Valves & Sprinklers... Of Rags & The Rich

I know there's probably more to the story than meets the reading eye... & I know that it's been written to have an effect... but... dammit... stories like this really make me angry, despair & wonder when (if!?!?) we'll adopt a humanitarian approach to the administration of government.

Meanwhile, in the swanky bars of Sydney...

I was kindasorta rebuked at work the other day, for expressing a negative view of the human race in general. Optimists obviously don't read newspapers.