When I look at the conflict in the world I despair about our future.
I think the quote below sums it up very well. I include myself in this. I really do value the opportunity to connect with other bloggers in the international community. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our politicians could do as much?
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What a powerful way of explaining what we lack! And many thanks for this amazing post.
Thanks Ranu for your kind words.
Thanks Ranu.
It couldn’t be truer or sadder could it, and I suspect it’s significantly worse now than it was in the time he as talking in
Thanks for your thoughts Peter. I think I need to stop watching the evening news : )
I don’t think this is the product of the modern age. Man’s inhumanity to man has existed throughout history and pre-history. If anything, we’ve grown calmer, gentler, more tolerant, and more civilized with the passage of time.
We’ve come a long way, baby!
When we travel, we don’t worry about highway bandits. Blacks and women have the vote and can compete with men for good jobs. Etc.
Ah yes, but here is Australia we have a government sending us backwards; disrespectful to gender equality and sending asylum seekers back onto treacherous seas into war-zones.
Hi Elizabeth, I totally agree with you on the current Australian government. I just hope the rest of Australia wakes up to them before the next election. I am already noticing some FB friends who are Liberals, are turning against them.
Hi Nancy, I accept what you say that we have made progress but I agree with the quote that we have made more technical progress etc than we have in getting on with each other.
I have not read that quote before and it is a very powerful message.
Thanks Elizabeth. It doesn’t take much to take humanity back in time – I remember the book “The Lord of the Flies”.
Maybe I should stop watching the news for a while : )