Shades of grey

The Internet is a wonderful invention but why are there so many idiots on it? So many people think in extremes and opposites; there never seems to be any middle ground for them.

Say something isn't white and they come back with "So you think it's black then" as if there were no other colours or even shades of Grey.

Even The Guardian Newspaper has readers one would expect more of but they can be just as bad as can be seen on the newspaper's blogs.

Giving stick to opposition players/managers in Sport is a long standing tradition. Some things go too far and calling a guy a paedophile is clearly one of them. Those guilty have lost perspective. It's only a game after all.

But when people appear more indignant about such immature name calling than when fans mock the deaths of over 100 victims of two disasters (including 96 who died just 20 years ago) along with the hundreds of people who lost friends and loved ones....well they are missing perspective too.

And when people suggest that maybe some perspective is called for, given the nature of some other examples of 'stick' going too far, they suggest you're, at best, excusing it or, at worst, somehow saying it's okay. Twats.

And I wasn't even involved.

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After a few cooler days, the aircon is back on today. Another Tropical Storm is due next week. More rain.