Saturday 20th March

We have become isolated, insulated; somehow removed from reality.  Those images of starving children or bombed cities are simply that – images; they no more represent reality than the ads that seem more prevalent on Sky than the actual programmes.  The News is now Entertainment, newspapers are filled with Celebrity Gossip and real news is squeezed out, not that that many people read newspapers any more.

Facebook is full of homilies and quotations which mostly preach to the converted – no wonder our youth have no interest in real Politics.  You mention things like the Budget or the EU Referendum to most people and their eyes glaze over you can almost hear the gears crunch as they think “Oh no, not reality – I really don’t want to think about reality.  And I was having such a good time too.”  The dumbing down of Society is almost complete, project “Idiocy” almost accomplished.  Television, once a cutting edge informative and enlightening tool, is now full of formulaic “shows” that teach us nothing and are instantly forgettable, simply there for the benefit of the advertisers who bookmark the usually trivial content.

And worse of all in this unreal world of unreality nobody cares.  Which is why you have probably stopped reading this already.  I do understand.  Please scroll down for images of cats or photos of your friends holidays or messages to love your daughters.  The real world is too painful to contemplate.  I apologise for disturbing your meaningless and thought-free life.