By no doubt we are in interesting times. We are in a period where one has to critically analyse the difference between friendship and camaraderie (comradeship). I choose the two because as one listens to the news, one particularly gets a distinct impression that the two differ greatly. And indeed from seeking clarity from the all-knowing wiki, comradeship can be used to refer to friends or colleagues; and this means one can have a work relationship with another individual without being friends.

This, together with a reflection of my own relationships has made me wonder if it is possible to confuse high frequency of interaction with friendship? My answer is that the possibility of confusion is in all probability the same as the possibility of gaining a true friend from those interactions. Therefore, unless the friendship is tested, one may never know. So with the possibility of a splinter being formed, as spectators we should look forward to witnessing true friendships and mere interactions of convenience that might have been confused as friendship as embodied in comradeship!