Attitude and opinion, who’s right and who’s wrong?

Some months ago I watched a portion of an Eastenders episode where a bunch of kids were making a fuss and claiming they had been ‘disrespected’ because they’d been told to keep it down. In effect therefore they were disrespecting the rights of the other patrons to sit and enjoy a drink in a nice peacful environment, a fact that obviously didn’t register with the characters. The landlord is therefore called to make a judgement call, but either way someone will lose face.

I wonder how much globalisation has played a part in how the rights of the young and old alike are worked out in the modern world. These days it doesn’t take much effort to discover and connect with like minded people all over the world and therefore validate and reinforce your point of view, rightly or wrongly, young or old. Another story in the news this week which tells of two sides at loggerheads is a crisis hit British Airways, who are expected to post its biggest ever losses at the end of the week, versus the Unite Union. Have Unite never heard the phrase United we stand, divided we fall? I wonder why these people can not see the bigger picture right now? We’ve just come out of recession, there’s a volcanic ash cloud closing airports, pressure on people not to fly due to the environment, and the company is losing money hand over fist.. Its strange how people power often overcomes common sense. Look at the bigger picture Unite for god's sake!

And to sign off this post I’d like to announce my idiot of the week: Ex-treasury minister Liam Byrne. For writing the ‘joke’ note to the new Treasury minister. For those of you who haven’t heard this, the note reads: “chief secretary, I'm afraid to tell you there's no money left,” Joke or no joke? Ask the people who are paying close to three times as much council tax as they did in 1993, and 25p more per litre in fuel duty than they did in 1995!

There are two sides to every story, however increasingly they’re poles apart in common sense and decency!