The Spain trip is off! The flight timings are very bad, so my mum decided not to proceed. :-( But we are in the midst of planning something better - a trip to Russia, complete with Moscow and St Petersburg! That will be so much better, as Russia will be a nicer place, with cooler climate even in the summer! I am keeping my fingers crossed we can go on the trip afterall, as after this period of being a scanner, photocopier and manual labourer with my marriage to Mr Xerox, I really need a break!
I attended a very enriching lecture on the French Revolution last night. I always thought the reason for the Revolution was because the French people were influenced by the American War of Independence, plus the peasants went hungry and got angry at the rich and nobles, so wanted more equality.
Hoowever, after the lecture, it seemed that it was a French philosopher (who was Swiss by birth) influenced the thinking of a French artist, who painted rather propaganda pictures with political sentiments, triggering off riots and revolutions, and the eventual guillotine of the royalty and nobles.
How did any revolution come about anyway? Is it because of poor government, administration and a messy Cabinet? Or is it being humans, once people get some form of education they start to become dissatisfied with life and the current state of affairs, so want to fight for something better? Do things really become better even after revolts? How many incidents do we know that things become better after a revolution? If anything, things probably become worse because of the tremendous bloodshed, and an even messier government administration.
Learning about all these scenes make me feel glad that at least I live in a secure place. Hopefully there will not be any revolution in the future!
I attended a very enriching lecture on the French Revolution last night. I always thought the reason for the Revolution was because the French people were influenced by the American War of Independence, plus the peasants went hungry and got angry at the rich and nobles, so wanted more equality.
Hoowever, after the lecture, it seemed that it was a French philosopher (who was Swiss by birth) influenced the thinking of a French artist, who painted rather propaganda pictures with political sentiments, triggering off riots and revolutions, and the eventual guillotine of the royalty and nobles.
How did any revolution come about anyway? Is it because of poor government, administration and a messy Cabinet? Or is it being humans, once people get some form of education they start to become dissatisfied with life and the current state of affairs, so want to fight for something better? Do things really become better even after revolts? How many incidents do we know that things become better after a revolution? If anything, things probably become worse because of the tremendous bloodshed, and an even messier government administration.
Learning about all these scenes make me feel glad that at least I live in a secure place. Hopefully there will not be any revolution in the future!
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