Sitting listening and watching the news on television this morning I have come to the conclusion that I don’t like this country anymore. I don’t like some of the laws we have and the tax burden we bear. I am fed up with politicians who claim their way is best and how the country needs change. A change from what? Nothing basically will change, what we have may take on another form but essentially it won’t change. I don’t like the society we have become, selfish, isolated, brutal and in some cases anti-social. I don’t like the crime we see today which threatens to get out of hand. I don’t like the resulting weak penalties that are handed out to perpetrators. I don’t like the measures those in authority sometimes take when solving problems which on occasion go directly against common sense. Simply put, I am fed up with all the pressure we as a society are put under just to live out our lives. The moral state of this country leaves much to be desired what with drug culture, alcohol abuse and subsequent violence, vandalism and disrespect for people and their belongings. There is gun crime and knife crime all about us and the attitude of steal it if we cannot otherwise have it. In essence we have turned away from God. People follow their hearts but if their hearts are focused on the wrong thing, chaos ensues. We are supposed to be a civilised country but are far from being so in reality. I don’t like it anymore.
Shirley Anne
