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Well, I think we've given that one a square go! Always interesting to get another viewpoint. I'd like to feel more warm-hearted towards the mass of humanity, but I don't. Perhaps it's because I've been close-ish to some very nasty conflicts, and worked with dispossessed Palestinians and Lebanese whose families were wiped out (during the Lebanese conflict in the 1970s) that my own view is thus coloured. It's not just a world-weary cynicism drawn from the news, but a view developed from being only a few miles from the Congo when Lumumba was assassinated (and possibly Hamarskjoeld, too), the fall-out from that dreadful time, and then a more personal appreciation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Lebanese factional fighting, and word from old pals still in South Africa about the casual daily murder rate there. Not a lot to make one feel other than jaded about the goodness and kindness of humans towards each other.

Thanks for a good belt at the subject, Dessie - I'm gasping for a cuppa, drawn in peace and tranquillity from Sri Lankan tea slopes, I hope... :brows:

<blockquote data-quote="krizon" data-source="post: 2080407" data-attributes="member: 64950">Well, I think we&#039;ve given that one a square go!&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp;&nbsp; Always interesting to get another viewpoint.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to feel more warm-hearted towards the mass of humanity, but I don&#039;t.&nbsp; Perhaps it&#039;s because I&#039;ve been close-ish to some very nasty conflicts, and worked with dispossessed Palestinians and Lebanese whose families were wiped out (during the Lebanese conflict in the 1970s) that my own view is thus coloured.&nbsp; It&#039;s not just a world-weary cynicism drawn from the news, but a view developed from being only a few miles from the Congo when Lumumba was assassinated (and possibly Hamarskjoeld, too), the fall-out from that dreadful time, and then a more personal appreciation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Lebanese factional fighting, and word from old pals still in South Africa about the casual daily murder rate there.&nbsp; Not a lot to make one feel other than jaded about the goodness and kindness of humans towards each other.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> Thanks for a good belt at the subject, Dessie - I&#039;m gasping for a cuppa, drawn in peace and tranquillity from Sri Lankan tea slopes, I hope...&nbsp;&nbsp; :brows:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="krizon, post: 2080407, member: 64950"] Well, I think we've given that one a square go! :D Always interesting to get another viewpoint. I'd like to feel more warm-hearted towards the mass of humanity, but I don't. Perhaps it's because I've been close-ish to some very nasty conflicts, and worked with dispossessed Palestinians and Lebanese whose families were wiped out (during the Lebanese conflict in the 1970s) that my own view is thus coloured. It's not just a world-weary cynicism drawn from the news, but a view developed from being only a few miles from the Congo when Lumumba was assassinated (and possibly Hamarskjoeld, too), the fall-out from that dreadful time, and then a more personal appreciation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Lebanese factional fighting, and word from old pals still in South Africa about the casual daily murder rate there. Not a lot to make one feel other than jaded about the goodness and kindness of humans towards each other. :( Thanks for a good belt at the subject, Dessie - I'm gasping for a cuppa, drawn in peace and tranquillity from Sri Lankan tea slopes, I hope... :brows: [/QUOTE]

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