of supernatural beings. But even supposing I am wrong and the firmament is positively teeming with spirits, ghosts, angels, demons, saints, archangels, deities of every flavour, even that would not be reason enough for our political life to concern itself with anything other than immediate secular pragmatism. Politics, like ethics, should not ask "How did we get here?" Apportioning credit or blame for the status quo is an exercise for armchair philosophers. Government should address two questions: "Who is suffering genuine hardship?" and "What can we do to help?" There is work enough in a programme based on these two questions to keep politicians busy for years. If in doubt as to the meaning of genuine hardship, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is a good starting point. As long as we have people struggling to find food, shelter and basic security, we should not even give ear-time to the complaints o
Welcome back Paraglider is your exile from Dubai now over?
ReplyDeleteNo, still languishing in Qatar, but I'll be back for a weekend soon. Not long enough, but maybe enough for inspiration!
ReplyDeleteCan't imagine the whole episode was worth relinquishing, esp with the esp. smells, though each to his own.
ReplyDeleteOne merely records ;)
ReplyDeleteOn second reading (one needs to read 1000 times to understand your recent posts) seems like you were having a coffee on your balcony, and were peeking onto your neighbour's balcony.
ReplyDeleteActually, I couldn't care less what you were really doing, though I wish I could understand what inspired this post.
One must be able to read between "3.857" lines to understand this post.
I just hope and wish that when you were "sitting outside" that it was remotely comfortable, and the smell was 0.5 good, despite the lady's shoe smell.
Your word order makes me cry (metaphorically speaking), for I don't understand a word of what you write these days.
Happy "sitting Outside" for now, and please tell Charlie to get a grip...! :)