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Ex-Brit Prime Minister Tony Blair says he wants to devote his life to promoting understanding between religions. I can think of no more noble a cause. But as soon as someone like Blair goes this way, I cringe.
I recall him in the mid-1990s.
He spoke of a new Third Way in politics, moving away from traditional party values. I was thinking the same way myself. It should have been a marvelous idea. But he then used it to capture the centre ground for purposes of holding onto power alone.
A good idea was totally perverted to increase power amongst a new elite. That is how people like Blair work. They offer something ‘reasonable’ and then turn it into a new method towards totalitarianism. Religions should now be in fear of this man.
Reoffending among British youth is still a problem.
An internal government report has shown that it has not changed since 1997, despite measures to fight it. Well, of course it won’t. And that’s because the problem is not understood by government.
Measures have been taken in terms of ‘crime’ alone. Whereas the centre of the problem is not found in what a delinquent does, but what he feels within his mind. And I’m not talking about the idea that it is ‘all society’s fault’.
Over the last 30 years, respect for family, tradition and morality have been in decline. Whether right or wrong, one vital aspect of such traditions was that behaviour had to be moderated in order to gain acceptance. Take this away, and the result can be nothing but anarchy.
Don’t forget to call tomorrow.
© Anthony North, June 2008
I’M OVER IT
I’m over it, I love her no more,
she is nothing but a whore;
I’m over it, I’ve no longer an itch,
for her companionship – what a bitch!
I’m over it, no longer a nag,
to be constantly with her – the slag!
I’m over it, I no longer bite,
whenever she’s close
Yeah, right!
(c) Anthony North, June 2008
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HOW TO BE OVER
Things happen in life. Some are for the good, others for the bad. But regardless of this, once it is over, we say stupid things like ‘I’m over it’ or ‘it’s over.’ But can we ever be over anything?
I don’t think we can. Life, you see, is a process of one thing after another. Experience is ongoing, with one thing leading to another in a never ending process of living. The next thing is directly related to the last, as it was our response to the last that led to the next.
Hence, how can you really be over anything if the experience you had played a part in what happened next?
We seem to have created an idea of the world as a compartmentalized reality, where everything is separate. But this is not the case. Things are actually intermingled, and what ever experience you have had will percolate through the rest of your life.
Maybe if we understood this more, we’d actually be able to move on quicker. For instead of trying to shake a bad experience off, we’d be more attuned to accepting it, and taking it with us into the next experience we have.
© Anthony North, June 2008
