What's wrong with celebrating Father's and Mother's day?

What's wrong with celebrating Father's and Mother's day?

fiction
Edward w Pritchard


The world is a very complicated place. It's that way in 2014, it was that way in 1971, and that way in 1942, in 1914, in 1863, and 1814, and 1789. It's been a complicated World for a long time.

So many wars and political intrigues everywhere. The only things Governments throughout the world
can agree on is that it is necessary to white wash the truth to constituencies everywhere. All governments think and believe that real ordinary people can't handle too much truth and reality.

If a person who is a little too half crazy to play along with the white washing of truth is put into a position on the inside and of authority by said Governments and he speaks out against the system he is jailed in Democratic open societies or shot down or disappeared elsewhere in the World.

What George Orwell, one of those dissidents half crazies, when he was put into a position of authority by the powers that be in his time, called " Orwellian" behavior concerning his British government and others; is really just business as usual everywhere and always by those in Power.

You can't change things or eliminate wars and political intrigues by wishing or protesting.

Is there a military industrial complex in America? Do the French condone torture in Africa? These are two of the open societies that are highest level evolved as civilizations as the philosopher Popper writes about concerning what is an Open society.

What goes on in Iraq, Iran and Pakistan? What happens to anyone who speaks out there?

Too much reality is depressing. History is dreadful as it happens. Wars, and intrigues and lies, lies, lies to the constituents. Everybody is a constituent and everybody is lied to.

Time instead to go to the opera, or to hear classical music, or go to a movie about celluloid heroes who never die, or to soccer or baseball or a video game or shopping or to buy new flowers and lawn tools at Home Depot or to walk about a souk if you live in the Middle East. Everyone, everywhere, wouldn't it be nice to fall in Love again? If you are in Love, don't waste your time worrying about politics or business for the time being.

It's Father's day. What's wrong with celebrating Father's and Mother's day throughout the World?

It would be nice if Mother's and Father's days were celebrated everywhere simultaneously at once throughout all the countries of the world. Children could show respect to their parents and everyone could not focus on the dreadful reality of History unfolding and instead see the beautiful side of life for one day. Each family could honor the Parents of all countries which might foster respect for the World community.

From Me, to you, just a romantic trying to see the sunny side of life.


I am glad to see my children on father's day.
The only thing that would be better for me than seeing my children today is if today all the Native America tribes could be back for one day here in America, the land could be as it was before civilization arrived, and I could spend a day hiking and hunting with a local tribe here in Ohio and tonight sit around the campfire at supper with my new friends.

Happy Father's day
Love your Mother's, elderly relatives, and all the children of the World today as well.


Here below is what I wrote before on Too much reality being drag:
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just a dreamer looking for the romantic side of life

fiction
Edward w Pritchard


When I go to see Romeo and Juliet performed I don't want to see Juliet break character before, during or after the performance.

When I am introduced to some ones new baby I don't want to hear a cynic tell me that the beautiful child will soon be old, bent and gray.

When I see a bride at a wedding throw a bouquet enthusiastically over her shoulder I don't want to be reminded that there is a 50% chance one of the couple will fly the nest.

When I watch a son skillfully kick and dribble the soccer ball from foot to foot I want to pretend he will make the pro's someday and buy his family a mansion on a hill with his signing bonus.

If I fail in my paternal duties as the guardian of community morality and upholder of the common good now a days, forgive me. Life has become too real for me.

I wish children to be always unique, brides always enthusiastic, boys always budding superstars and the world to be really a stage where all the lines are delivered genuinely and timely by beautiful characters.

I am just a dreamer looking for the romantic side of life. Let mornings be breezy, afternoons be filled with warm gentle rains and evening skies be pregnant with swirling galaxies, winking stars, lonely planets and sorrowful Moons.

Don't break character, things look so much better when we stick to the script.