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Jane Johnson's avatar

Thank you, Mike. What a fucking depressing time we’re living in. People’s brains have become so stupidly binary that they can’t hold more than the simplest version of an idea at a time. The Gaza tragedy is keeping me awake at night, and all the grandstanding by politicians unable or (in most cases) unwilling to grasp the complexities of the situation is hideous. If you march for peace in the UK, the Home Secretary brands you as hate-filled, while her government scrambles to sell yet more arms. Obama spoke well yesterday, but having suggested there are two sides to the matter, is getting attacked by both. I truly despair. This is one of humanity’s darkest hours.

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Therese v Hartwig's avatar

Well said; everything, everything. Everyone is so ANGRY. I’m listening to Anima by Thom Yorke, and the last song Runwayrunaway. Also just finished a week on a ballet that was dancing to Ravel’s Bolero, although after hearing it 3x a day the repetitive motif started getting to me. The snare plays the same part 169 times.

Thank you for this. The world is a mess and we don’t seem to want to fix it. So much suffering. Wars wars wars. Here, we are having a rental crisis and one bedroom apartments have soared from affordable sub1-G/month to 2500 and up. Homelessness is at an all time high with seniors out on the street as well as entire families.. and the politicians shrug and wring their hands. Is this our Brave New World? Where is our Star Trek future? What have we done. …Tonight at work my supervisor was angry and hostile. I called her on it and asked, Why are you so angry? It’s just how I am she said. This is not acceptable. We need to be kind now more than ever.

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