All that i ask while you peruse this blog is that you keep an open mind to the points raised, they are not necessarily fact (yet) but are interesting to illustrate what life could be or is like. This is going to be a long slog.....

I often wonder, as we as a people continue to strive forwards constantly bettering ourselves with true feats of human endeavour, whether or not in-fact we are actually progressing.

Sure, on the surface, it can be argued that in terms of achievements it seems that the human race are breaking forward and consistantly striving in many fields, such as science, medicine and maths to name but a few. However as i think more and more about this, i think, that we are seeing a distorted picture of the evolution and overall forward motion in terms of strength. It cannot be argued that in terms of mental capacities, us humans are excelling at an amazing rate of knots. What we need to do however is look at different areas and ask ourselves are we developing in those areas too?

8000 years ago, homo sapiens (not necessarily in exactley the same form as they take today) required not only strength but also brains and cunning to survive. If they didn't have either of these, chances are they are dead. No ifs no buts. This essentially is natural selection at its finest, as Hurricane No. 1 said, 'only the strongest will survive'. Great, fantastic, we are breeding a race of superior beings who continue to grow ever stronger. Who knows, one day they might invent religion (but that is another blog), the wheel or internal combustion. But what happens, when the race in question becomes so powerful that they have total dominence? They have no natural predators? They don't need to be fit? Does 'Devolution' occur?

Back in the stone age, if a person was born handicapped in one way or another, chances are they would die. No carers, no crutches, nothing. Fast forward to today, where we have the capabilities, time and reason to help those born at a disadvantage to survive. We are not obliged to help those less fortunate than ourselves to live (unless you live in France and are bound under the 'Good Samaritan Rule' for omissions), yet we continue to do so. This is fantastic, I'm sure we'll all get into heaven. My point, however, is this, as more and more humans with disabilities live to be older and older the human race is possibly growing slowly weaker. I am NOT suggesting for one moment that it is wrong or bad for people with disabilities, be it mental or physical to pro-create. I am merely saying that the human race weakens. Though this may not be noticable at present, one day i am sure it will be. Be that 1,000 years, or 1,000,000 years. The weakening is a purely physical thing as our mental capacity and achievement (seemingly) continues to grow.

This is the point to go stretch your legs, make some coffee, feed the dog etc.

Now for the second part of my (long) blog. Carrying the minority. People who have a disability, are the only minority in my mind who have the right to expect a little bit more in return from the majority. And rightly so, they say 'spreading the cost of christmas' makes it easier to deal with, well spreading the pain of living with a disability works in much the same way. We all give a tiny amount more so a small amount of people can go somewhere closer to living a more normal, pain-free life. That is fair. 100%.

I am unable to think of another minority group whose 'needs' should be allowed to inconvenience the majority. I have absolutely zero sympathy or empathy with the so-called action-groups who stand about on Thursday lunchtimes, in the rain, waving flimsy cardboard at council buildings, getting their sandals wet. You're a lost cause, you're the minority, you might not like this, but it's a fact. Now live with it. In the great words of Jeremy Clarkson-

''I do not understand why my poll tax bill in Fulham should be nearly £500 a year when i just know that a huge chunk of that will be spent on weirdos. Like most people, i want my bin emptying, the street lighting on, the schools open and the police doing some arresting. And that's about it.

What we have instead is pot-holed roads, council officials who won't answer the telephone, rampant truancy and a police force who can never get to the scene of a crime because of all the dog turds on the pavement. Oh and some immensely wealthy Cypriot lesbians''.

This is the truth however, and it is becoming more and more evident in society today, minorities with a chip on their shoulder, expecting the hardworking majority to fund their lifestyle.

 Case in point, the recently arrived Afghan family who have been living in a £1.2 million London mansion courtesy of the British tax-payer. Despite not working, they get over £170,000 per year handouts from the government. Kind of ironic then that war veteran Marcus Kilpatrick is living rough just yards away, let down by the same country who he fought for and paid taxes to.

All in all, the government and in particualr local councils should let us decide whether we want to spend our money on gay Eastern Mediterranean types or not. Me?

I think you know the answer to that already.