Ramblings of a Bored Mind...

Typical me...

Choosing to discuss topics on a macro-scale, cleverly avoiding the real reason behind my posts.
Bordering upon grand theories, I can safely avoid individual querks that mankind is so prone to.
I can discuss, intelligently, but clearly inaccurately.
And I can choose not to care. Like professionals do.
When economic theories fail, irrationality is blamed.
When policies do not wrought the desired results, human imperfection is guilty.
When environmental initiatives are not condoned, selfish interests are the oft-quoted excuse.

For a long time now,
There have been reports of death in the papers.
Death by suicide, likely by stress.
Death by accident, likely by disregard of safety protocol.
Death by intent, likely by spats of violence.
But most amusing is how such acts only gain importance with death.
It is almost as if the sacrifice of life, after centuries and aeons of progress,
Still bears much symbolism.
And this stands in the face of all scientific progress.
People as machines of nature versus living people.
Life, above all, is very sacred.

And then you consider that tons of deaths in the Middle East by war,
Millions of deaths in Africa by famine and poverty;
All count for nothing. The papers report it still.
Yet, while one suicide provokes huge discussions about changes to education,
A million deaths merely evokes a shrug of the shoulders, a shaking of the head.
And then it forces you to question;
To ask whether the life of one over another is of differing value.

And you understand that it varies from person to person.
Ten strangers in a sinking ship and one friend in a stranded kayak.
My allegiance is to my friend.
And yet, is that moral?

I could, of course, chalk this up to one of the great mysteries of life.
Like philosophers have done.
Or, I could raise another issue to explain this dilemma.
That how, so often, we are lulled into considering scenarios.
Never realising that reality is vastly different.
Such is the bane of a secure lifestyle.

Perhaps, a blog deserves an additional injection of personality.
It demands the inclusion of names no one recognises.
All the Sarahs, Alexes, Marks, Geraldines, Garys, Stephanies...
Yes, yes.
Perhaps...