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One hundred and twenty six

A lot of people with bags of money have severe mental traumas don’t they? On tv at the moment, a rich woman who’s dressed like a whore is hosting a glamorous party for her cats. Her rich friends are all dressed as cats. Meowing for the camera, pulling what I suspect they believe to be sexy poses…. My computer has just crashed, mustn’t have liked this bit

…. Anyway, it’s just not normal is it?

A terrorist reminder follows the engrossing cat story.

It’s been some time since America was attacked on that terrifying day. The number of people who died was astounding. Thousands. I saw people celebrating.

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How could people be glad? In Jerusalem people were dancing in the streets. I’ve been to Jerusalem, walked through the streets, covered up, hiding my offensive body in respect of the culture. I remember after seeing the people filled with joy on the news, being gobsmacked that the same race of people who suffered at the hands of the Germans, could leap up and down over the deaths of so many people. Yes, people strongly disagree with Western Culture. I do not agree with a lot of it either but I am not a religious fanatic. I am fully aware the country I live in has attacked others unjustifiably. I would struggle to find anywhere that was run by a government that was just, honest and ethically correct in every decision it made.

Yet to live in a world where the only way to protest is to kill and to rejoice in the deaths of others is repulsive, whichever side it comes from. Taking sides.

We’re all just children with powerful toys.

I am not religious. I do not have prayers to say for the families of people killed in wars or natural disasters. I am astounded by those that do.