Saturday 30 December 2017

Rule by Tweet for Xmas Dinner


Trump and his Tweets worry me greatly. The old adage of marry in haste, repent at leisure needs updating to Tweet in haste, repent at leisure. Conducting policy and international diplomacy through Twitter has the unfortunate effect of facilitating hasty comments, especially of the retaliatory kind to which the fragile ego is susceptible, and no-one has a more fragile ego that this man-child. It's simply not diplomatic and can lead to huge problems.

Then there's the case of demonstrating your ignorance - for example, the difference between weather and climate...

The Trump Theory of International Relations is reduced to an intemperate and often angry Tweet in the middle of the night that's rapidly turning the USA into Fortress America with few friends, except sycophants.

we were watching some programme on TV yesterday about the British Christmas Dinner. One of the commentators mentioned the sadness of thinking about someone eating a pre-packed Christmas dinner on their own in front of the TV.


Quite appeals to me, if I'm honest.


3 comments:

GeoffH said...

Thing is: Do you decant on to a plate, or eat straight out of the box? Oh, decisions, decisions .....

Roger said...

I would decent to a plate. That way one can arrange the items and use a proper knife and fork.

GeoffH said...

Such civilised manners - but who does the washing up?