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And so it was that, on this lovely, bright and sunny day, on visiting Leahpar.  We decided that it would be nice to take him out, and give him the opportunity to enjoy some fresh air and observe the people, the traffic and the world going by.  Who knows, he might also be lucky enough to meet friends whom he had not seen for a long time and people who know him, though he might not know or remember them. Making our way by car from Leahpar's home, we entered the nearby market town and parked the car at a local car park.  A sign of Leahpar's perceptual and information processing difficulties was already showing itself.  By way of him appearing to struggle to comprehend and remember whose car it was that we would be taking to the town.  He would again demonstrate this difficulty at the end of our sojourn into the town, by again, initially, relating to the car as if it was the first time he was seeing it.  As we return to it for the return journey. For the mos

Due to a technical error, the last part of this post was posted first. Apologies for the confusion. So, how can this be, that so many nations, and even organisations of nations, stand by so idly, so effectively in allowing the government and people of Saudi Arabia to so wantonly perpetrate their genocidal war on the people of Yemen? Is it that the governments and people of, primarily the West, have become inured, de-sensitised and immune to the suffering and destruction of people in 'distant lands.?  Has this been a part of the prise which humanity is having to pay for having to endure - mostly from the safety of our own homes far away from the conflict - for 6  1/2 years of terror and death and destruction in Syria?  Has Syria exhausted the moral courage the people of the West; the most powerful region of the world? Yes, of course it is the case that there are many aid organisations in the West which are doing their best to help the hapless people of Yemen.  And

So, how can this be, that so many nations, and even organisations of nations, stand by so idly, so effectively in allowing the government and people of Saudi Arabia to so wantonly perpetrate their genocidal war on the people of Yemen? Is it that the governments and people of, primarily the West, have become inured, de-sensitised and immune to the suffering and destruction of people in 'distant lands.?  Has this been a part of the prise which humanity is having to pay for having to endure - mostly from the safety of our own homes far away from the conflict - for 6  1/2 years of terror and death and destruction in Syria?  Has Syria exhausted the moral courage the people of the West; the most powerful region of the world? Yes, of course it is the case that there are many aid organisations in the West which are doing their best to help the hapless people of Yemen.  And yet, while it is the case that, every Yemen life which is saved by this aid, adds to the store

With all that that would entail in bringing back memories of the brutality which Israel's intervention in the 1980s inflicted on the people of Lebanon. The Iranian President Rouhani is certainly taking Saudi Arabia's hostile posturing seriously.  As he should, considering that the Saudi government, considering its inept and brutal war in Yemen, is not known for its prudence or sophistication.  In fact, it seems to be being guided anachronistic feudalism, which makes it more susceptible to the machiavellian designs of Israel and America. And so we will have to look and await what young Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salmon is going to do.  Whether he align himself with the peace and prosperity builders of the Middle East, or to continue to be amongst the chief war-mongers. Crown Salmon is being made out to be 'the great progressive and reformist hope of Saudi Arabia.'  And yet, he is the very same person who is responsible for the Hitlerian genocid

It is worth contemplating, whether it is more beneficial for a person to have an extended journey along the path of life, or to just have an average or even apparently premature ending of one's journey.  This being so, since only the consciously living person can make a comparison.  So, in the final analysis, ones your journey is done, finished, it matters not, to you, as opposed to others looking on, whether your journey was short or long.  What is probably beyond contention, is that a person whose journey is prolonged, has more chances of being confronted with more opportunities for experiencing both more pain and pleasure. Consider the life of Leaphar, for examply, his life, sofar, might not meet the definition of being extended, as there are others whose journey is already much longer than his.  But, of course, even the use of the term or verb, 'extended', is a relative one, as their are many others whose journey has already ended way before they

But, as you know, the American Founding Fathers were not referring to people of colour, when they stipulated that 'all men are/were created equal.'  Hell, no. They were not even referring to white women, never mind people of colour.  And so it is, that god, it would seem, has decreed that the people of Iran and their government should be 'demonised', and attacked.   So that they should not be able to strive to achieve the economic and military power which could present a threat, real or imagined, to the government of Israel,  and our expedient allies and proxies in the region.  All of which has led me to keep my eyes on the Iranians and the North Koreans. Because, it is incumbent upon me to keep alive the humbugs, the deceptions and dishonesty, the myths on which our country is founded.   And on which our country's foreign and domestic policies have been based on for many decades.  That their are two basic forces which are dominant in the world, o

Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu's response to the Syrian Government increasing it control over Syria, has been to promise that Israel will not allow Iranian influence on Israel's border.  This could be seen as rather a strange thing to say, considering that, it could be argued that Iranian influence is already on Israel's border, in the form of Iranian backed Hezbollah, which is based in Lebanon.  So not long after Netanyahu's declaration of what could now transpire to be war against Iran, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.  We have the Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, choosing Saudi Arabia to make his declaration of resignation from the prime ministership of Lebanon.  How strange, that Mr Hariri should choose a foreign country to tell his people that he is resigning, and that he is doing so, because, according to him, Iran is causing instability in the region?  There is nothing new happening in the region, other than that the Syrian go

Of course, the motives of the accuser can be varied. It can, for example, be a matter of her/him having been offended against, and simply want to bring the alleged perpetrator to justice.  Why now, you might ask? And the answer can be as simple as the fact that the accuser has been wrestling for literally years, with the dilemma of whether or not to disclose.   And how that would impact on him/her, their families and on the alleged perpetrator and their family.  We have now seen how one man caught up in the media and political populist crusade has apparently taken his own life. There will of course be others who will follow that route. Britain's Opposition Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has cited the need for pastoral support for people who have been accused of alleged sexual offences.  However, while that might well be necessary, what would be most helpful, would be for society to return to the principle and practice whereby the alleged offender is 'deemed and tr