We had rather a late and disturbed night last night, and so this morning, we were awoken with a rather surreal call from youngest, who told us that Osama Bin Laden had been found and killed by the US Military in Pakistan. Once we had stirred from our far too heavy slumber, we realised the importance of this news. I couldn't help but feel that despite a wait for a decade to find this man, the real sense was one of unease. In many ways his death leaves me feeling less secure than before. I also felt that so much of the chutzpa demonstrated by the team USA crowd at Ground Zero and Times Square to be distasteful. I realise that this can make me feel like something of a traitor to the cause and all that, but I simply cannot derive pleasure from the death of anyone, even if that anyone happens to have been labelled as "Evil". I also struggle with the concept of evil as such anyway. Who is responsible for making these decisions? Would Tony Blair or George Bush be seen as just as evil were I to be an Iraqi for example? Obama has been hailed as a hero for finding Bin Laden, but would the friends and relatives of the 2000 people killed by US Drone attacks think that he was the real villain here? As with so many situations, it is somewhat emotive. I was brought up to believe that we were the good guys. In recent years I have had cause to question that. In other news....I have taken the plunge and upgraded my Broadband speed. In a couple of weeks, and engineer will be popping round to install (Plug In) my new modem. Instead of the already excellent 20mb speed, we will hopefully be enjoying the 50mb speed. This makes me rather happier than is probably healthy in someone of my age. I have also ordered my portable recording studio, for use in my sessions. It will give me the ability to record and manipulate vocals for both live and recorded work with the shows. This will be SO useful, It will also help me to record on the road as it were. It has been a good holiday. We started it by feeling jaded and rather stressed. We both managed to switch off in varying degrees, which is both e blessing and a curse. It was much needed in terms of recharging, but I suspect that Mrs Plug will find tomorrow much more difficult to get into. I hope she is ok for the last 8 weeks of her course.
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