Categories: politics, religion
Date: 16 December 2008 20:53:44
While watching the TV tonight I was again assaulted by an appeal that was planned to tug at my heartstrings. Unfortuantely I have become insulated against such appeals and become somewhat cynical. It's not that I lack compassion but I just don't respond adverts showing abused children, abandoned pets, starving merchant bankers or requests for snorkels for gillless fish.
I got to thinking though.....
What happens if they solve their problem? What do the people do then?
What do they have to gain by finding a cure for cancer; feeding everyone in the world; saving the planet from global warming, or attacks by Godzilla? Don't they just put themselves out of work? So are they really working to put an end to whatever it is they advertise?
At this time of year we should remember the true meaning of Christmas and the birth of Jesus:
Merchandising; transient pleasure; more food than you can ever eat in one sitting; escalating debt; crap adverts; video games and consoles; family arguments over what to watch; presents that you neither need or want; queues of ignorant shoppers; religious nutters who keep going on and on about some kid born 2000 years ago - what's that all about???
So, this year forget everyone else and remember the true meaning of Xmas - YOU!!!!!