Thought for the Day

[kerravonsen]

Civilization depends on courtesy, cooperation and hope... all of which are in short supply at the moment. 8-(

Any barbarian can be tough, macho and warlike.
Any barbarian can be competitive, ruthless and cruel.
Any barbarian can be more interested in status than in truth.
Any barbarian can attack the powerless, and say they deserved it for being weak.
Any barbarian can hate strangers for being foreign.

I fear for the world, I really do.

Comments

[watervole]

Stop reading the news. Stop watching it on TV. Look around you at the people you. Then you will have a lot more faith in humanity.

[kerravonsen]

I don't read the news.
I don't watch TV.
However, it's election time, and I can't avoid email and twitter... 8-(

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Is this about something specific? (I can think of a couple of possibilities.)

[kerravonsen]

Australian politics.
UK politics.
USA politics.

But mostly Australian politics at the moment, as the election is this coming Saturday, and the two major parties seem to be in a bidding war for which one can be more cruel and inhumane to asylum seekers.

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

:( That's awful.

I'll pray for wisdom in the elections.