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Originally Posted by Hugh
I am optimistic, but I am not unrealistic - I try to assess situations and work out likely outcomes, and plan for the sub-optimal ones.
Optimism is not blind faith everything will be all right - in my case, it is trying to not let negatives blind me to the possible positives (and vice versa).
There are some here who believe "we're all doomed", no matter the scenario - I couldn't live that way, always assuming (and in some cases, hoping for) the worst....
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Well I can only speak for myself and I'm hoping I'm wrong about all this and fully conscious that I might be. But whichever way you cut it, our glorious leaders have made (and are continuing to make) some extremely dubious decisions which many people find inexplicable and don't appear to yield much by way of positives by way of compensation.
Anyway, it's possible to be optimistic about different things to different degrees and at different times. It's also evident that concern and disquiet amongst the populace focusses the minds of those who jobs rely upon their votes and thereby influences policy. Having said that, the public disquiet demonstrated with regard to the war in Iraq didn't prevent our PM from embarking on a strategy, justified by lies, which has ignited a tinderbox. You'd have thought they'd have learned from all that then Afghanistan and Libya came along. In the continued absence of any credible plan to deal with what's now happening, it's hard to be very positive about any of that.