I was wondering the same thing.

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

I have 4 grandchildren, all much older than yours, and now 4 great-grandchildren. You always worry about them as the world changes from what you once considered normal.

My grandchildren regard what they have as normal and are just getting on with their lives. They don't know anything different. For sure they would rather have this life than no life.

My children grew up during the Cold War when the threat of nuclear Armageddon was very real. We worried then about bringing them into a world headed towards disaster.

My grandchildren worry much more about the lack of seriousness given to climate change than to wars starting.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

The children aren't thinking for themselves. They are being taught what to think and how to think by low IQ Marxists who fester in the education system.

A lot of it is also social-desirability bias.

That's not an insult.

I'm full of envy.

Like being called a prophet in rags.

Edited by Stirlingsays (20 Oct 2023 8.19pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I agree.

I am though seeing the faintest glimmers of hope in some developments today, being the eternal optimist that I am.

Firstly, I heard an Israeli spokesman suggest that their, obviously delayed, ground assault would be limited in nature and targeted at Hamas strongholds only.

Secondly, there is a summit meeting taking place between the leaders of Egypt, Jordan, the PLA and others in which ceasefire proposals will be discussed which include restarting negotiations for a two state solution.

Coincidentally I expressed my hope for both of these a day or so ago.

Israel are also saying they intend to permanently stop supplying Gaza with their energy and water once they have neutered Hamas thus cutting all connections.

With settlers in the West Bank now becoming even more aggressive in their land grabs there is a bargaining chip there too.

So maybe there is a chink of light. The US seems to have tempered the Israeli response and started the Arab nations seeking to find a way forward. If Israel can be persuaded to allow humanitarian relief in and to provide enough power and water to sustain life until other sources are built, in return for security guarantees alongside their own defences then progress to a long term solution is possible. It would have to mean the settlements being abandoned but they were always a provocation.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

When attacks happen, like this hospital attack (though it's obviously just one attack) which becomes global highly focused news people rush to judgement.

We could ask why? Because they can't possibly know for sure. It would need experts on the ground to be certain.

As adults we all understand that each side tries to present itself as a victim and the other as the bad guy. We are all subject to their appeals to your support. Media filters and then shapes the news that gets to you.

The Israelis have far more resources with which to present this but to balance that there are far more Palestinian sympathetic media.

Both sides lie, both sides filter and try to shape your attitude.....It really is a case of trust and finding those you can.

People tend to believe whichever side they tend to support....it's normal and human nature but I think my experience with the Ukraine war has taught me that essentially both sides go full in and use the same tactics but will then turn around and claim to be the good guy.

In previous eras without the benefit of technology they could get away with that but really since the sixties the camera has allowed the truth to peer back to its audience far more effectively.

War is the death of innocence. War means children dying in rubble, war means being taken to rooms and shot to death.....senseless hatred of people they never knew. Denying children medicine.

I can never support the concept of war outside of the battlefield....which is the European way.

Blessed are the peacemakers in a world of warmongers.

Edited by Stirlingsays (21 Oct 2023 2.52pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)