In the Sunday Mail (Adelaide’s Sunday newspaper) By Melissa Leong “I wonder if we’re losing our capability for rational discussion” There’s no question that the world is in the toilet right now. And I mean right at the bottom of the bowl, you know? Sure, as long as there have been people on the planet, we’ve had or issues. But at present it certainly feels as though things have hit a fever pitch that only dogs and bats should be able to hear. As such, I don’t think anyone can be blamed for being a little (or a lot) up in arms, From the atrocities of war and political injustice to social inequality; tragedy and environmental disaster, there’s a lot to be angry, sad and confused about, that’s for sure. I don’t know about you, but every day feels a bit like a powder keg waiting to blow at any given moment. As our patience wears thin on the issues we care about, I’m noticing that a new kind of worrying trend is rising in tandem. For the sake of our conversation, I’m going t...
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ReplyDeleteI am TOTALLY zoned out while I am reading!!
ReplyDeleteFrequently at work during my meal break. I am sitting alone reading a book and eating my lunch. That, it seems, is not a hint that I want to continue to read but a hint that I want to talk.
ReplyDeleteI only read when no one is around as reading in front of people means you are bored and want long chats about nothing or that's how they think.
ReplyDeleteMerle..........
Definitely. Reading on the bus seems to be a trigger for strangers to start up conversations...
ReplyDeleteEC, put in earphones, even if they are connected to nothing. But even that does not stop the most determined.
DeleteRemy and Shama are quite familiar with that look when in my hands I have a book!
ReplyDeleteOh that is so me... I pick up a book and become a magnet for people and pooches alike, grrr!
ReplyDeleteDelores; I plan to get this printed in poster size and hang it above my chair.
ReplyDeletefishducky; I know, I can hear the silence from here.
Andrew; why do people assume that reading is only done because no one is talking to you? So they talk to make you feel better? My mum used to equate reading with doing nothing and would suggest I go outside and play.
Merle; that's it exactly, to them a book doesn't mean what it does to us.
Elephant's Child; and always when the story has just become really interesting.
Lee; Angel is learning too, but he needs to learn the computer also means reading and stay off the table.
Jaqueline, we all need do not disturb signs to paste across our foreheads when reading. Although that probably wouldn't work for pooches.