Bank Holiday Saturday. End of the month - beginning of the end.
Is it really that hard to see that the problem in The Ukraine has been caused, in some degree, by Western attitudes to Russia for centuries? I am guessing it springs out of cultural, social and religious opposition which has always seen the Orient, the Russ, Orthodox, The Tatars, etc, as not as morally 'good', or righteous, as the West, with it's Papal, Romance/Anglo-Saxon, Protestant/Catholic dichotomy sees itself. Why is it impossible for humanity to see that we're not all the same and we can be different? Russia's history of itself is no different from England's history of itself: they are both incorrect. Seeing yourself as others see you is a very difficult skill. Perhaps no human can directly see his or her faults all that well? *** I slept badly. The floor is not my friend! And the sofa downstairs is simply too short for me. I have to lay somewhat fetal on the settee which I find very uncomfortable and there is no give on the floor so my bones feel ill pos...