Slowly it is dawning on me, how protected from the world of politics and people's opinions we were, as we travelled for such a long time in countries where English wasn't the first language. We didn't have television. We didn't buy newspapers. And our time on the Internet was usually spent frantically trying to catch up with news of friends and family and keeping our web page as up to date as possible.
But now we are back to reality, and I am almost wishing for the quiet oblivion we had been experiencing until recently.
Global Warming:
Some simply accept it as an obvious fact, and try to do something about it.
Others cling to the opinion of 'respected scientists', who say it is all a figment of politicians' or environmentalists' imaginations.
And then there are the fence sitters, who won't quite commit to it as a fact, but don't really want to align themselves with the refuters.
These last seem to be most concerned about the money that will be 'lost' by the big polluters of the business world, if measures are put into place to combat it.
My question: How can we afford to ignore/deny it, if it means that our children's future is in jeopardy?
Asylum Seekers:
...or illegal immigrants!!!
The 'boat people' load themselves and their beloved children onto a leaky fishing boat and travel across a dangerous ocean to seek asylum in our country.
Some label them 'queue jumpers', 'illegal immigrants', 'potential terrorists' or worse.
My questions: Why would someone undertake such a potentially-doomed excursion if there was a local queue to join? Why would someone risk their life, and the lives of the people most precious to them, if there were any other options available. Why would someone choose this route if they were not desperate?
These two issues are very swiftly becoming 'political footballs'.
All children are entitled to more humanitarian, and less political, consideration.
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