I don't get angry if somebody disagrees with my honestly held views, even when those of us who have the confidence to engage in reasoned debate are labelled arrogant. I don't get angry when I am 'accused' of being a leftie, a guardian-reader, or even when it is implied that I am part of a clique or a gang of bullies because some other members agree with my views.
I don't get angry when I see a misplaced apostrophe, or a spelling or grammar mistake.
I get angry when I see young men and women being returned to their parents in flag-draped coffins.
I get angry when children are starving in countries that spend billions on arms.
I get angry when people in positions of trust abuse children or vulnerable adults.
I get angry when their employers or superiors cover up their foul deeds.
I get angry when girls/women are beaten, tortured and murdered because they don't conform to their parents' cultural norms.
I get angry when any minority group is subjected to discrimination.
I get angry when I read how many people, mostly with mental health problems, have died in police custody.
I get angry when the religious beliefs of a minority are able to influence laws which affect the whole population.
I get angry when mistaken medical information is used to put lives at risk or people are denied proper treatment for religious reasons.
I get angry when I read of the sick and disabled being terrified almost to the point of suicide by the threat of having their benefits withdrawn.
I get angry when the richest get tax reductions.
I get angry when contracts are not put out to tender honestly.
I get angry when well-fed, smug and rich politicians claim to be feeling the same pain as the people who have lost their jobs and cannot find others.
I get angry when somebody I consider to be a war criminal earns yet another £100,000 for a one hour 'inspirational' talk.
I get angry when so few rapists are convicted and I get very angry when women make false rape claims.
I am angry that the surgeon who ruined the lives of my daughter and at least a dozen other women was allowed to continue working when there were 75 complaints against him between 1999 and 2008.
I get angry that there appeared to be no system in place for picking up on his dismal statistics and that none of his colleagues 'blew the whistle'.
I am angry that he has never apologised.
You could say I am a very angry person but not because of some continuing hostility from a person who has never met me - that is not even mildly irritating because it is predictable enough to be amusing.
So, what do you consider to be worthy of your anger?
