A rant will ensue…

Personnel: Tom
Location: A padded room
Type of Recliner:  The floor
Reason for Lounge: Aaaaaaaargh
Relative Comfort Rating: 0/5

I don’t really use twitter religiously, however i like to keep up to date with what people feel is current and important in the world. As i write Japan and the surrounding areas are in a horrible state due to earthquake and flooding and naturally this is world news. I am concerned as i know people who know people that live in surrounding lands. These are times coated in a thick layer of poo.

However i am rather perplexed to see a twitter hashtag emerging; displayed thusly: #prayforjapan

I may be entirely wrong but from what i understand of the Gmeister, and without wanting to get into any particular thesis of explanation, didn’t he (in one way or another) cause this…?

Either, He created it, possibly as some kind of test of faith or (i have heard it argued) as a punishment(… i’m sorry what!?). Or he willingly lets it take place (as if some kind of random generation Destructertron 2.0 has just switched on) without intervention, and why would he - if he didn’t for Hitler it would be an odd way of showing his support now especially seeing as 84% of Japan don’t claim any specific religion.

So i ask, to what end am I being requested to pray for Japan…? Am i asking the He does intervene or perhaps i’m just praying for the people that have been effected by the atrocity, presumably, as i say, to the dude that made it happen or could’ve stopped it at least. I’m sure the families do appreciate the thought of caring individuals around the world and it is amazing how people come together at times like this, but i can’t help feeling that it’s a patronizing empty non-attempt to actually do anything of any use. If God isn’t going to intervene, which i think it’s safe to say he’s not, he’s also not going to do anything to help the families of those who have been effected and as far as i’m concerned - sending happy thoughts in someone’s general direction perhaps is a past time better suited to the Zeitgeist movement.

So, may i suggest #helpjapan or #dosomethingthatwillmakeadifferenceinjapan or even #stairsafetyawareness seeing as over 1000 people a year die from falling down the stairs each year in the UK alone.