07.02.07
The world we live in
Posted in Healthcare Related, News and Current Affairs (general) at 7:08 pm by Julie
I had cause to visit one of the smaller London airports on Saturday shortly after the would be suicide bomber drove into the front of Glasgow airport. Not surprising then that there were armed police everywhere and my plan to meet my parents in the drop down / pick up zone was thwarted. Having said that, I would rather be safe, and pay £5.20 for an hours parking than allow terrorism to win. My parents who although only in their late 60’s seem to be unable to keep up with the rules around air travel had their supply of wine confiscated at the French airport as they had failed to recognise that wine is a liquid. I am off on my own holiday next week, and I am beginning to wonder about the whole airport air travel experience. I suspect it won’t be global warming and my carbon footprint that stops me flying but the rules and regulations, the waiting and the uncertainty that will get to me.
My other thought in this whole matter is what would make people who are meant to be caring, who are meant to do no harm become terrorists? At the time of writing, all we know is that at least two doctors are suspects. They have not been charged with anything, much less been to court for a trial. But the whole concept goes against our beliefs about what a doctor would and should do. The war in Iraq is complex, the mess that has been left behind after it is meant to be over is nothing short of terrible. I can understand how some people would want to exact revenge on those of us in the west. But why would a couple of doctors, who a few days ago might have been providing medical care to people be part of this whole set up? I guess I have no answers to all of this, just questions.
