We are all broken Keith Vaz...some reflections on and about us all........

We are all broken...everyone of us. And yet the implications of being broken are far more serious. It is easy to see how others are broken and yet when it comes to ourselves we often deny it. The ancient Roman historian Suetonious wrote a history called the lives of the Caesar s. In each section he wrote about their sex lives, their financial issues and their philosophical background. The Roman's did not expect their politicians to be paragons of virtue. Its as if they knew that being worldly helped you understand the world. And yes its true John Major was talking about family values when he was having an affair. The Keith Vaz speculation on hos sexuality is merely about bringing down someone that certain others do not like. Its quite clear that he has been struggling with his sexuality..we are all all struggling, have struggled or will struggle with the flaw in all of us..we should learn from it and not project or displace it on to others. That action of displacement or projection has always been my own individual imperfection. Its been passed down to me over many years and I often struggle with it.

But what is more disturbing is that such blemishes in one group of politicians is being used by those who have an interest in destroying tolerant, broad thinking that is inclusive of sexualities, other cultures and identities as well as errors of judgement and sheer stupid mistakes. It is almost that once a wrong action has been taken or a deed done that was an imperfection then the whole value of what anyone says or does is forever suspect or valueless. Yet the truth is that to those who never had a thought about criticism of the world or its ways are some what let off having to excuse themselves. We are all broken, we have been hurt. We make moral judgements on the basis of our wounds. We are all capable of great errors and of hurting others horrendously. But we owe it to ourselves to acknowledge this fact and not use it to drag others down to hide our own vulnerability. There is a crack in everything its how the light gets in..............but it is the route to compassion and tolerance....