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Liam Neeson, a man who I rate as a very watchable and competent actor, has recent commented on some of his adverse and problematic reactions to someone close to him having been raped. Apparently by 'a black man.'  He has not given any indication the details of this 'black man', who, for all we know, could be of any nationality or ethnicity, within the sometimes rather broad categorisation of perceived or self-defined as 'black.' As the report in the interview in which he commented on the incident noted, it is the unidentified victim of the report rape who told him that the alleged offender was 'black.' Liam Neeson's reaction to the what we can imagine to be the shocking and unbearable attack on his close relative or associate.  Was, he told us, to arm himself with a cosh and, for a period of over a week, leave the victim of the attack and go out to a predetermined place.  Looking and hoping that a black man would approach

I would have had to most likely paid for my misdemeanour in pain, but for now, I could rely on the delicious biscuits to fortify me to run what was, on reflection, 'a duppy gauntlet.' And, of course, when my dear mother would be going to the market and so on, on reflection, it seemed to have me me who was her preferred child to accompanied her. So, why was it that I had the feeling that she was harder on me than on my older brothers?  That I was getting more licking than them, and, was actually so, or was it just my perception? Feelings are states of being which we cannot reason.  They exists even when there are and/or seems to be  no basis in 'facts and objective reality', for them to be doing so.  Although, it is highly probably that, with the appropriate aid, we should find that our feelings will be found to mostly or always/or have some basis in 'fact' and/or reality.  Whether that 'fact' and/or reality will to be a straigh

I would have had to most likely paid for my misdemeanour in pain, but for now, I could rely on the delicious biscuits to fortify me to run what was, on reflection, 'a duppy gauntlet.' And, of course, when my dear mother would be going to the market and so on, on reflection, it seemed to have me me who was her preferred child to accompanied her. So, why was it that I had the feeling that she was harder on me than on my older brothers?  That I was getting more licking than them, and, was actually so, or was it just my perception? Feelings are states of being which we cannot reason.  They exists even when there are and/or seems to be  no basis in 'facts and objective reality', for them to be doing so.  Although, it is highly probably that, with the appropriate aid, we should find that our feelings will be found to mostly or always/or have some basis in 'fact' and/or reality.  Whether that 'fact' and/or reality will to be a

T.: Not quite, L.G. At least. While that might suffice for those who believe in the Bible and what it says about you, L.G.  There are many who do not believe either in the Bible or in you. And, for them, the idea or theory of living and then dying and assuming 'eternal or forever life', just would not wash. It is too incredible. L.G.: So, T. Let us assume or work on the premise that even I, whom you refer to, for the purpose of this conversation, as 'Lord God.' Let us assume that I do not have all the answers either.  Where then, do we go with this conversation, this analysis? T.: Well, L.G. Probably having 'everlasting or forever life' is not really the issue. Probably that is not what us humans should become preoccupied with.  LG.: How comes so, T! Please elaborate. T.: You see, L.G. For humans to have 'everlasting or forever life', is or should be sort of the means to an end or objective.  And not an end in itself

We want freedom from oppression for 'other people' and ourselves, Now! We want an end to poverty, Now!   We want an end to tyranny, Now! We want the removal of this government, Now! We want to be independent from the rest of the people constituting this country, this nation, and we demand that we be allowed to do so, Now!  We want to leave this economic, political and social union of nations, and we want to do so, Now!  We want to destroy what others before us and/or we have build, and to do so even before we have acquired the necessary knowledge, skills and prudence to build and maintain our 'perfect society' and world. Even though this government was elected by or is made up of the parties comprising the majority of the electorate who voted in the elections.  We say we are 'democrats', and that we believe in and support 'democracy.'  But we still give our support for the protesters who are marching on the streets demand

The trips to the local shop to buy enough groceries for one or two days' cooking, which, now looking back, were, in late evenings and nights, I would have felt ambivalent about.  As they were trips which I would have wanted to avoid, due to having to pass this or that dead person's tomb, especially those of anybody who had recently died.  In case their duppies might be following me, and which, probably not surprisingly, lead to me having to be regularly looking behind me.  Just in case that sudden fear I am feeling, that movement, that figure, probably a cat or a dog, I am sure I saw when I quickly looked behind me, was a duppy cat or dog following me.  Giving and reinforcing my then sense of someone, or something following me, and causing me to walk that faster, before giving in to the urge to run as fast as I can to through the narrow track to the shop.  But it was not all about avoidance. I would have to confront my fears again, on the return jou

Us humans, both as individuals, families, communities and nations, also need a stable, secure and peaceful environment in which to realise more of our potential.  For this to happen, we need to have healthy economies. Yes, it is mostly about the economy being healthy. It is said that possession is 9/10th of the law.  Well, if that is so, being the beneficiary of a health economy is probably 9/10ths of what it takes to achieve a state of sustainable happiness for us humans.  But, as we should all know by now, like most things, it is natural that a nation's economy will ebb and flow.   As demands are changed, as the means of production, distribution and exchange are changed, and new suppliers and markets join the competition. But probably what troubles me more than anything, is the increasing spirit of impermanence which has been permeating the globe for the past several decades at least.  There is, I would contend, a perception, a palpable feeling of &