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Filed away here to collect dust and cobwwwebs in perpetuity, links may break, facts may change and data may corrupt.
On occasion I may come down here to tidy, but for the most, I prefer to leave the past where it lies.
Peace On Earth Etc
With November being consigned to the bin and December rolling onto our calendars, so begins the month that is 'x' many shopping days to Christmas*.
Admittedly the seasonal for most shops has been stocked with Christmasy goodness since Halloween ended a month ago**, but it is now at least the same calendar month as the event itself.
As is always the case at this time of year, whilst we are filling up our shopping trolleys with both convenience and luxury foods, non-recyclable crap which will shortly be junked, and a thousand and one things you'll never use again, please take just one minute to look at the global picture and spread a little of that goodwell to all men.
In this time of ever increasing tension between nations, the growing divide between the developed/developing world, the millions of starving people and the ever increasing threat of extinction we face as a species from global warming, its time we as educated people need to stop and think for just one moment about putting the planet, its people and their combined future first over our own selfish needs. Stop and think for just one minute.
Done that? Cool, well quickly rush out to the shops to spend your hard earned cash on 1000s of twinkly fairly lights to cover your house in and leave them running 24/7. Afterall, its winter in the predominately developed northern hemisphere, so it'd save all of us on our heating bills. You could even take a picture of it to send to starving orphans. It would really cheer them up to see all those pretty lights.
* If you are interested there are actually : 343 days shopping days to Christmas.
** Afterall, few supermarkets stock kindling and guys for Nov 5th, let alone fireworks. Damn that pesky Fireworks legislation.
1 Dec 2007 19:14 | (0) comments | Thoughts
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