a hundred years old. Like going to as many gigs of bands from folk to alternative to blues to old rock !

Live in Northern England. Like travel and wish for love and world peace.Started to worry about long jet haul though cos of my carbon footprint. shit. Festivals. Sunsets. Outdoors, Dogs, Bunnies. horses. Like being in cafes. Like Belgium. Music. Ambition, run a b and B ( vegetarian) in Belgium! Love New York. Often wish Id Lived their. Protest and survive. Like to talk to people from anywhere I dont know ! My pics are mine, I hope people like some at l;east. I guess some are social history now. Please use with permission only as I retain copyright. I I though always up for ideas and chat about them.

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Politics. Whist realising the deficiencies of some total socialist utopia , we can also look at the advantages. Most revolutions have happened for honourable reasons. It cannot be logical to have so much of the world so poor while some have far more than they need. This is the basis for mistrust and underlies all wars. To stop global conflicts a realisation that the worlds resources must be spread more evenly must happen. Underpinning this must be a total and utter move to creating a sustainable planet. Most of the worlds resources are finate. When we use them up theyre gone. Fact. Thats what Finite means. We must replace what we use, grow what we need. There are no other planets to run to. None that are blue. If we ruin this thats it. Boom. No wars for oil. The planet does not have enough, it will run out anyway, work together. While we take some benefits from small scale capitalism, small shops , individual business etc The large concerns at best are worrying and bland, trying to make all the world the same. At worst these large brands are dangerous. They hide oppression , low wages , they corrupt governments, have little social conscience and are a threat to democracy. Why do they exist? No one asks that. Small is good. Craftspeople are good. Skilled labour is good. Good ideas are good. Bicycles are good. Walking is good. A Fair days pay for a fair wage is good. Being an adult working is good. Being a child making sports shoes is bad. Children should play. All races of the world are mixed. None are good, or bad. We must all get on, be equal and live together. We have shared histories, but we must not be dictated to by that. History must be learnt , not repeated.Bad heath should not be a lottery , or dicated by where in the world you are born. Companies should not pretend to care when they don't. Each of us though is responsible for keeping ourselves healthy ultimately, but this can only happen for those lucky enough to have access and money to be free from hunger pollution and have some access to medicine. Religion and God and Spirituality are something we should be free to practice, ignore , leave alone or change. All Political and Religious groups should not be above critisism. Religion is not a reason for repression or death. Gender difference should not make pay or humans rights differences. We are all a combination of male and female afterall. Whatever legal consensual sexual practices people get up to are not my business and i am not interested in what anyone does. I do not want to buy products because of sex nor repress anyone because of how they think or practice it. All of us should be/are free to find our own paths and norms with our bodies.Or are free to simply do nothing. We should protest when things are unjust and wrong, and not be shot for doing so. Weapons that kill people. Is that right? Build in time to relax, time to see friends , to care for your children . Children are the future, but this should not be by huge unfair hereditay advantage. A parent wants to do right for theyre child , of course, but to be born to rule, or born to be 'upper class' is no longer an option. End social divisions. Be polite, be forceful when needed. Non violence is always best, but this applies to armys, governments and police as well as protesters and the poor. underpinning all of this is a simple non political thing, do to others like you would like to be treated yourself, be good to peple be helpful be friendly. Aim to get on.Its difficult at times , but as a goal its a valid one. Despite political diffrences, try to get on with others you disagree with on some 2D Party political way. Most reasonable people agree on many things. Lifes too short for hate, their is common ground with most people. I draw the line at racism though. Thats plain wrong. Im a blues fan anyway ! Peace . Others own newspapers, all I can do is gently have a rant on Flickr. One World.

Watch this film. The story of stuff. Its a pretty good simple guide to world economics! www.storyofstuff.com/

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