tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872380653030668252.post5050757788736315889..comments2014-04-16T12:07:44.538+01:00Comments on Things Behind the Sun: It's the sound of the policeThings Behind the Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14073862394425819895noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872380653030668252.post-58963590342615438942011-10-17T15:01:52.388+01:002011-10-17T15:01:52.388+01:00JulesPD - you shouldn't be commenting on blogs...JulesPD - you shouldn't be commenting on blogs, you should be writing them. Lucidly put.Things Behind the Sunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14073862394425819895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872380653030668252.post-49715292127446517022011-10-04T18:30:30.089+01:002011-10-04T18:30:30.089+01:00I suspect there are a lot of people that agree. I ...I suspect there are a lot of people that agree. I have no connections with the police but unending respect for the job they do. Seems they do a fairly thankless task under great difficulty most of the time. <br /><br />That said I think the riots go into a far greater society issue that both police and teachers seem to be left trying to guide against fluctuating political agendas. <br /><br />We seem to have a section (small but nonetheless recognisible) of society that somehow has grown up with no real sense of purpose, place or direction. With no one to give them hope or self respect, they seem to require material assets. Their demands for things they feel they have a right to, not necessarily earned, is increasingly fierce.<br /><br />Maybe time for us to accept that Society has simply changed. I suspect all of us will no longer be able to re-create what has gone before and need to accept, with dignity, that we either work three times as hard as our parents did to achieve the same (and my parents worked hard), or accept that life is pretty good lived a little more simply. So here's to picking berries of hedgerows, enjoying rays of sunshine in our lovely parks, and the blessing of another day with good friends tomorrow.JulesPDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620621107984479909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872380653030668252.post-39181911734429815462011-08-27T10:33:49.346+01:002011-08-27T10:33:49.346+01:00Hi Ben - what a great post. I couldn't agree m...Hi Ben - what a great post. I couldn't agree more with what you say about the police. A very close friend of mine was a police officer and the way she approached her job was nothing less than inspirational. Thanks for writing this - I just wish more people thought like you..<br />ChrisChristopher Presslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641049952276621229noreply@blogger.com