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  So, returning to the issue of having children. I think that it was always in my life-scrip or fate to having children, which is why I have had 3.  Of course, when I was thinking of and even taking it for granted that I would have children, and, ipso facto, that I would be in a relationship with a woman or women.  It had not at that stage of my journey dawned on me that I would have gotten to a philosophical level of concluding that, were I to have the opportunity to live my life again, I would not have children.  Why, because I have come to the realisation that, except for the survival prerogative of maintaining our human species, there really is no benefit for for my children.  Or, if there is, the benefits of deriving whatever happiness or joy they have and/or will have, does not outweigh the dis-benfit or unhappiness of living a life while waiting to die.  It makes no sense, because if they had not been born, they would not have existed and have to endure pain and pleasure, as it

  That situation simply should not have been allowed to remain, and to allow it to continue would have led to it getting worse. Such as more illegal Jewish settlements being built, as Israel faced-down an increasingly apathetic world which is over-indulgent towards it. Strategically, therefore, and, with regards to the long-term and future progress of the Palestinian people towards having a sovereign, viable and, hopefully, secular and inclusive Palestinian State.   A state with all the rights, privileges and obligations pertaining to responsible statehood.  The Hamas' 7th October 2023 attack, despite being monumentally costly - in terms of the price Zionist Israel and the United States are extracted from the Palestinian people and their nation.   Could yet prove to be a massive, if not biggest strategic win ever, for the Palestinians and their supporters.  Yes, not the kind of 'win' or 'victory' which can or could be 'justified' in terms of the numbers of P

   It is unlikely that things were ever getting better. But, at least the Palestinians were alive, they had their homes, their roads, water, electricity, the basic requirements for having at least a basic life.  They had more freedom of movement in their 'reservations' than they have now, with the storm troopers crawling over and around them as so many wasps.  So, yes, it is likely that, for the majority of Palestinians who are being forced to pay the price the Zionist Israeli State has decided to extract from them, the attack of 7th October might be considered to have been a tactical mistake by Hamas and the other Resistance Fighters. And yet, it could be the case that the overall and eventual outcome of the attack for the Palestinian people will be a positive one. It has broken the then impasse, the stalemate in progressing the realisation of a sovereign and viable Palestinian State.  It has forced the nations and international organisations, ordinary people of the world to t

  But I was of the view that  Hamas needed to move away from waging an unequal military struggle against an enormously powerful Israeli foe which is backed by the United States and Western Europe. And that it needed to seek a peaceful political path. But, having reflected upon and reviewed what has been happening over the past decades. I have made some necessary, if tough changes in my position on the impasse surrounding Israel's continuing occupation of Palestinian lands.  I have moved away from my position of thinking and believing that there was and is no point in Hamas and the other groups of Palestinian freedom fighters c ontinuing to make seemingly suicidal attacks on the State of Israel.  Whether by way of firing off small rockets which cause minimal or no damage to Israel and its citizens. Or by way of small groups of courageous fighters carrying out raids into Israeli towns or villages.  All of which nearly always end in their deaths, and the disproportionate 'collecti

  And, yes, we could also add that the increasing indifference of some of the neighbouring Arab countries in the Middle East to the plight of the Palestinians, have also contributed towards the attack of 7th October on their Israeli oppressors. Nobody wants to be ignored, and neither do a people who have been subjected to over 70 years of Israeli and American and European oppression and dehumanization, wants them and they case for justice to be ignored. As far as the Palestinian struggle for their freedom and sovereign state is concerned, I have been following their journey from afar for many decades.  Going back to the last third of the 20th Century when some Palestinians were pursuing armed struggle, including hijacking aeroplanes and taking the passengers hostage.  The days when LK became both famous and probably infamous in joining the armed struggle for the freedom of her people.  I have been around in the various wars which have been fought in this struggle, the building of presu

  So, what are my thoughts about Hamas' unprecedented attack on parts of Israel, which has resulted in hundreds of men, women and children, some of them soldiers, being killed and thousands of Israelis becoming shocked and traumatised as they have probably never experienced before? And what are my thoughts about Israel's Zionist government's brutal and merciless counter-attack on, not just Hamas' fighters and military, but on all Palestinians and their social, economic and essential infrastructures in both Gaza and the West Bank? The egg did not come 'out of nowhere', and neither did the chicken. Everything of substance and significance has a context which can help us to define and understand it more than we could or would be able to do, without that context.  This principle also applies to Hamas' attack on Israel, just as how it applies to Israel's subsequent and continuing attack on the Palestinians. And so it is that Hamas' attack on Israel was a

   I have learnt that these situations are a part of our human condition, and that it is better for us to continue to learn how to manage and live with them, instead of trying to prevent them happening. Living, it might be accurately said, is mostly about managing and coping with the making and losing attachments. And what of having children; what have I learnt from my experience sofar?  Well, in addition to what I have already stated, the challenge presented to parents are very onerous, so much more onerous than many or most first time parent are likely to be prepared for.  The idea of having your 'own' partner and, initially, baby, can be so appealing, romantic.  If you are a man, having your own wife, girlfriend or woman comes with a special status and associated 'rights', 'privileges', 'expectations and roles' and responsibilities and duties.  But probably the most irresistible of these, especially for younger people and those who are more given to w