tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764665346458211914.post997558189063473011..comments2023-08-12T09:44:12.012-04:00Comments on Observations of a Crazy World: Somewhere I would love to live or visit ........Observations of a Crazy Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11150507246417259605noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764665346458211914.post-78275291005432858032011-08-10T21:48:42.312-04:002011-08-10T21:48:42.312-04:00Interesting post Leann. Greece is a country I'...Interesting post Leann. Greece is a country I'd like to see as well especially the historical ruins on the islands. The island of Santorini looks beautiful too. <br /><br />Bored, sad, illiterate kids in ridiculous hooded sweatshirts running up and down a few streets and smashing windows ~ most of the UK is just going on as normal. Just watch the arrests that follow, CCTV photos of the kids' faces on television, the lifelong criminal records ... it's all in hand. <br /><br />The cricket is still being played on the village greens, we're still punting in Cambridge so it's all still here. I think New England is the place to be in the autumn or fall, very picturesque. I would like to see that some time.Mark's Spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00281291625085324408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764665346458211914.post-17824720933968961132011-08-10T14:21:16.912-04:002011-08-10T14:21:16.912-04:00Love that last line...it's so true! Especially...Love that last line...it's so true! Especially for our government. Such a sad thing!Cheryl M.http://www.coffeewithcheryl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764665346458211914.post-65660504740307611082011-08-10T13:46:16.676-04:002011-08-10T13:46:16.676-04:00I'm not Greek, but I also want to visit someda...I'm not Greek, but I also want to visit someday. The architecture! The history! The food!Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11117084634845147874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764665346458211914.post-65148760032228865872011-08-10T09:09:03.023-04:002011-08-10T09:09:03.023-04:00Leann,
You are so very right in all of your observ...Leann,<br />You are so very right in all of your observations in regard to the riots in the UK. The mindless behaviour of these people is criminal, but at the same time it is in the context that we have created and we call "society". Our PM talks today of tough measures, prison and all sorts of things that are right and will make ordinary people feel better but they will not address the fundamental disparities and disaffections that appertain in our society. I would guess that the US is in a not dissimilar situation. Addressing those issues will need a whole appraisal of our society from the very top to the very bottom. Youths looting and burning is only another dimension of the same disrespect for values and integrity that goes with MPs cheating on their expenses, or Murdoch hacking into voicemail, or violence on the sport's field, or an employee helping themselves to the firm's peperclips and seeing it as a 'perk'!<br />The last point especially that you make is not insignificant - in all our countries there is an issue of leadership and with people that everyone, whatever their affiliations, beliefs or prejudices can relate to, admire and aspire to. In my country there has been no one in over half a century that falls into this category. Many admired Thatcher but she was divisive and hated/loved in equal measure. I do despair of the quality of our leaders - on both sides of the Atlantic they have become, I believe, mere puppets of vested interest and simply 'mouthpieces'. There is a large body of opinion in the UK that makes this point very well. 'Where are the statesmen?' it asks and followed this question up by making the very valid point that a true statesman (or woman)makes things happen. They are not limited by the status quo or the common prejudice or the received wisdom of the age. They cut through all that and by their oratory, appeal and 'charisma' take people with them. I would guess that your Rooseveldt fell clearly into this category. We had Churchill and Kennedy was, without doubt, another. Sadly, I see no such people today and indeed it might be argued that the culture of our governments limits the chance of another one arising. I had great hopes (and still do) for Obama - but even he seems overwhelmed by the 'system' - but then I may be wrong seeing it form this side of the pond. <br />Have a good day.......and if ever you make that trip call me, we'll show you some of those 'English things' that you dream of!Tony Bealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00978321300348757188noreply@blogger.com