Older, wiser, sager heads are what is destroying this country. There should be mandatory retirement from government service in ANY capacity at sixty-f...ve. Even that is too old. Government should be left to the young, the compassionate, the caring. As old people, we’re frightened to let go of the control and give it to the young. Why? Because we’re afraid the young will treat the old like we have treated them. Of course, I’ll feel different when I’m eighty again.Already, I’m feeling the pressure. We need to talk, come over andhave a seat," the doctor demanded.Greg, as Amy, walked to the chair in front of the large desk and sat. Hesmoothed his skirt and held his knees together."What is it, Daddy?" he said."I was just online reading your grades. What is this about you nothanding in your homework for the past month?" That can't be true, Daddy. I do all of my homework." Are you calling your teachers liars?" said Dr. Mason. He stood now andsat on the desk in front of Greg. "I'm more inclined. " "Was he gone?" "No, he was not. He had been in the study in Mike's liquor cabinet and he turned up in the kitchen just as I had pulled the first pies out of the oven. Since I didn't want to give the impression that I was uncomfortable in his presence, I tried to find some topic of possible interest and asked about his family." "Was your back to him?" "Yes, I kept on doing my things." "And your entire back was exposed for his pleasure?" "Yes, that apron was just a light cotton thing, with. We are a lovely country. You will see."This, of course, was the beginning of the hard sell. Any journalist willtell you about it. These people weren't oppressed; they were hard-working. Those women weren't without rights; they were faithful. Itwasn't really hot outside; it was temperate. Camels didn't smell; theywere wonderful creatures. And so forth.The thing is, Oman is one of the more welcoming of the Gulf states. It'sa smallish country (4.6 million) under the rule of Sultan Qaboos BinSaid..