h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

So I was listening to radio 4 this morning. Guy was talking to an interviewer about his new book and his time in Sierra Leone.

Child soldiers. Average age 12-13. Youngest he saw was a kid just five years old, off to man his daily checkpoint. The local warlords controlled them with various drugs, including cannabis, a cocaine variant, and a drug that was tapped. Some of these kids would reply with different names on different days of the week - such was their druggedness and general state of mind. And they all had ranks, and were very proud of their ranks.

What a world we live in...

I heard this too Lucinda - and I agree totally with your sentiment

Lethe

Hi Lucinda,

I just dropped round to offer and and apologise for my very long posts not the content really just the length. Occasionally something just gets me obsessed, best never to mention a prion or Buffy in my presance for instance I'm sorry though if I've been giving you a headache.

And I wanted to say thanks for the discussion I got alot out of it and brought it up at home so its been well batted about.

I've been thinking also that we have probably have alot more in common than that one particular PC discussion suggests. Child soliders rip my heart out too.

I hope that we meet up in other discussions and find the common ground

Love Peanut xx

Not at all, Peanut - it's been entertaining to read your posts, and we do agree with at least some of what you say.
-myre

So long as we are cool

Seems to be no avoidng the gene debate, genetics are a big part of my homework and watched Bitter Harvest so seems to be very topical at the mo. I missed Panarama last night though arghhh (but got spooks on vid lol)

See you(s) later Peanut xx