I saw a game show today where one contestant said “What’s the point of playing if you don’t win”. Well of course there is the making of money, that must be important.
Everything to some people seems to be about personal victories.
There was a programme about T E Lawrence the other night. I used to stay in the same accommodation (club) in London that he stayed in – that was on late nights in London when it was a pain going home.
In the club there was a line of photographs of club members that had won the Victoria Cross, many of whom gave their lives for others. People like Thaman Gurung always get my respect – people that were prepared to die so that others could live.
How sick is our society when personal gain is seen as more important than personal sacrifice for others.