New beginnings...or same old same old?

The world's financial structures are crumbling through a combination of greed and corruption; an appeal for funds by the Disasters Emergency Committee on behalf of hungry and homeless Palestinians in Gaza is banned by the BBC on the grounds that it 'does not want to compromise its commitment to impartiality'; the FA Cup 4th Round matches are drawing to a close and the hopes of the underdogs, having been raised are receiving terminal blows (apart from Swansea, who were not all that 'underdogish'). Sometimes faith, in all it's forms comes under severe attack. How is it that those who have overseen the collapse of banks are rewarded with bonuses while those who have lost out through the incompetence of the same bankers, find themselves baling out the banks by virtue of their being taxpayers? Why do children in Gaza (and Israel...though to a lesser extent) live and die in fear? How is it that I can ignore the reality that the maintenance of my (relative) wealth tightens the grip of the fingers of poverty around the necks of millions? As I 'mature' into my second half-century my lack of faith in unredeemed human nature continues to grow, mind you, redeemed human nature often appears little better. That is sad.