When People Think, Rightly Or

While A Few Poor Countries Are Catching Up With The Rich World, The Differences Between The Richest And Poorest Individuals Around The Globe Are Huge And Likely Growing.

Once Upon A Time There Were The Pampas In Argentina, That People Could Treat As "empty Lands" And Where They Could Run Away From Their Problems From Problem-ridden Homes. That Eventuality Is No Longer Available.

We Live In A World Of Communication, Everyone Gets Information About Everyone Else. There Is Universal Comparison And You Don't Just Compare Yourself With The People Next Door, You Compare Yourself To People All Over The World And With What Is Being Presented As The Decent, Proper And Dignified Life. It's The Crime Of Humiliation.

I Was Watching The Tv Broadcasts Interviewing People Stranded At Airports For Days On End, Losing Their Holidays, Their Important Business Meetings And The Long-awaited Ability To See Their Families... In Short, Suffering. No One Complained, Though! They Kept Repeating: We Are So Grateful For The Care Taken Of Our Safety, For Feeling. They Were Ready To Surrender A Good Deal Of Their Human Dignity, Individuality, Freedom Of Choice.

Civilisation, The Orderly World In Which We Live, Is Frail. We Are Skating On Thin Ice. There Is A Fear Of A Collective Disaster. Terrorism, Genocide, Flu, Tsunamis.