Dangerous times...

Some people are so mad it is almost impossible to take them seriously – unfortunately we have to take them seriously, because they are so damned dangerous! http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2014/06/muslims-outraged-after-saudi-soldier-puts-foot-on-holy-rock/ That’s a shame. Much that Islam does raises few eyebrows (because it’s so patently nuts!) these days (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27633227; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27619669; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2510542/Britains-white-honour-killing-Teenager-brutally-murdered-Muslim-lover-exposing-relationship-family.html) and we in the UK seem so damnably sensitive to not upset ‘their’ sensitivities. This results in the UK being trampled, legally and socially, and it is getting worse, because few people are in a position to stand up and object. The UKIP successes in the recent MEP elections raises a few eyebrows, too. Are they racist? Are they left wing or right wing? And who cares – really, who cares? Not even 40% of those who could vote did vote! That means that fewer than 40% of the British public have bothered, and made their stamp, and the other 60% have got to put up with the results. And this is a democracy? I think it’s a failing democracy, and it is sadder by the fact that we are supposed to be the home of democracy and decent elections. It will be interesting to see what happens this time next year, at the UK elections. Will UKIP do damage, or will the fickle UK public fall back on the two-party scenario? We shall see… The current power-plays around the world are a real threat to world peace – we have had centuries of blood and tears, and having survived the mess of the 1900’s I hoped that the 21st century would be a time of enlightenment, not a reversion to primitive mentality from hundreds of years ago. Whatever happens in the elections – and I include the USA ones, which are not far away – is vital for the next few decades. Do we submit to ancient ideologies that honestly have no place in the modern world, or do we identify borders and limits, and enforce them? In spite of the limitations of the modern political systems in the West, they are the best that we have! To allow Islam to destroy is literally suicide for millions of people, and it must be prevented. We must have decent legal processes in place for all of us to survive.