Monsters.

Twenty-first century living is monstruous, just like it was that many centuries before the birth of civilization, as we know it to-day.

With one huge difference: monsters changed size, shape, colour and ferocity.

Visitors admire with awe only the mounted skeletal representation of the dino and company in spacious exhibition halls and natural science museums. The rest is often left to the imagination.

Not so with to-day's monsters. We experience their destructive edges and biting claws everywhere we look around, starting from the sitting-room and ending at the remotest highway.

I'm referring of course to domestic and industrial killers, social killers, if you like. Electricity tops the list.

Many fatal accidents occur on this planet due to electrocution, especially in countries where the domestic supply operates and is dependent on high voltages. The abuse in the use of domestic tools, gadgets and appliances may sometimes lead to fatal accidents. That is why such items must enjoy at all times optimum operating efficiency.

Bottled or mains gas used as fuel may also be included under the monsters list. When they decide to blow the top the number of victims escalate. Authorities concerned carry a huge responsibility to safeguard the safety of citizens.

One person sitting in a comfortable bucket seat presumably smoking a Havana, perched high up in the clouds, plays with tons of bulk which can be moved to and fro as required. Giant crane operators move mountains the same way that myriads of creatures that inhabited earth moved boulders to erect their places of worship in prehistoric times, but with less risk of being reduced to corpses, unless an accident occurred or the whips of their captors were too deadly.

When the prehistorics decide to roam the asphalted avenues taking the shape and form of vehicles, the danger for life and limb becomes very real. Statistically, by far too many people lose their life on the roads, both as drivers or passengers as well as pedestrians.

Excessive velocity turns vehicles into deadly machines.

The list of to-day’s monsters can be a vey lengthy one, even if WMD’s are completely left out of the equation.

Most importantly, one question I often ask myself , “Do I consider myself a potential monster ?" The answer escapes me!

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