Easter week is a time for reflection. A time for austerity and solemnity, before giving way to celebration. The time when one man’s blood and death saved a nation and the world. On Good Friday I sat reading in a coffee shop looking out, watching passers by milling in the street. They frequently stopped outside a shop bearing a massive sign:
‘Easter event: 20% of homeware’
There we have it, Easter now holds significance as the perfect time to buy a discounted toast rack.
This started thoughts about the government sponsored way out of the current economic climate: the spend-your-way-out. It stands in harsh contrast to the Easter message: instead of one person saving a nation, we the nation are saving the economy. Pouring money, life’s blood, away in a bid to save what has been lost.
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