Tonight I find myself a little swamped by the fervent desire
that a blanket might descend upon the world, a blanket that smothers all
aggression, leaving only peace, tolerance, friendship and mutual respect. I
want an end to the violence and abuse that continues unabated at all levels of
human society. I want a world that functions in love and harmony; and if that
sounds like an old Coca Cola ad, it shouldn’t. I’m not some cynical corporation
finding another cynical way to cynically sell another zillion bottles of fizzy,
flavoured water. I mean it.
‘Ah, but you are being hopelessly naïve,’ say the
politicians. ‘International affairs are far too complex.’
No, they’re not. All it takes is for every one of us to want to think of everybody else as brother
or sister. If the will is there, the complications disappear.
I’m just one tiny voice crying in the wilderness, I know, just
as many others have done before and will continue to do. I’m one grain of sand
in a desert of six billion. But if we all felt the same way...
So what’s brought this on? All this talk about the security
threat to New York, even though I
know it might be yet another example of the ‘rule by fear’ tactic. Then again,
it might not. I now have a personal reason to be concerned about the security
of New York; somebody dear to me
lives there. I know that shouldn’t make a difference, but it does. It’s one of
my failings.
But of course, this isn’t just New
York’s problem. This is humanity’s problem, and
sometimes I get heartily sickened by the monkey in the mind of man.
And nothing will change.
2 comments:
don't ya just hate being idealistic? ;) :P
I can't be any other way, Zhen. Or maybe I can, but don't want to. I admit, though, it does frustrate the hell out of me sometimes.
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