Hostility, Insecurity, Outrage: This is the world that we live in

(l-r) Mohamed Morsi, Edward Snowden, Katie Hopkins

I have come to a conclusion recently that we love to be angry. We want to watch something which we know we'll get frustrated about at the end but we just have that sudden urge to rage. The flower power age of the 1960s, when everything was wonderful and care-free, is a long and distant memory. Today, we buy newspapers and watch television, and see a disturbing image or read a controversial column - instead of turning the page with no reaction, our 21st Century instinct has gotten us to rant on social media websites and then we feel the weight off our shoulders - a huge sigh of relief. Don't you worry, I am exactly the same, and hence why I have a blog.

However, there have been three news stories that have gone viral over the past few weeks. They have felt like a lifetime since they first broke and I'm sure it will be a while yet until these stories disappear from the media ambush.

This week President Assad of Syria can sit back and feel relieved that the focus has steered away from him and the massacre he has caused in a nation in crisis. Egypt, a country which successfully got rid of President Mubarak during the 2011 Middle East Uprising, has decided enough-is-enough for the second time this decade and has booted President Mohamed Morsi out of politics. Morsi had only been President for over a year after being the first democratically elected leader in the country's history.

The protests over the past couple of weeks in Egypt have turned bloody with dozens of fatalities. People, both in support of Morsi and those strongly against, have clashed and the country we believed were on the road to recovery, aren't. The reason to why so many have shown their displeasure is that they weren't happy about the way President Morsi led Egypt. People saw no progress and saw themselves go a step back to square one rather than a step towards being a democratic country. The sudden change has surprised, yet concerned many countries which hope that Egypt will find its equilibrium once more.

At present, the leader of the opposition, Adly Mansour is Egypt's interim President - goodness knows what will happen next in this story. Nobody wants to hear news of fatal hostilities and one certainly hope Egypt will find inner peace, eventually.

While the people of Egypt turn another sour chapter in its history books, the United States government do exactly the same. Edward Snowden, a former employee of the National Security Agency (NSA) told the world that the NSA swoops into people's privacy. He revealed this government-supported agency not only has peeped into the lives of many Americans but also has intruded the privacy of various confidential government documents in the European Union nations and further. This hasn't only just embarrassed the US government, but it has also provoked them to try and track Snowden down, branding him as one of the most wanted men.

Edward Snowden, for those who don't know his background, he was born in North Carolina and has worked for the US Army, CIA and NSA since 2004. You would certainly think that being associated with the top government-agencies, he'd be a valued and trusted American citizen - we were fooled. The US government now feel cheated violated and now want him to pay for it. As much as they want to, at the moment they can't. Snowden is in Russia at the moment - hiding.

All the US government want to do is get Snowden back to America and face charges of 'theft of government property'. But he's in the hands of Russia and Vladimir Putin now. Instead of being sent back to America, Snowden has been applying for asylum in any country that isn't at all associated with his home. I think Venezuela may be his number one choice but that could change tomorrow morning, depending on the US threats on the countries he has applied asylum for. It is a complex situation, let's put it this way.

Snowden has received support from many high-profile people including American nut-case Alex Jones, government-sceptic Michael Moore and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The latter has resided in Ecuador's Embassy in London over the past year hoping to move to the South American country after he leaked US and UK government secrets regarding the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions - which showed these wars weren't legal. Assange, who wants to move to Ecuador, has been helping Snowden out in applying for asylum.

I suppose you can compare Snowden's case with Assange's. They both have revealed secrets which have crippled the reputation of the US government which has affected their relationship with some of their allies. Germany and France for example have slammed the NSA for snooping into their files while the UK admitted their government secret agency, the GCHQ in Cheltenham has collaborated with the NSA. Assange had a similar effect but his was to a larger scale than that of Snowden's revelations. I still believe that Assange has risked so many international relationships but to me Snowden hasn't done much wrong. He could have gone to do much more damage but I think he might do so because of the US government's hypocrisy towards him.

(l-r) Adly Mansour, Julian Assange, Holly Willoughby many faces of disapproval toward Katie Hopkins

Closer to my British home, there has been one woman which has caused widespread shock due to her outrageous comments. Katie Hopkins, "the only person to say no to Alan Sugar in BBC's Apprentice", appeared on an edition of ITV's popular daytime show This Morning. She participated in a debate about children's names and argued on the side that we have every right to judge kids by their names. She bluntly said on national television she makes sure her children don't hang around with people called Tyler, Chantelle or Chardonnay simply because they are called Tyler, Chantelle or Chardonnay.

On YouTube alone, around 10,000,000 have seen Ms Hopkins's ten-minute showdown with author Anna May Mangan. Presenters Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield also had a go to be part of this debate - mainly to attack the former Apprentice contestant. It was a 3v1 situation but honestly, you felt as if you had no choice but to support the trio who believed it is wrong to judge a child by their name.

The 3v1 situation did not stop Katie Hopkins. She carried on arguing her case being increasingly and passionately insulting. Children who have names like Kylie or Chantelle would be the type of kids who would never complete their homework on time and most likely disrupt the class, according to the former Apprentice contestant who walked out of the talent show during the third series at the semi-final stage because Sir Alan (at the time) raised his voice to her. The highlight of her appearance at This Morning was when she said she hated children with geographical names, although her daughter is called India.

It wasn't Katie Hopkins's first appearance on This Morning. She had partaken in debates on the show criticising overweight women saying they will never get jobs because of their weight and has also said that women get jealous of other women's success. She has also appeared in BBC's Question Time praising Richard Keys and Andy Grey after their sexist outburst towards a female assistant referee in 2011.

Katie Hopkins has a habit of shocking people, giving viewpoints that others wouldn't imagine saying on national television. She uses these shock tactics which provoke TV stations in wanting her back to say more barbaric things. People on social media have said they don't want to see her on television again - however I say, I want to see more of her. Yes, she is crazy and her opinions are jaw-dropping. On the other hand, as a PR person myself, I think she makes terrific television. Her views are radical, but she makes me laugh. Not many people can do that without intention nowadays. Some of her views, I somewhat agree. I also am guilty of judging people by their name. For example, when I was a child, I wouldn't hang out with a Jason or a Caprice because I didn't want to be associated with hanging around with people with those names. However, I have learnt my lessons as actually, you cannot be fussy about who you befriend. For India Hopkins, I can only picture her at 16-18 rebelling against her mother- but let the former Apprentice contestant discover that for herself.

Why did I link these three stories together? It's because they have caused so much uproar among people, I ask myself why are we surprised? Mass bloody protests around the world have been in the public eye for so long, why should we be shocked by the scenes in Cairo? Privacy infringement has been a concern over the past decade because of Facebook, phone hacking and WikiLeaks, why be so surprised by Snowden? And we have been offended by people on the telly - Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage, Nick Griffin have been on our screens acting like idiots, why should we be shocked by Katie Hopkins? Nothing in the media shocks me any more - it hasn't done so for a while but I am surprised at people being surprised about stories that aren't so surprising.