Indifference

We all have strong opinions about something or other. Jeremy Clarkson has many, and is never slow to express them. The media takes notice because the man is a celebrity. When the Duke of Edinburgh says he has no time for power-generating windmills it is widely reported. My opinions are also robust, but nobody will hear of them, because I am a nonentity: who cares what I think about anything? Clarkson has made a fool of himself, perhaps deliberately because his income depends on the sale of his books etc. In our time there are many opportunities for expressing opinions, and on Facebook no doubt millions of people are doing so all the time. The only other way to say what we really think - and we should do it more - is in conversation with close friends, who understand whether we are joking, or in earnest. Among strong opinions I hold is that Donald Trump should even now be prevented  from despoiling the north east of Scotland with a lot of unwelcome development. What else? And what about those who steal railway cable, memorial plaques and manhole covers for scrap metal? I would lock them up, and melt the cell key down for scrap..... English football needs an English manager..... Fundamentalist religion of any kind is inimical to humanity. Studdert Kennedy wrote: 'When Jesus came to Birmingham they simply passed him by: they would not hurt a hair of him, they only let him die. For men had grown more tender and they would not give him pain. They only just passed down the street and left him in the rain.' His poem was called 'Indifference'. We should more selective about the people to whom we are indifferent. Like the other JC.