Time

Having a free subscription (thx to our previous tennant) to Time magazine has made me painfully aware of how ignorant I am re: things happening in the world. It really is scary learning what is happening around the world right now, that living in our precious, cosy homes, we can be completely oblivious to.

Should we care? Mushie has always been of the opinion that watching the news is "too depressing and upsetting" - and i certainly agree with that. There is way too much suffering going on in developing countries, warring african states, Palestine - Israel, Iraq, let alone the local news about rape, murder etc, to feel very excited about watching the news (i guess that's why they have that naked news .... certainly adds a different twist to news)

I guess I pride myself on my own powers of judgement - that i can see a certain situation/issue and know in my mind what is the right thing to say or do then. (like knowing not to walk down dark alleys or being careful to wash your hands carefully after treating someone's feet for example :)

However, when I think back to pre-iraq ,when Australia was deciding wether it would join the US at war, and I thought ... i guess that's ok, why not ... WHY NOT?!?! How about that Iraq was not responsible for 9/11, that Bush and his governement had lied about the WMD (weapons of mass destruction), that the UN would not support the action, that soldiers would die ... are we partly responsible for not having an opinion, and in silence, supporting our governments who persue these illegal, immoral, stupid wars?