A fuss over a minutes silence

 An "old" friend in South Africa once commented when I started to issue my blogs, that I was in danger of becoming a Cassandra. Cassandra a character in Greek mythology, was given the power of prophecy by Apollo and then after she had refused his "overtures", (who said I'm not old fashioned) cursed her never to be believed. For those of you old enough, Cassandra was the pen name of a journalist William Connor who wrote for the The Daily Mirror and the tongue in cheek pseudonym was his take on whether what he wrote would be believed.

Russell Brand has of late made a name for himself by using his web site to broadcast his political views which are anti establishment and this morning he has caused a storm by suggesting the minute silence for the dead in Tunisia, which David Cameron has suggested we support at midday, should be ignored because of the hypocrisy of our leader, who willingly sides with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Yemen, plus a host of countries who would compete for the title 'most brutal' as evidenced by ISIS
Brands attempt to confront the issue of our support for brutal regimes has raised a lot of steam from people who are blinded by the profit from the sale of guns and cattle prods used by the police in these countries to control their population.
His aim is hypocrisy, one of the worst human traits because it characterises our feeling better than someone else, we are superior and it's a dreadful deceit.
I am also a little squeamish when I hear the media and the people who could not have known any of the people who died, lining up to offer their feelings towards those who died.
It seems these days as if you are not a proper civilised person without offering your sympathy and express your unhappiness, in front of the cameras. The Diana phenomena is symptomatic of a people who's very 'individuality' seeks moments like this to come out and recognise their fellow man.