Dear Arumbob. That are interesting remarks you made. I am one of those elder people who should be fucked. Maybe you could give me your address, because such an invitation sounds interesting. There is nothing wrong getting fucked by a youngster. No, serious now. I am glad you made that post. In The Netherlands you hear nowadays often such sounds. It is surprising how the social structure has changed. When I was young (in the sixties of the last century), the teachers were conservative, and the students progressive. Now the teachers are progressive and the students are conservative. I thought a lot about that change. And I think I start to understand the reason. We built (with the best intentions) a community that protects the people. We care, no, we care a lot. We care so much that we kill the individual initiative. People who are able to live their own lives we put in kinder(elder)gardens were they spend their lives playing cards and bingo. That is not good and far too expensive. I can understand that youngsters get worried about the costs. However, the whole social systems seem to get mad. I saw an advertisement of a hospital in Enschede (The Netherlands). A simple calculation showed that 1 of 100 inhabitants of the city has a full time job in the hospital. In every street of the city minimal one person has a full time job to keep the rest alive. How is that possible? In the fifties you had only small hospitals. There was no need for big hospitals. The work was hard and unhealthy. The food was not very good. The hygiene could not be compared with modern standards. But still nobody was sick. I start to think that not the patient is sick, but the community and the healthcare are sick. We organize things wrong. I am 64 years old. I don’t take medicine. Not even an aspirin. When I have a hangover, I prefer a bucket. I can understand that youngsters get angry about the price they must pay for our social system. And that is a pity. A social system is beautiful for giving people safety. It should be cherished. The way things are going now, I am afraid it will fall apart.
I do not want to be respected because of my age. The only achievement for getting old is that I did not dye earlier. When I get respect it should be because of what I am, the way I behave in the community.
I saw that you drink a lot. I have a liberal mind, so it is your choice. But a drinker should know that very old rare single malt tastes al lot better than the stuff from the supermarket.
My love and respect,
Tjerk.
