tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560730689406287093.post1059188453852027871..comments2023-08-16T10:22:19.375+01:00Comments on UrsulaWrites: Three Cheers for the Hopey Changey ThingUrsulaWriteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09681010089651378740noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560730689406287093.post-81073934097895187372012-11-15T05:02:08.008+00:002012-11-15T05:02:08.008+00:00Are you serious?Are you serious?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560730689406287093.post-20323334604462285122012-11-09T17:52:38.526+00:002012-11-09T17:52:38.526+00:00thanks. I feel that there's a perception somet...thanks. I feel that there's a perception sometimes that the good guys always lose. I just don't think that's the case.<br /><br />I do agree that people will continue to be dickheads as long as there are people, but I have to say that overall, I feel more optimistic about the state of the world than I did in my 20's. I was a terrible eco-doom-and-gloom monger back then and I don't feel like that any more. Perhaps because I've seen so much change in 20 years that I now think we will change to deal with it.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment.UrsulaWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09681010089651378740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560730689406287093.post-62015484837289131892012-11-09T16:16:52.973+00:002012-11-09T16:16:52.973+00:00Absolutely brilliant turn of phrase, really made m...Absolutely brilliant turn of phrase, really made me laugh. Thanks.UrsulaWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09681010089651378740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560730689406287093.post-13728812034763236032012-11-09T10:56:31.788+00:002012-11-09T10:56:31.788+00:00Lovely stuff. I have/had a similar perspective. My...Lovely stuff. I have/had a similar perspective. My favourite years for world politics were probably 1988 - 1993: The Berlin Wall came down, The USSR ceased to exist, Mandela was freed and Apartheid ceased. It was all excellent stuff.<br /><br />Then came Putin, and Winnie Mandela and various Gulf Wars, the rise of militant Hinduism in India, the Sri Lankan genocide (in effect) of the LTTE and it's support. The 11th of September attacks on on the US. The Bali bombing.<br /><br />So all my optimism was moderated by a realisation that humans will continue to be f**kwits, no matter what opportunities are given to them. And, yes, I am a bit less optimistic than I used to be: our NHS is being sold off, the Tories are finagling all sorts of shenanigans yet again...<br /><br />On the plus side: Northern Ireland is no longer terrorist-land.<br /><br />Even more plus: I have recently discovered the bunch of young, enthusiastic, liberal-leftie types, who put together stuff like Science ShowOff and Museums ShowOff and ScienceGrrl and more (thank you Twitter!), and the US has rejected Mittens.<br /><br />So I hope, again, for more Arab Springtimes, for better eduction, for a continuing NHS and more. But I'm just warier, I suppose, than I was when I was in my early 20s and the world suddenly seemed to have become a so much better place.<br /><br />Thanks for flying the flag for optimism and enthusiasm: sometimes we do forget how good we have it!Palfreyman1414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560730689406287093.post-68011483925080607742012-11-09T03:13:54.970+00:002012-11-09T03:13:54.970+00:00Thank you for the list of things that have improve...Thank you for the list of things that have improved, because I hadn't thought about it that way, and it is all true. And awesome. Also amen to Mittens' failure. We had him as a governor in Massachusetts, and he was floppy and soggy and excessively religious. leehttp://dancingcrow.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com