Fear Of Fairness

It's just a passing thought: how many human actions, especially the atrocious ones, boil down to a fear of fairness? Just imagine- you're not more special than anyone else! Maybe if other people had support and chances, and a bit of good luck (alas, luck has a lot to do with everything, including the circumstances you're born into), they might achieve what you thought you'd achieved on your own through 'sheer hard work'.

I'd love to see any member of the Houses of Parliament do a full, honest day's work in a hospital Accident and Emergency Department. Not a special set-up just for them, but the real work that NHS staff do: terrifying, blood-soaked, and humiliating. Being unable to save a person's life must be the worst feeling in the world. Experiencing that first-hand might be bit of a wake-up call, and trigger a little compassion. It might lead to an understanding that we are all human beings, and no single human being is worth more than another. Making sure everyone can afford food and everyone has a roof over their head, and a warm environment, might seem a little more important that squirrelling away millions of empty pounds into offshore bank accounts.

Of course it's entirely possible that instead of feeling compassion, the one-day worker might merely feel relief that they don't have to bother with such things, and that what they consider to be a lower order of person is better suited to jobs like that. In that case, let's toast the time when the psychopaths really do take themselves off to Mars. They will leave us with a big, dirty mess to clear up, but that's what we are used to, aren't we?