Two Bahraini husbands this year have donated one of their kidneys to save the lives of their wives and I seem to remember reading last year sometime of a man who, in concurrence with a family tradition, was offering to donate a kidney to a complete stranger.
In a world where more and more crime and evil is committed it's refreshing to see that there are people out there who are truly selfless.
I would like to think that should someone I love need a kidney or something other I could spare I would be more than happy to give it but who's to know until the actual moment arrives that the strength of character is actually there? Just a thought.
A call has gone out by MPs that medical staff should only be allowed to treat members of the same sex. What a load of sexist rot! It's got to be one of the stupidest things they've come up with so far and let's face it they've had some doozies!
If I'm lying dying in the gutter somewhere the last thing I'm going to worry about is whether the person saving my life is male or female and I'm pretty sure that view is shared by practically everyone I've ever met in my life.
Think about the complete impracticality of it all. Are they suggesting people brought into the emergency ward of a hospital will have to wait patiently for a doctor of the same sex before they can have life saving treatment? And, what about ambulance staff? I have yet to came across a female paramedic in Bahrain and if they there are any I would hazard a guess that they are very much in the minority. Would women, therefore, have to drive themselves to the hospital while suffering a heart attack?
I can completely understand if a woman would rather make an appointment with a female gynaecologist but to suggest that all medical staff can only treat members of their own sex is ludicrous. MPs have been voted in by the people to represent the wants of the masses not to waste time putting forward silly suggestions. Just a thought.
And talking of silly ideas, an Argentinean writer Gonzalo Otalora has written a book entitled Feo! (Ugly!), suggesting that beautiful people should be taxed on their looks.
The idea behind it is that good looking people have an advantage when it comes to getting jobs and partners and as such ugly people should be compensated for a misfortune of birth. As a writer you'd have to assume he must have a certain amount intelligence, I wonder if he would be so keen to tax people based on their intellect?
After all, how intelligent a person is also come down to the brains they are born with? The first thought that came into my mind when I read the article about it was that Gonzalo Otalora must not be very pleasing to the eye and that he still feels the need to blame others for his misfortunes.
I'm sure we can all agree that we all have aspects of ourselves that we don't like but just because it's not our fault we were born looking the way we do doesn't mean it's anyone else's either. Taxation is a pain in the neck at the best of times but taxation on something we can do nothing about is just plain wrong, ugly or beautiful. It never ceases to amaze what complete nonsense otherwise relatively intelligent people can spout out of spite. Just a thought.
I read with amusement that Whitney Houston's toy-boy boyfriend Ray-j and ex Bobby Brown have obviously got serious problems with each other.
It seems that Ray-J has written an x-rated song about his sex life with the diva chanteuse in which he points the finger at Bobby for not being able to satisfy her. Bobby Brown in turn claims that he's happy that she's happy and has no problem with her seeing whoever she wants to see. A claim belied by the fact that he has written in his autobiography that: "I'm aware of the fact that Whitney had been seeing Ray-J, a very young R&B artist who is most famous for being the little brother of Brandy, the multi-platinum singing artist and TV star. Their relationship doesn't bother me. She's open to see whoever she wants to see, just like I can see who I want to see. I know the age difference between her and the little guy is almost 20 years, but each to his own".
Sour grapes anyone? No doubt it's flattering to have two men so crazy about you that they publicly diss each other but surely a woman with the talent and looks that Whitney Houston has can do better for herself than two such uncouth and bitter characters. It's just another thought.
