A 23-year old Saudi playboy drove a fleet of seven gold-plated vehicles through the streets of London. One of the vehicles, a six-wheeler, Mercedes AMG off-roader, was estimated to be worth £370,000. When the playboy is home, he likes to race camels through the desert.
The Government of Tanzania decided to sell 370,000 acres of land to the royal family of Dubai. A wildlife corridor is to be formed so Gulf elites can enjoy commercial hunting and luxury safaris. The Maasai were offered 600,000 American dollars to leave.
A woman and her business partners made an estimated £600,00 from animal cruelty and neglect. Pedigree bitches were bred until they were dead, their puppies stuffed in buckets like socks in a drawer whilst a dead Yorkshire Terrier rotted in a wheelie bin. Eight hundred and thirty-five sick and dying puppies were sold as pets.
Frank Zappa said, “Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.” A total of eight hundred and thirty-five people thought this quote was worth a thumbs-ups on Goodreads. The last thumbs-up was recorded on the 20th April, 2016 at 03.34PM.
In three hours and thirty-four minutes we are to meet twenty years after we parted. There will be nowhere to run. Corridors have been replaced by brick walls. No amount of money can turn back the clock. The dead are buried. Jung said, “You are what you do, not what you say.” Stone Roses are playing I am the Resurrection. Information is not knowledge. Not everything that counts can be counted.
Shirley-Anne Kennedy 