With or without you

Everyone needs to hear about it

Upon writing this book I have questioned the motive. Sure, there are some rewarding aspects amongst the tedium, all the never-ending editing and refining is enough to deter anyone bar the foolhardy. I wrote it for myself, selfishness as always and curiosity was explored listening and debating with a fair few friends and foe. So far so humdrum. It is available for free; if it were sold then I would not want or need to take a slice of the profits. However, what about hoping for it to reach a sizeable audience? No interest need be paid after we go, but what about taking some acclaim while we are still around? No credit is needed for this anyway for it contains not one ounce of credibility.

We could say that what we have put together is informative, educational or provides much needed amusement. It is easy to come up with something to justify it. Defer the truth, make it seem like there is a legitimate reason behind it rather than admit that it was really all done with the aim of getting a bit more notice. If it turns out that nobody reads it, nothing much is lost because a writer satisfies their own wonderment about the subject matters. Even the few that get engrossed in it, soon forget most of it anyway. Some things stick but then we lose track of where we read it. The rest find ways of debunking it all. Feeling sour grapes about not being successful and unable to get your points across is a disease.

I went to a country the once where the great leader had written what they thought was the most important document ever produced. Each person was expected to read and learn every chapter in the book. People were frequently tested and those that were not fully conversant with it all, were sent to re-education classes. The book contained a few good nuggets, a few wise words, but there are always updates and more things that the leaders need to get across. Political sermons can be ignored if broadcast on the television because people have the option to change the channel. So, to stop people with such temerity to duck listening to these important announcements they installed a speaker into every home in the nation. On the side of the speaker box there is a control knob which allows you to lower the volume a bit, but not turn it off. People in other nations would take a large hammer to such intrusions so other tactics have to be deployed.

Is there anything that is so great that it merits chaining people to a desk to force them to get to grips with every nuance? If people have an image to maintain they can fall back on manoeuvres that make it heretical to criticize. We are not just talking about those that use godly references to hammer a religious message home, politicians and superstars in the making use the same tactics.

Some will spend years on a promotional tour advertising something that only took a few months to create. People see the great lengths people go to make everyone aware of what they have made as being extreme. So, they move to a position where they make it available and if only a few take any notice to any large degree then so be it. They were happy compiling and composing it regardless. Many join the countless ranks of those that put something together with nobody ending up hearing anything about it whatsoever. That is aside from those that helped produce it, lest we include the poor family members who bore the brunt of being fed updates periodically on every minor detail. Can you slate a person building a pyramid however small and innocuous and write a text yourself without that being a little hypocritical? No, you can’t.