Changing times

There has been so much news circulating about politics of late, aren't you tired of it? Read something different, something that I've cooked up especially for you like this one which follows below. Hope you'll find it refreshing, informative, and stimulating as you wish it to be.

Times have changed and indeed it has. If you don't believe me, try calling 999 for help and you'll see what I mean. Sad but I think what this fella said is true which is this and I quote, "We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police!" Indeed that's an often overlooked fact of life, incredible you might say but who's kidding?

You might not recall but another guy had once said, "As far as I'm concerned, progress peaked with frozen pizza." On hindsight, we now know how wrong he was! Like what Bill Gates said in his infamous quotation about computing not very long ago which was this: "640K ought to be enough for anybody." That fooled many of us at that time, didn't it?

Modern technology is literally driving the pace of living at break-neck speed and this is frightening! For instance, I dread to think what the latest stem-cell research could be taking us to. And even in this generation, mechanical robots not only can walk and talk, they are beginning to be able to think like humans too!

But closer to home and to things that matter in family life, we have probably heard that "single motherhood" is also on the rise nowadays. Talk of changing times, I sense that the modern woman is no longer quite the same as her role-model mother of the yesteryears! I ask you what's wrong with our young, the well-educated yet unmarried women folks of today? They don't want to get married!

For instance, when her instinct or biological drive to reproduce heightens what does she do if she can't find Mr Right? Thanks to "science", I am told she can at least find Mr Perfect Sperm Donor and have the baby she's always wanted, quickly, efficiently and without a man in her life. It's amazing but that is exactly what is already happening in the West and soon expected to arrive at our shores.

Would you believe it but there's nothing to be ashamed about being invited to an "insemination party", where "getting labelled", "exchanging bio-datas", "reviewing semen specimens", and callously "matching orders" are the agendas of the night. The likes of such new forms of extrovert social behaviour which were never heard of before would be considered extremely outrageous in our culture but are catching on with our "liberated" women of today.

She goes about finding the right sperm-donor in a so-called "insemination party"... OMG no marriage as we know it or tie-ups are necessary! Mr Right gets a modern makeover literally! But believe that or not, I put it to you.

Now, it's becoming real at least in America, what defines a modern day American family is no longer this: "A traditional mother, father, two children and a dog named Spot" and that the new norm of "single parenthood" can be just as fulfilling if not more so than married couples are in life today. However, I wouldn't bet on that!

True to Hollywood style, all those "astounding stuff" which I mentioned above have been made the subject of a latest comedy movie just released in the USA subtly called "The Switch" where "single parenthood" is put to the test. Catch it, as it too is coming to our big screen soon.

If you want a preview, click here. It makes an interesting read, a preview pehaps of things to come; a future made for youths, one that's unfazed but quite scary. I don't know about us the "elder generation", what's our response? A totally new and disturbing future beckons, but are we ready? Think on it.

Meantime enjoy this beautiful song from Celine Dion sung in French meaning "Let's talk about love" or "S'il Suffisait D'aimer". Thanks to "CelineDionBRA" for sharing.