Watch this following video. It is a humorous take on our attitude to technology, our ability to fly etc. Pay attention especially to the bit at the end about flying.
Now go to the following BBC News web page and watch the video clip there: BBC News Video
Did you catch that last line? "All of our rights as passengers seem to have been disregarded because of the weather".
That just about sums it up for me. We believe that we have the right to travel wherever we want, whenever we want, regardless. Full stop.
Interesting that the headline is 'passengers describe themselves as homeless'. Try living in Haiti.
I sympathise with travellers left stranded, those who have had their holiday plans messed. I have friends who are affected - I hope they do manage to get away on the holiday they deserve. And maybe there is culpability on the part of the airlines etc.
Yet surely we must remember that we are 'guests' on this planet, entrusted to steward its resources. From time to time conditions may remind us that life cannot always be lived at the pace we have got used to.
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