Day 54
Its a mistake to rank suffering, not only because it trivialises the traumas we all have to deal with and collectively suffer from but also because it separates us according to our score. Real suffering is simply suffering that’s not imagined and to identify with suffering is to empathise with those suffering, not mark them as a sufferer.
I should be able to walk and chew gum as I navigate this dog’s breakfast of a crisis.
We are now seeing teachers being othered by the establishment commentariat as they idolise (yet don’t reward) those now identified as ‘essential’ workers. Its important to see this as social conditioning and the precursor of social engineering. The reluctance of heads and other teachers to bring children back into school in June will be used to portray a standoff between a unionised workforce and the needs of children and their parents. And you should not underestimate the depths of cynicism this government is prepared to mine.
I’ve just been hearing about a woman being murdered by her ex partner. That woman is not now suffering though her family will be. I wonder if there was a women’s refuge in her area that’s now closed down. I don’t know who she is so she can represent for us those whose lives could have been saved or suffering could have been ameliorated had the political will been there. No doubt I’m up for…
