Bye for now

Trump won and is in the process of "losing his mind" big time, mostly by berating or insulting other countries; meanwhile, Europe is fucked, the world is becoming a toxic and fascist nightmare, the whole of Africa is reverting to corrupt tribalism, China must remember that repressing millions is ultimately futile and Putin is running a once proud population into the ground, making friends with and giving sanctuary to other "leaders" of disrepute, not forgetting Israel who seem to be brewing a regional war for themselves whilst Trump, as pathologically eager as ever to keep himself in the front page headlines, has joined in. He and his cronies are beyond words, signalling that they want their quarter of the influential areas of the world, China can take theirs, Russia theirs and Europe can muddle their way to theirs.

You get my drift. I'm going back to reading books and listening to music in a fairly simple, isolated life. Bye for now. 

THAT'S LIFE!

In a world of insecurity,
built upon adversity
and ruled with hypocrisy
by oft' corrupt bureaucracy,
that pollute the word democracy
with aims of autocracy,
silently eating individuality
and fostering conformity.
Whatever happened to
the silent majority?

Poem en Francais? .....

Dans un monde d'insécurité,
construit sur l'adversité
et a prévalu avec hypocrisie
bureaucratie corrompue,
qui polluent le mot démocratie
avec des objectifs d'autocratie,
manger silencieusement l'individualité
et promouvoir la conformité.
Qu'est-il arrivé à
la majorité silencieuse.

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Remember: Gisèle Pelicot

Sometimes it is good to remember that "little" people(s) of the world often achieve or survive many things, only to slip down the cracks of history, back into obscurity. Here is a French-born woman, Gisèle Pelicot, who bravely gave up anonymity in order to facilitate her unswerving determination to have her horrific abuse, by her husband and the men of a whole village, made known to the public (now world-wide). She has dignity and determination for justice that many should admire.

To start to understand her and her story start here.

Gisèle's is an extraordinary female abuse case, with the twist being that for decades her husband had regularly drugged her in order to film village residents raping and defiling her unconscious self, luckily without recollection by her. It was only the chance discovery of over 22,000 videos on her husband's computer that initiated the trial of a whole village.

Gisèle Pelicot (An dignified and inspirational survivor)

Gisèle has stated that she wants to move on from this very public ordeal; she has divorced her abuser, reverted to her maiden name and relocated within France to hopefully enjoy the simple pleasure of life amongst her family and remaining friends. Having shared her moment in history I believe she now wants to find a route back into obscurity, but with her current fame will she and her immediate family be able to do so, for a family rift has developed prior to appeals being heard in courts that she is determined to attend as a witness.  

With the end of her court case she made a final dignified statement. Best wishes Giséle.

The postscript to Gisele's case was that her husband got 20 years prison and half the village (-named here-) got from 10-15 years each; her daughter Caroline Darian said their father should die in prison. 

Gisele's trauma is opening the eyes and ears of many, asking difficult questions about modern society as similar cases were uncovered in the UK and a UK National Crime Agency (NCA) report revealed an organised international network of abusers.

Another abuse scandal was exposed in France, though that was the opposite of Gisèle's case, with one person systematically abusing many others; paedophile doctor Joel Le Scouarnec's trial revealed much, especially the apparent indifference of the public and of those around him who knew of his crimes. I have to ask, what else is going on?

Societies ability to accept and normalize such crimes leads me to wonder where are the Gisèle tapes now and will Netflix make yet another "human interest docudrama" film?