It took two teenagers yesterday to show the world what emotional maturity means…
Twenty years since 9/11. But as New Yorkers gathered at the memorial yesterday and gazed down into the still waters, the reflection in many minds was not of peace and calm, but of anger. The recent withdrawal of allied forces from Afghanistan has achieved the very opposite of its purpose. All it did was delay the inevitable: the strengthening of the terrorist group who murdered thousands. The clash between the free, democratic way of life in the West and strictly-controlled, repressive regimes is contrasted every day via international media outlets. If life in the latter regimes is so prized, why aren’t people in their thousands clamouring to emigrate there? The truth, of course, is the very opposite, as evidenced by the daily boat-loads of poor people desperately seeking a better life on these Western shores. History records countless times when one tribe ‘childishly’ attacks another people simply because their way of life is different (e.g. The Meleke Stone). Time to call a halt before it’s too late. Recognise and accept our differences so that we can all move forward in peace.
……Game, set and match to both Emma and Leylah. That’s how you deal with each other.
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