Society's Child
William Sitwell stepped down from his position at Waitrose magazine last month after his controversial reply to a freelancer's email suggesting a series on plant-based recipes.
The long-standing food writer sparked a swathe of vitriol when Selene Nelson shared his response which said: "How about a series on killing vegans, one by one."
And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very very
Mad world, mad world
The haunting Gary Jules version of the Tears for Fears' Mad World speaks to me in these tumultuous mad times. It must speak to many others, as the music video has been viewed over 132 million times. The melancholy video is shot from the top of an urban school building in a decaying decrepit bleak neighborhood with school children creating various figures on the concrete pavement below. The camera pans slowly to Gary Jules singing on the rooftop and captures the concrete jungle of non-descript architecture, identical office towers, gray cookie cutter apartment complexes, and a world devoid of joy and vibrancy.
The song was influenced by Arthur Janov's theories in his book The Primal Scream. The chorus above about his "dreams of dying were the best he ever had" is representative of letting go of this mad world and being free of the monotony and release from the insanity of this world. Our ego fools us into thinking the madness of this world is actually normal. Day after day we live lives of quiet desperation. Despite all evidence our world is spinning out of control and the madness of the crowds is visible in financial markets, housing markets, politics, social justice, and social media, the level of normalcy bias among the populace has reached astounding levels, as we desperately try to convince ourselves everything will be alright. But it won't.
Comment: Whether because terms like 'mad world' just get heard more often because we live in the information age - or because more people are objectively observing that our world is indeed becoming madder (or both) is hard to say. But perhaps the following articles do give some credence to the fact that there are developments that do reflect and intensification of insanity world-wide.
- Has the world gone mad? Mental health disorders on the rise globally
- NewsReal: What is 'Woke'? Red-pilled in a World Gone Mad
- A World gone mad: Voters should wake up to the issue of war versus peace
- Behind the Headlines: Staying Sane in a World Gone Mad
- The world has gone mad
- World gone mad: France's President Hollande wins UNESCO peace prize for invading and recolonizing Western Africa
- World gone truly mad! European Union wins 2012 Nobel Peace Prize

Ariel Muzicant, Vice-President of the European Jewish Congress, and co-author of the new document holds it up, showing the title 'An End to Antisemitism! A Catalogue of Policies to Combat Antisemitism'
The recommendations have been made in a new document called 'An End to Antisemitism! A Catalogue of Policies to Combat Antisemitism'.
It was produced following an international conference organised by the European Jewish Congress, at which academics gathered to discuss how prejudice and discrimination can be tackled.
Among the policies mentioned in the document was the idea of warning messages in holy texts, a topic discussed in a chapter entitled 'recommendations regarding Religious Groups and Institutions'.
The document reads: 'Translations of the New Testament, the Qur'an and other Christian or Muslim literatures need marginal glosses, and introductions that emphasize continuity with Jewish heritage of both Christianity and Islam and warn readers about antisemitic passages in them.
The company's CEO and co-founder, Steve Hilton, told Business Insider this donation data "is the heart of the Crowdpac data model" because their "research shows that campaign contributions are the best predictor of how a candidate will behave in office."
Hilton also explained that the Crowdpac's main goal is to provide people "good objective, non-partisan information about the candidates on their ballot in a simple form that they can understand." The company believes this will help "boost the number of small donors and reduce the influence of big money in politics."
Thousands took to the streets of Delhi to celebrate the landmark occasion in style, with colorful rainbow banners draped across the streets and crowds replete with costumed revellers on Sunday.
Section 377 was struck down by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in September ending a 157-year-old colonial-era law that governed ill-defined "unnatural offences," and carried a penalty of up to 10 years in jail.
"Any consensual sexual relationship between two consenting adults - homosexuals, heterosexuals or lesbians - cannot be said to be unconstitutional," Misra said as he passed the judgement in September, as cited by Reuters.

Rescuers search for bodies after a cruise boat capsized in Lake Victoria off the Ugandan coast.
Diving teams were retrieving bodies from the lake on Sunday after the boat overturned and sank at about 7pm on Saturday night.
Senior police officer Zurah Ganyana said 27 people were rescued overnight. More than 90 passengers were onboard, leading officials to believe the death toll will rise.
Ganyana said the boat was in poor condition, had been grounded for some time and did not have a valid licence to operate.

Migrants rush US border crossing, causing prompt shutdown, engaging customs and border protection guards.
The confrontation highlights the escalating tensions along the border as thousands of migrants from Central America poured into Tijuana in recent weeks seeking asylum to enter the U.S. President Trump has pushed to keep any migrants in Mexico as they await the immigration process.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials closed southbound vehicle and pedestrian crossings around 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Northbound vehicle traffic processing at San Ysidro also was suspended, and the pedestrian crossings at the San Ysidro port of entry were closed.
The pedestrian crossings were reopened about 3:45 p.m.
The San Ysidro border crossing is one of the busiest ports of entry in the world, with more than 90,000 people crossing between San Diego and Tijuana on a daily basis, and the closures snarled traffic for miles in the area.
Comment: See also:
- Twenty four hours after replacing Sessions, Acting AG Matthew Whitaker ends asylum for illegals at southern border
- Trump signs order denying asylum to illegal migrants, as caravan approaches US - migrants 'have to come in legally'
- Trump tells migrant caravan: Go back home and apply legally; you won't be let in
- US troops erect razor fences in San Diego to thwart migrant caravan
A spokesman for the provincial police, Muhebullah Muheb, told RFE/RL that the newly appointed police chief of the Lash-e Juwayn district were among those killed in the November 26 attack, which was claimed by the Taliban. A deputy provincial police chief was also said to be among the dead.
A spokesman at the provincial hospital was quoted as saying that a total of 22 bodies were brought in from the assault.
Two members of the provincial council, Dadullah Qaneh and Shah Mahmood Naeemi, said at least four officers were also wounded.
The convoy came under fire as it was heading to Lash-e Juwayn for the introduction of the newly appointed district police chief, according to a third council member, Abdul Samad Salehi.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi claimed that four vehicles were destroyed in the assault and large quantities of weapons were captured.
Comment: See also:
- Spring offensive: Taliban kill at least 20 Afghan policemen
- US officials meet Taliban in Doha for talks - end of Afghan war in sight?
- 'Worse than the Taliban': Afghan terror victims speak out about ISIS in Afghanistan
- James Corbett: The only reason the US is negotiating with the Taliban is out of desperation, not principles
- Why is the CIA's intel on the Taliban so consistently wrong? Because they're making it up, along with their Afghan sources
"The Arc7 ice-class LNG tanker Vladimir Rusanov successfully reloaded an LNG cargo delivered from the Yamal LNG facility at Sabetta to the lower ice-class designated tanker Pskov, which will deliver the reloaded cargo to customers in North-West Europe," Novatek said.
The first ship-to-ship LNG transshipment is a very important commercial milestone for us," said Novatek's Deputy Board Chairman Lev Feodosyev. He explained that it allows for the optimization of transport costs "by decreasing the travel distance of the Arc7 ice-class tankers and to ensure timely offloading of LNG from Yamal LNG project."
Novatek earlier announced future large-scale LNG transshipment projects in Kamchatka and the Murmansk regions.
A presidential pardon was issued in Dubai with "immediate effect".
It came after British outrage over the jailing of one of the UK's citizens.
He was arrested in May during a two-week research visit with Durham University.
His imprisonment prompted academic institutions to cut ties with the United Arab Emirates.
Matthew's wife Daniela Tejeda said: "The presidential pardon for Matt is the best news we could've received. Thank you friends, family, media, academics, and the wider public for your undivided support - I've been brought back to life."













Comment: As Sitwell says, one rarely sees a worse level of hate, vitriol and downright insane behavior than from the twisted mind of a vegan scorned. One theory is that it's due to the nutrient deficiencies, but it could just as easily be the consequences of being completely and utterly ideologically possessed.