APOLOGIES IN PARLIAMENT. We waited a weekend to see how the melee in parliament develops, and got a press release saying nothing much. So on behalf of the general public, I would say that apologies are due, the gentleman’s should be longer than the lady’s, but basically both should say something along the following lines:
He: I truly apologize for losing grip of my emotions, and flipping out, and behaving inappropriately at the distinguished parliament location, while I sometime lose it, it’s not really who I am.
She: I truly apologize, if I offended you in any way shape of form, it was not my intention, I just wanted to get to the bottom of that inflated expense report you submitted.
Well not exactly, but along those lines.
I think the AVP parliament members should pressure their colleagues to apologize, and I don’t care who “started” the fight; apologies will restore a semblance of civility among our law makers. And don’t tell me you are loyal to him as a true blue AVP member VS a converted AVP member because then I might think that loyalty is more important to you, than principles. It is not. Principles of civility and respect are always more important than blind loyalty.
SOMETIMES CONSERVATIONIST. In conversation with my conservationist friends I found out they were furious about the recent filming of the Bachelor in the bat caves, operating fans to fend against heat, and using lights in a place where the poor endangered flying mammals hang to the ceilings in an effort to hang onto life. Remember bats are flower pollinators, just like bees, if we have no bats, we have no life. They must have hated the noise, the light, the smell and movement; it must have stressed them to no end. I cannot fault the film crew from asking to shoot in the park; they wanted to blow our minds with an impossible and an improbably romantic dinner location. But I fault the sometimes-conservationist, who signed the permit, in the absence of a park director, he of all people should know better. I have to admit that about 10 years ago we took a film crew to that same cave, and Fernando Mansur lit it up with candles, it was dramatic. Then we sweated buckets while taking pictures of cavemen and cave women draped in rags with fancy jewelry. At the time, conditions in the cave were so brutal, and our equipment malfunctioned, we had to fold before exhausting the subject. I always wanted to go back and shoot fashion images in that location, properly, but I guess it is not a good idea; we have to value the caves as our natural treasure, look, don’t touch. We must all embrace the concept that conservation, is more important that TV ratings.
