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Les Miserables seems to have been written about us in NZ. How did these French? know us so well.
Fantine:
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high and life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted…
https://genius.com/Claude-michel-schonberg-i-dreamed-a-dream-lyrics
But –
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/lesmiserablescast/fantinesarrest.html
[Bamatabois:]
,,,this prostitute attacked me
You can see she left her mark
[Javert:]
She will answer for her actions
When you make a full report
You may rest assured, monsieur
That she will answer to the court
[Fantine:]
There’s a child who sorely needs me
Please monsieur, she’s but that high
Holy god, is there no mercy?
If I go to jail, she’ll die
[Javert:]
I have heard such protestation
Every day for twenty years
Let’s have no more explanations
Save your breath and save your tears
Honest work, just reward
That’s the way to please the lord
No political party in NZ has listened and acted fairly and firmly in the last half-century to assist parents and caregivers of the young to redress such conditions in NZ – not Greens (Turei), not Labour (3rd Way minimum safety net from business perspective) or National (pirate-raiders and privateers at core), or NZ First (old age gold card)… etc, Last Chance for we bozos.
Are young women, fertile females, to be scapegoats in NZ in an echo of the polemic against Jews in 1930’s Germany?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/492472/no-survivors-after-titanic-sub-wreckage-found-on-ocean-floor
Expensive foray into history in unfamiliar and hostile terrain! What about a foray into human life, with kind hands-on interest and affection?
All of us can be heroes going forward – showing willing to change our mouldy and decaying precepts and systems so as to encourage downgraded citizens to rise and live. And then help all in this supposed civilisation to build a better NZ where all would have a place to stand and live their life figuratively and physically. What a breakthrough into unknown vistas. Do we dare to grasp real life with human input and not gaze at it and the world through machines which we operate from a sterile distance??
This could be good to pop in to OM to ensure it gets noticed even if it has gone in elsewhere on the blog. Ian Powell calling on Rob Campbell’s insights on Maori health.
Being ‘hooked is a good thing because he has valuable insights from his brief term in a unique leadership position in an unusual time. He also is cognitive and thoughtful.
What makes him even more interesting is his evolving understanding of the health system the more ‘hooked’ he gets.
Campbell’s opinion piece published in the NZ Herald (11 June) is an example of his thoughtful writing: Justifying the Māori Health Authority.
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