When I was a girl there were comedians who had sticking out teeth and that was part of their attraction. They took what they had been given and made it an asset. There was a Welshman called Griffiths I think, a character actor, he had protruding teeth. There was Ken Dodd complete with teeth and sticking up hair. Now all the children are whisked off to the orthodontist and made to look ordinary. Everybody has to conform to someone else's idea of normality. So now we have designer children. I saw a little girl of about five yesterday and thought what lovely gentle red hair she had and then I realized she had highlights!! Fancy paying out good money to treat a child like a model. Also is there not a message there telling the child that she needs changing to be good enough. Someone pulling the strings of society wants us to conform.
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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