The horrific carnage in Beirut and Paris is an indication of a very serious hatred, fuelled by a proliferation of small pockets of extremists. Regardless of religion, history shows that fundamentalism, in all its flavours, hurts us, hurts the whole wide world.
As I sit with Anthony in his nursing home room, tell him about recent events, and watch him sleep, I realise how insignificant our problems are in comparison to what is happening/has happened elsewhere.
jmgoyder 