When I read this, I am relieved to know your children grow up with another kind of authority.
On 1 Apr., 15:30, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 25 Mar, 23:55, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Have we become almost completely degenerate in terms of hiding routine > > wrongdoing by people in authority? In the UK our Parliament has > > clearly become full of the wrong kind of people who rip off expenses > > and nothing is really being done. A few minor sacrificial lambs have > > been put up. The Roman Catholic Church has clearly almost encouraged > > child abuse and this now reaches the Pope, at least in his former > > enforcement role. It's almost unfair just to pick on these > > organisations. Our legal system hardly works. Whistleblowers are > > routinely dumped on, despite legislation supposed to support them. > > Various miscarriages of justice that leave innocent people unprotected > > and often dead look like the tip of an iceberg, not just a few > > inevitable cock-ups (no pun, but it fits rather well - they just go > > on!). Education is broadly failing many. As all this happens, > > authorities can produce statistics that 'show' targets are being met > > and the rest. > > > Are we now in our own 'Great Leap Forward'? > > No, we're on the slide towards the end of the cycle. Without giving > too much away, don't expect the universe to be around for 2200. There > are no unnecessary events in the space-time continuum, so the 'trick' > is to know that and learn from what we do see in it. As long as you > keep your own house in order, you'll be alright. Plus, even the best > policeman in the world can't police the world. There will be terrible > things and things will get worse, but my faith tells me that all will > be reversed in the next life. For those with a scientific bent, you > must accept that for every action there WILL BE an equal and opposite > reaction and put your faith in THAT. As far as 'authority' goes, > well, there is only One. And to Him we will answer. And those who > have perpetrated things that 'that One' finds intolerable will be > punished. Have faith, Neil. I know you do anyway, but you get > frustrated with the lack of care that people exhibit towards one > another. So do I. That's why I will shake them all with my book. > The rest will follow from there. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
