What in the World Happened to the "Fat Lady"?
In America they have a saying that “it ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings”.
It seems to me that the “fat lady”, has been singing out for quite some time and might even have sung herself hoarse, but nobody heard her or they were too busy following the false leads of what Donald Trump calls fake news to pay attention.
Now I know that I have probably not been politically correct here in using the word “fat”, please forgive me, I am not up-to-date on this issue, but will defer to the term “size challenged” or “big” to mitigate the offense.
It is fast becoming apparent that the vast array of critical threats and issues hammering on the traditional and historical structures of western civilisations are so overwhelming that those who have something or someone to care about are bracing themselves for a Humpty Dumpty type scenario of biblical proportions.
Just like in the case of Humpty, when he fell off the wall and the cracks appeared, “all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty together again”.
Sounds a bit like Brexit doesn’t it, or maybe the US democratic system?
There have been over fifty murders in London this year so far, all unsolved. We see the headlines, it seems like every day, there is another one. The police blame it on gangs and are calling for the public to help.
But doesn’t this mean that there are over fifty murderers walking around, sitting in bars, dining in restaurants and over fifty grieving families, may be plotting revenge or now living with traumatised children.
Moped muggings, acid attacks, hate crimes, enacted in record numbers and mostly unsolved.
On the other side of the pond, politically opposed factions have become so acrimonious that one faction has taken to public shaming and actual harassment of some of the figures of the current administration.
“Celebrities” have taken to publicly making such insanely hateful, malicious statements via social media, about public figures that it stresses the rationality of a sane person’s mind.
America seems to be up to its elbows in fear, hate and insecurity, much like the rest of the planet.
All of the blood that was spilled and the pain that was suffered to forge these great democracies seem to be rising up out of the ground like an invisible virus, affecting the minds of the people and their elected governance.
If the “big lady” hasn’t sung yet, what in the world is she waiting for?
