Look out for me

Not sure whether womazzle will continue.  Google seems bent on making access to it difficult.  

I will try to keep the site open, but this might just be my last post for now.   

I will be around though.  Somewhere.  

Look out for far out bits and pieces about this world and the one to come...

... IF.

Thugs on Drugs

We all, who do not subscribe to shooting up beach vacationers, beheading civilians in front of running cameras and destroying cultural heritage sites, are clueless how to make them stop. 

Some governments retaliate by capturing and swiftly executing any potential subject.  But that seems to be only partially effective, since it predictably leads to martyrdom and further retaliation.

Others try to take the high road by steadfastly upholding principles of habeas corpus.

Generally speaking and in light of the centuries of struggles to formulate basic principles of human rights including a fair trial, that would be a good idea. 

The problem though is:  this does not get rid of the actual problem.

I.e., it does not get rid of a large, vastly dispersed, international cohort of young, violent males who have been radicalized to commit atrocities on behalf of one cause or another. 

We are not battling national armies or even militias any more.  There aren’t any clearly demarcated war or danger zones.  The enemy is safely among us, daring us.

The question is, can we accept him as what he is:  a male under stress.  Nothing more, but also nothing less.

A human in need of chemical relief.    

Don't Bother...

In Britain, harassing, mobbing and libelling colleagues does not seem to constitute an offence that puts into question the mobber as much as the mobee. 

When a female broker took her employer to work over turning a blind eye when she found out that a male colleague had been bad mouthing her to her clients over a period of years, it was HER who had to defend herself in front of the court of law providing evidence that she was not a “psycho bitch” and “chronic druggie”. 

The BBC reported about the case recently because it was a rare occasion where the victim actually took her case to the court instead of accepting hush money – mostly because to save her career she did not really have another option.

While the BBC report correctly emphasised the importance of this step taken, they concluded that it may nevertheless not be the preferable route to take, since the time and energy spent in addition to the considerable financial burden and emotional trauma and possible social backlash the victim may face may not be worth the trouble.

No mentioning on how to improve the system and forcing the perpetrator to provide evidence for HIS claims and placing the financial burden as well as the social stigma on HIS back.

Needless to say he has since taken a pay out from his former employer and moved on.  She is still dealing with the consequences of the libelling campaign.

Go run the numbers...

on the Walking Time Bomb…!

One HUNDRED and FIFTY people had to die because Mr. Lubitz had a bad day.

Do you remember University of Texas?  Or Ohio State?  Mass executions at universities which by now have become a regular occurrence in the US whenever some loner feels low.   In China the preferred targets are preschools.  Among Islamists its girls’ schools apparently. 

Frankly, does anybody notice a pattern?  I am wondering…since everyone seems to be into algorithms these day!!

And don’t get me wrong.  Lubitz, & Co are just the tip of the iceberg. 

Watch out for the guys who make it to the top of a hierarchy.  Time to count in THOUSANDS and MILLIONS!!

 

What is wrong with the male brain one should wonder…!

In comes neuroscience telling us about differential front wiring, the deficiencies in the frontal lobes (does impulse inhibition mean anything to you)  etc. 

Okay, so WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO  ABOUT THAT? 

All you socially adjusted guys out there…let’s start cracking on that one.  Really it's time!

Charline

The shock waves from the attacks in Paris earlier this month can still be felt.  Clamorous demonstrations have yet to abate, meandering TV debates continue to befuddle a confused audience and a tsunami of cartoons has yet to recede behind the flood barriers of either good taste or necessity.

More important than whether we are Charlie or not, however, is to understand what emotional hurricane has been unleashed in us that continues to churn up so much activism.  

Is it that we really care about free speech?  Do we truly appreciate what it took to have this right be enshrined in our western constitutions?  Is all of this really about a principle?

I am wondering because where is Europe and all its loud-mouths, when women become the target of a heinous attack, and when the hard fought for right to fair and equal treatment regardless of ones gender is trashed, because some guy had a bad day?

Or is that too close for comfort?

Of course, it is always easier to look for the evil asshole across the fence of religion or ethnicity instead of in one’s own backyard.   

I am Charline and I am looking at you!

Moonwalking

If religion was once coined "opium for the people" surely the assumption was that the masses would be lulled with the promise of abundance in a yonder world.  

Little did Marx realise that, when given the chance, the masses would dump all spiritual ambitions and sign up for capitalism.  

Regardless of whether its underlying principles of profit optimization would mostly come to benefit but a small circle, the promise of instant gratification and on-demand distraction from any potentially irksome thought, was all that was needed to make the slaves endorse their masters.  

And so we have arrived at the most sobering and admittedly dumbest stage of human civilization - the era when there are no longer any excuses for inequality, exploitation, destruction, abuse and violence.  The point in time where the only explanation for human suffering is human nature.  It remains to be seen for how long this planet will support it. 

I heard, however, that there are already plans underway to continue this nonsense elsewhere on a distant moon...

Fear Factor

Single-minded, men can be very effective at achieving one goal: competence.   Titles, medals, honors, public acknowledgements bear witness of that all important purpose in life.  Men battle and save lives, they rebuild economies and strengthen communities, they devote their lives to art and maritime biology, they become pros at ping pong and Fusion cuisine, they found charitable organizations and develop top notch technology and marketing strategies. 

However, the broader sphere of life can, be tricky to manage for them.  Joggling a career, relationship, children, family and friends can be straight out impossible. 

I have seen a lot of men buckle under the complexity of long-term relationships.  Eight out of ten of my female friends are currently either divorced or going through divorce.  Two of them are living in separation.   All of them have children.

Throughout the last twenty years of my married life, I have come to believe that women who want to raise a family would do best (and often do) forming strong ties with other women instead of relying – and often being let down – by a male partner.

It is simply not their forte to keep school dates, food preferences and names of friends in mind while maintaining a stable source of income, taking care of relatives and planning the next summer holidays.  

No need to gripe and moan.  Best actually to plan life with a good pre-nuptial agreement in place and look out for other women who might be willing to share in daily chores, child care and holidays.

The marital contract would ensure that the single-parent household is viable even after the partners split.  Children need to be taken care of long-term and the person having worked in the unsalaried and under acknowledged role of the guardian must be fully compensated and supported as well.   Afterall, a guy who invested all his working hours in his career and most of his non-salaried time in hobbies pulls ahead of the woman who spent every waking hour of the day in raising children.  

Clearly she made a strategic mistake by trusting a male to stand by her and pitch in with the shared responsibility of raising the next generation.  But it would be an even worse mistake for her not to have a Plan B in place.

Funny enough – that’s how most women still operate. 

Are they afraid to mention the dirty d-word when it matters most…before they enter into marriage?

It wouldn’t be the first time that fear lies at the bottom of foolishness!

No Greatness Here !

The Great War, as we all know, was outrageous but not great!  The Americans called it the European War at first and although it was later renamed the First World War, the fact that so many nations were involved in it wasn’t really its most distinguishing feature.  

It would be more appropriate to call it the First Chemical Weapons WAR.  The Second World War would then logically follow with the First Nuclear Weapons WAR.  

To show the insanity of the single-minded destruction men are capable of, this would not only be more accurate - it would be more honest.  

War is a single-minded pursuit with the objective of gaining dominance through destruction - nothing great or original about it.  

The question is, why haven’t we found better means of dealing with this male all-or-nothing mentality.  

Maybe, secretly, we still admire it.