dedicated to the negotiating teams from USA, Canada and Japan who served us so memorably at Bali:In ten days' time, they'll be knocking back the wine, having watched their children sing about the baby Jesus and how the new-born king came to save the world. They might get a little dewy-eyed then, and while they watch again the tale of Tiny Tim they'll probably "reconsecrate" their hard hearts to him. But we who watched it all on TV will never forget their moment now, how those gutless gentlemen couldn't muster their sentiments in the Earth's defence, even in the face of all that evidence. They probably thought they were pretty smart, obviously mindful of their great careers, even as the world was coming apart around their ears.
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My head swirls when I try to wrestle with the debates on these issues.Sometimes it all seems so surreal! We are lectured about turning off our stand-by switches, yet businesses and private homes are ablaze with Xmas lights. I do not want to play Scrooge, and at least this extravagant display only happens once a year,but I do object to the floodlighting of public buildings and monuments year in year out.
Turning down the thermostat--a third runway for London--Chinese peasants with no access to electricity. Crazy world.
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