Hell on Earth

I was inspired or I'm not really sure if that is the correct word to use in this case for my latest entry. I think provoked is better. Provoked by the recent spate of suicides in Dundee

And for what reason? A matter still to be resolved. In actual fact I was planning this even before those suicides happened...I guess it was just a bad day at the office.

Hell On Earth - The most unpleasant things on the planet

What I am attempting here is a collaboration with friends mostly from facebook to gather our thoughts on what we believe to be the most unpleasant things they can be items, ideologies, movements..whatever makes you get that cringeworthy nagging and disturbed feeling from deep within. It can be trivial if you like, sometimes the most trivial things are the most unpleasant.

And so to my first choice

suicide - you have to be careful and not brand this as the easy way out, which to most of us it is. There has to be some crucial factor those who never contemplate suicide are missing. The breaking point and the execution itself...how do they come into play? Put another way what makes death the best choice?

The thought of that is so scary if you ask me. I hope the lives of those in Dundee will be investigated so that the lives of others are not lost. Its a truely sad time for the city.

The greed of capitalism.

No I'm not a commy or a red. I live in a capitalist society and a very materialistic one at that. Korea is a society that adores money..and I mean adores money very little else seems to matter. Those with money are idolised and those without - well pretty much you are an inferior citizen and a parasite. This is not about Korea though ...its the whole capitalist society. I am referring to here. So how hypocritical am I being right now? Why don't I cross the border into North Korea?

I yearn for things, to have a better paying job. So why complain about myself? Bizarre!

hat irks me are those who never show any sign of contentment, the need to be in competition with the Jones'. There is nothing wrong with wanting a comfortable live but are those who chase money really spending their time wisely? What about taking that extra week off to spend time with the family? The insane money that CEO's get, the bank bosses got and still get. How much money does someone need to be happy here? Is the CEO of Goldman Sachs happier than I am?

I very much doubt it ...so why be so greedy? I rest my case

K POP

For those unfamiliar with this brand of music from Korea..be thankful. It is simply the worst I have ever come across. Not an ounce of talent, not even their dancing which is the only thing that you experience watching a concert on the telly that could redeem it...The dancing is rank too.

It's just pure awful and to make it worse the performers feel the need to develop some kind of English tourettes syndrome. Some random English comes out of nowhere and it is strewn with grammatical errors. KPOP is appalling crap - end of story.

Paedophiles

The scummiest of scum. I vote that no convicted paedophile be ever set free on parole. They have committed the most atrocious of crimes only exceeded by murder. In actual fact a sex crime against a kid is just about murder in itself when you consider the impact it must have on the victim.

This brings me to my last entry...War. But I want to focus on wars that could have been avoided and not the Great war or World War 2 . Both of those wars required intervention and were won by the good guys as had they not been, the free world would' ve have turned out completely different.

War

There is of course the thinking that suggests in war there are no victors only one side loses less than the other. It is fair to say that is an accurate summation of war. The loss of life is horrendous and for what ? religious beliefs ? territorial gains? Pride? The motives for going to war seem so superficial and unjust.

Take the war on terrorism that has now lasted the best part of a decade. This is a war without an end in sight...relentless slaughter on both sides. The Free world (could that be a euphenism for non muslim world?) vs the muslim world. A tit for tat exchange of gunfire and far worse.

The only outcome that will emerge from this war is that there will be very few safe havens for mankind to escape the ravages of war.

Hope to hear from you and I'd be very curious to know your most disliked things on planet earth as well as any opinion you have on my list.

I blatantly left out natural disasters and the wrath of mother nature because..we are causing more harm to this planet than she ever could. She is only regulating as she sees fit...the unpleasantness of death caused by such forces is not her fault.