What a clever piece of street art spotted on the streets of Tel Aviv! I accidentally found it on the facebook page of Hananya Naftali, who added the disclaimer "This is satirical street art, not intended to offend or promote hate toward any group".
What an unnecessary disclaimer! I mean, who would want to incite hate against an 86-year-old man who is universally loved by his own people?
Just as unnecessary as the pregnancy warning to be displayed here on alcoholic drinks. I mean, any woman who doesn't know that drinking alcohol during pregnancy is bad for her baby can't read either.
Anyway, why should I worry about the state of the world? Why should I worry about all those men who want to marry men, and all those women who want to marry women? Let them! In three generations, there'll be none left. And why should I worry that our flag and culture offends so many and yet our generous welfare benefits don’t?
Mind you, I'm absolutely tired of being told that we have a huge number of drug addicts in Australia and that I must pay for their treatment and support. Did I grab them and stuff white powder up their noses or stick a needle in their arms while they tried to fight me off?
Some 1,371,000 square kilometres of this island continent is desert which means there's plenty of room for 'drying out'. Just give them all a one-way ticket to the Tanami or Great Sandy Desert and let the rest of us law-abiding and tax-paying citizens get on with our lives.
Anyway, why should I worry about the state of the world when I won't be of this world much longer? (now I sound like my 93-year-old brother in Germany who, for the past ten years, has been sending me Christmas cards with the handwritten notation, "This may be my last Christmas!")
Which is why, when visiting the Nelligen Village Market this morning, I bought Padma a hand-crafted handbag for our 30th wedding anniversary.
"But that's still five years away!" she remonstrated. "Just in case I won't be around by then", I replied. German humour is no laughing matter!
P.S. Did I hear you ask about the weather? Well, North Queensland is bracing for a category two cyclone while whole towns in Victoria are on fire. Here at Nelligen the computer warnings seem to oscillate (that means 'swinging back and forth in a regular rhythm', Des) between ...
