"my disappointment in society"

I just had to repost this:


This is going off on a tangent but it is linked to my disappointment in society and how it seems so ignorant to issues that really matter. I love Larry's page as I want to be kept informed and not bury my head in the sand or in The X Factor but at the same time I dread reading some things as it leaves me feeling so sad for my children and wonder what on Earth life is going to be like for them when they are my age. Can I just say that with the return of 'From Recipes To Riches' I shook my head in dismay - do we REALLY need more instant muffin and cake mixes on our shelves? I am all for people with ideas but how about something that this world really needs. NO more singers, NO more dancers, NO more people trying to whip up the fluffiest souffle - who cares!!! When i saw Larry's article the other day of those 3 children (one boy standing, 2 girls sitting on a cardboard box that had been laid out flat in the dirt) - I assumed the 2 girls were sisters and when I saw them huddled together - the older one comforting the younger one as she sat crying into her sisters lap and you could tell by her posture she was a weary heartbroken and frightened little girl - my heart just broke. Muffin mixes aint gonna fix the world and I am so sick of seeing this crap on our screens. Society is being 'dumbed down' at an alarming rate and when I stand still and Iook around me at people rushing around in supermarkets, people rushing around in cars, people rushing everywhere, people wanting more more more with a sense of entitlement, people getting offended over ridiculous things, people throwing the racist/bigot/convict card around as an answer to everything, footballers who make way too much money for kicking a little red ball between four white sticks getting angry because a young girl uttered a word they took offense to in a footy match - I wonder are these people even aware that there are people in this world with nothing, people REALLY suffering, children whose entire future depends on any mercy granted to them at the hands of adult monsters around them who have an agenda that children could not possibly begin to understand. As I sat feeding my newborn son his midnight feed in my lounge on lush clean carpet with the gentle buzz of the fridge I looked out my window which I had left open overnight because it was warm, and I couldn't help but think of women overseas who would give anything to be able to sit with me in my loungeroom in the quiet evening and feed their children formula full of nutrients in safety, on clean carpet. I know there are still good people out there, but with things that I read and hear and see for myself I am really sad for this world and the state it is in. No more muffin mixes please, we have way too much crap on our supermarket shelves as it is.


Well said Nicole.