Fatherhood

Tomorrow is Fathers Day. Today on the radio I hear that the suggestion that fathers are named on babies birth certificates has been greeted in some quarters by the suggestion that the mothers may find this humilating. No doubt these mothers will be less humiliated when they accept tax payers money to help them support these children for many years!
Britain needs to get back to basics and "try to see the wood for the trees!!" The churches voice along with other organisations who should have a voice on these and other moral issues is deafening by their silence"

Democracy

There has been a lot of discussion in our local paper about the importance of local democracy in relation to the issue over a bid for a unitary authority based on the Somerset County Council. Clearly democracy is a vital part of the British political system but it is only a "method" and not the "product" in the process of ensuring the majorities wishes are acted upon.
As an example:
To move a super tanker in the right direction a number of small but powerful tugs need to cooperate so that by complimenting their pulling power from their relative positions and directions the greater good is served - this has little to do with democracy even if some of their captains were elected. The electors however all benefit from the resultant oil delivery.

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