This will be a short, sharp and to the point blog. The subject matter eminates from the current challenges that Japan faces and the resultant worldwide responces that I am observing.
So, we have a movement of plates just off the Japanese coast, a tsunami of note is created and mayhem ensures. All good so far, it is part of our understanding that Japan is located within what is termed " The Ring of Fire ". Aptly named after three rather active and volatile masses of rock take turns in arm wrestling. We have the same process happening off the coastline of California and a number of other destinations around our mortal coil.
The human mindset is at best simple, at worst just that. What is it that drives us to place mega cities with millions of souls in residence, full on services to look after them in these locations and expect nothing to happen ? Why indeed. I watch with great interest how we " manage " these developments through knee jerk responces and well developed Western media hype. Arab nations rise up, their rulers react, an earth movement comes and we react but is there learning here ? Are we processing this input in a detached, analytical manner ? Taking this forward to our next development ?
One thing is for sure, nothing remains as it was, eveything changes and the survivours amoungst us are a rare breed of thriver protagonists.
Ciao
Colin J. FRYER.
Centre Stage Travel, Cape Town.
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