Three Appalling Things

I’ll be direct and concise…

Appalling thing #1

The use of children as human shields and the sudden international shock. The Syrian government has been using children as human shields and it has tortured them (maybe to find out the location of a member of their family who might be linked to the opposition). Obviously, this shocked the world; as it should. 

But this international shock is appalling, because when Israel warned the world that Hezbollah and Hamas used children and women as human shields, in each conflict with the Jewish State, the international community didn’t miss one opportunity to rebuke Israel for its excessive force and, thus, legitimise the PR campaigns carried out by terrorist groups. As we can see now, using children as human shields is standard procedure in that part of the world. Wait until they start implementing their plan of using children to commit terrorist acts in the West…

Appalling thing #2

Political unaccountability. Politicians are used to get into office, mismanage a village, a city or a country; make money and when things get tough or when the tenure is over, they leave office with their head high and, despite their incompetence, they are rewarded with a job at the UN, EU or any other political body.

The day political leaders (who squander public funds, who steal from the people and blatantly throw the countries they are supposed to run into the mud) see themselves before a court of law responding for their crimes (i.e. fraud); we would have better and more responsible politicians.

N.B: when I speak of politicians I also include the presidents of central banks.

Appalling thing #3

Journalists disrespecting members of a Royal Family. Last week, I was introduced to a show that is being broadcasted in Portugal, on Sundays. The show is actually rather interesting and given the fact that my countrymen have issues with confrontation, it must be a real challenge for them to watch Rita Ferro (a Portuguese writer) saying some truths, Live. But that is not the appalling part; the revulsive thing about the show, last week, was one journalist (answering by the name of Ana Mesquita) who referred to the late Princess Diana as “a broad” – and out of respect for Prince William and Prince Harry, I will not expand the rest of this journalist’s stupid and disrespectful remark.

The occasion required a comment, and therefore I respectfully left a few words on the show’s Facebook page, advising Ms Mesquita that she lacked etiquette, class and a proper upbringing (among other things). I don’t think that being on TV automatically grants Fashion journalists the right to be rude and tacky. It is quite obvious that whomever gave this missy a job didn’t do the necessary due diligence (DD).