The West shouts loudly when little countries seem to be
developing the bomb. I would prefer that
they should not have it too. They talk
of the bomb being in the hands of mad men.
They frighten us with scare stories about North Korea. But which country is the only one that has
ever used the bomb against another country? Yes, it’s the U.S.A. they are the
ones who thought it was a good tactic to end World War 2. They have the form, they could do it again; and
what about “aggressive” Russia? They
have the bomb but have never used it. We should never just accept what our BBC
news tells us as the truth. It is just
one version of the events being played out. It is useful to listen to other
view points, this is easily done now on the internet. Hearing another point of view helps one sort
out what is really happening; or at least shows what a lot of liars there are
in the world.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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