Spent a lot of time being ‘sensitive’ in the lead up to our local festival. Are my songs o.k.? Will I forget the words or vomit .... that sort of sensitivity.
In the end all went well and the pressure was useful. Didn’t forget the words because I practised the songs. Didn’t vomit because there was too much to do - on the day - where help was needed and so I didn’t have much time to be anxious.
There was a marquee being run by people opposed to fracking. It’s such an obscenity that my spellcheck function doesn’t recognise fracking as a word.
Can’t help but have this vivid association in my mind.
Forty years ago I spent time sticking needles in my veins. Anyone who has touched that path knows that when the plunger of a syringe is pressed, the contents travel through the vein and the smaller veins and the tiny capillaries and invade every crevice and cell in the body. How can it be otherwise?
There is no barrier in the body to repel such an invasion.
The process of coal seam fracking is identical to that used by junkies.
There is no barrier within the earth to repel such an invasion.
The assurances put out by energy companies about safety are as plausible as those given out by the junkies dealers.
I doubt our local newspaper would print this but yours might.