SIR GUESTLING THORN

Day 161

I consider myself to be a reasonable person, I have a fairly logical brain, I might be a little eccentric, occasionally I am irrational but I feel we are all going down the rabbit hole at the moment. Never has the world and the reports of what is going on in it seemed so bizarre. Everything is denied or twisted to suit whatever somebody want us to believe. Interviewers no longer press the person they are interviewing or really challenge them. The public has no chance of knowing what is going on because nobody does, those supposedly who should know have not got a clue, so what chance have the rest of us got? Lies aren’t even disguised any more they are just blatantly pronounced and then apparently the subject is closed! Reality has become fantasy and fantasy has become reality! The number of conspiracy theories going around about Covid-19 alone are some of the most weird stuff i have ever read about. With so much media to spread disinformation and sheer bollocks on it is no wonder that even sensible people are sucked into the mad world of the nutter, the agitator, those who want you to be scared! Myths abound about everything and get spread around like confetti. We are so used to reading snippets of rubbish we don’t even question much of it anymore? Should you decide to investigate some of these theories, you quickly find yourself disappearing in a morass of claims and counter claims, until you have no idea what is or isn’t true or even vaguely true! Everyday I tell myself to stop reading the news, that there must be more productive things I can be doing and everyday I continue to do so. I cannot remember a morning when the overall feeling upon reading that days news is not one of anger or disappointment, disbelief and sheer bewilderment! Those of you who take the time and trouble to read this column (thank you) will know that! It surprises me that I still remain so optimistic in spite of all the crap one reads about. I did say to my son last week that I am beginning not care anymore I might be lucky to have another 20 odd years left so none of this will be my problem! I am disappointed in myself for such a statement but the truth is I am finding it more and more difficult to care!

Stay well