Dumbed down Courier...

What a dumb article in the Courier today asking people in the street what reasons they have to be cheerful with the recession and all. Just because they are closing offices and making reporters and freelancers redundant doesn't mean that everyone's feeling depressed. For God's sake! Why, does life suddenly come to a dramatic halt just because a few banks have been careless with our money? Do babies stop being born? Do people stop having amusing conversations and comedians stop being funny? Do we stop having nice food? Or enjoying a glass of wine? Does Easter not come this year and birthday parties stop being fun? Does the sun stop shining on the white frosty fields? Does Radiohead's music suddenly become really depressing (OK bad example!) We're all still alive and kicking for Christ's sake. We'll come out the other side of this recession the better for it, you mark my words; leaner fitter, stronger. So sod off Courier and find some real news to report. (It's all gone down hill of course since I stopped writing for them!)...