RIFLE RANGE BOY

I want it all and I want it right now! That seem to be the mantra these days. The next of kin of the ill fated plane want to all the nitty gritty details down to the technical details of the search thus far. They feel that they are being taken for a ride. Too many rumour mongers and conspiracy theorist are out there every ready to spin yet another spanner questioning the legitimacy of yet another finding of experts. They say information is king but is it really? Looks more to me that ignorance is bliss. The more you want to know, the more there is to be found out. When the roads are aplenty and the directions are aplenty, one is bound to be lost and maybe caught in maze or roller coaster! The patient wants to know all the minute details of the operation that she is due to undergo, right down to the rarest of complications. Murphy's law, being Murphy's law, may strike at a time when we least expect. I wonder what she really wants to know. I remember an incidence in a Univer...

Reason for their predicament? Who decided that Nicol David should be a world class squash star and not, say a chess master? Is it the parents' strict drilling and tireless pestering which Nicol took willingly at her stride that helped? Is it the neighbourhood that she grew in? Is it that an unexplained power from above that gave her and her parents this vision? Did a wise man who appeared from nowhere who suggested to them this path to follow? Did she or people around her realise that she had this special talent that made her where she is today? Is it the alignment of stars at her time of birth, if so I am sure there must be someone born exactly at the same time as she was but has not held a racquet in her life? Who gives the inner strength for an individual to excel in something whilst someone else with almost the DNA make-up fails miserably. Who decides that the adequately prepared marathon runner should have a bust up midway through his race? Is it karma? If so who decides ...