132. Life defined by the rhetoric of ARGUMENT.

VIEWS@9832

Last week, at 75, I became a grandfather. Thinking I had avoided this reality, I was mistaken. The quick-pick prints of my granddaughter adorn my walls now. They come in almost daily, delivered by their proud Daddy-son-offspring. Bring her on son! We'll figure it out! She's glorious!

No longer in the midst of life, as an elder, you have time to reminisce. Although you still pay taxes,  there is time to interpret yourself more objectively within the systems. Close to being discarded, you learn to accept your ever increasing 'passive' role.

Are we indeed MacLuhan's global village now? Yip. We are spinning by the nano-second ongoingly faster. We are having clear indications that in the house of humans, no-one is in charge! All aboard?

Will we indeed prove to be a failed species, as a 'old' friend of mine argues! OR, are we more the 'run-away' species, as I maintain, since in my view, when nature allows a niche to be filled, it is FAR from FAILED, it is 'natural.'

Our species masses are now preoccupied with tech-gadgetry and non-invasive gobbledygook rhetoric; B Gates and S Jobs saw to that; they are our present day L Da Vinci. Although this slows the species to a crawl, those who feed us continue to do what is necessary to fill their pockets. The haves versus the needy! And WE, the masses are the needy! Good for them, but beware 'us', the vulnerable!

So, when it comes to defend yourself, as an individual, you are going to need a bloody good argument with good PR and a large amount of people watching! An argument that can not be ignored, and ultimately has to be acknowledged! It's all about the rules now.

Aye, there's the rub! To prepare the all persuasive argument, to prove beyond a shadow of doubt that the system erred, and erred knowingly and transparently!

Aye Ladies and Gentles, THAT'S the objective of the argument!