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Life, said the man, although, well could it have been the woman, I know not what you are, except that you and I must part!  When and where we shall part, we could add, is that it is at some point or stage in life's journey.  Our life's journey. Us traversing from stage or point A to Z. Of course, probably none of us will literally make the journey through the 26 letters, or stages of the English alphabet, as it were.  As we humans are fated to tale leave of the world of living humans at different chronological ages, and through different circumstances.  But let us not be too preoccupied with such details, since the  fact is that, once we are born into the world, at whatever point or stage of our life's journey that the leave it, that then becomes our point Z. And so it is that it is probably of the utmost importance that us humans, while we are given or can make the opportunity to do so.  Should always endeavour to gain, to acquire an achievable and p

And so it is, that, as I look on these two young men protesting the chaos which President Donald Trump, and, probably in no small measure, at with the encouragement and behest of his son in law, the young Mr Kushner.  I have my faith in the decency of humans of good faith being restored. Although I do not know for how long.  Yes, but for now, I am reminded that, probably the majority of humans on the earth, are what is called 'ordinary decent, tolerant and compassionate people.'  Irrespective of their ethnic, religious, political and cultural orientations. They, us, the majority, simply want to get on in life and make a reasonable living.  At times, even when the odds against being able to do so are enormous.  The people who stand in the way of the majority of ordinary, decent and compassionate people remaining true to their basic principles. Are the extremist minorities who instigate and perpetuate hatred and divisions among us.  The Donald Trumps, the Ja

Such dilemmas require us to consider the  'hierarchy of rights' , and how they should be prioritised, especially when they are not mutually exclusive, but conflict both locally, nationally and globally. However, we can see precedents in our regional and international organisation.  The United Nations, the European Union, BRICS, the African Union, the Organisation of American States, the ASEAN, Organisation of Southeast Asian Nations.   And the multitude of regional and international trade and climate and environmental protection organisations.  These all need to be made to operate in a more comprehensive, integrated and coordinated way. For sure, many countries will continue to be resistant to managing their resources in a more prescient manner, and wanting to be solely in charge of how they do it.  Not just because they might consider allowing key inputs from global protection agencies to be patronising or interfering with 'their sovereignty'.  But

'It has been said that rulers do not give up power willingly; it has to be taken from them.  As we have seen from recent examples, such as in Ukraine, Zimbabwe, and Gambia. But what of people who are fighting to achieve power, such as the rebels fighting in Syria?  Will they willingly give up their military struggle for power, to spare the Syrian people further destruction, or do they have to be defeated?' It is now the the beginning of the 7th year since the poor and unfortunate people of Syria have been subjected to the catastrophe of a terribly destructive war.  Since the beginning of the war which started in the early months of 2011, probably more that 300-400,000 Syrians have been killed.  Many more thousands injured, and millions have been displaced, internally and externally.  And large  parts of the country being utterly destroyed. The wars have catapulted Syrians to many far flung countries all over the world.  With some being welcomed and others

'If we are to move from a position where humans feel propelled to move from their countries of origin, at high cost to themselves and the people of the host countries.  In order to get the jobs to earn the money they need to have a decent living.  Then, it is time to consider how to improve and make the means of production, wealth creation and the equitable distribution of the world's wealth more rational and equitable.  So as to lessen and/or preclude the need for such movement, for such a purpose.' That requires fundamental changes in how we organise our societies, and in the linkage which exist between having a job, wealth creating and having an income.  As long as our societies, our existing world order insists on each person, each family, each group, each nation being abandoned to make their way in the world, alone.  And collective responsibility and benefits are shunned. Us humans will continue to ravage the earth and place the survival of our a

At the wider cost of its negative impact on both the national and global struggle for equal treatment of women.  How it seems to be advocating a return to the puritanism which is being used to suffocate the lives and happiness of women and girls in many countries.  And replace it with increased social sterility between men and women, in their relationships. This has to be the outcome, if the struggle is to continue to be pursued in the manner it is currently being pursued in the West. Since, what it is saying, is that men, males, even, are basically predatory and represents a serious danger to women, to female.  That they are not to be trusted with female, and that society needs strict social, moral and legal safeguards to protect females from women.  That the puritanical and strict approach which past generations of all human societies have applied to govern the contacts and relations between male and females.   And which some orthodox societies are still applying, are,

None of him protecting humans from the abundant wars, the killing, maiming, displacement and starvation of millions of humans, which is being and has been perpetrated by other humans. The truth does not begins with the acceptance of God;  the truth  begins with the question of, form whence cometh humans, and then leads us on to ask other relevant questions.  The answers to which we, being intelligent humans, demand that they be based on proven hypothesis or observable experientation. All of which should lead the more prescient and prudent among us to only one conclusion. That, based on our current level of scientific and philosophical advancement, there is no sentient God.  And that  the truth  is that, there is no preordained purpose for the fact that we are born, we live and acquire social purpose to our living, and we die, as is our nature.  That there is nothing divine or preordained about the lives or living of humans, anymore than there are about