That’s why we can’t have good things
When the other species on the planet get together and compare notes I think they will all agree that Homo sapiens sapiens didn’t deserve Earth.
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politics
Villains of the peace
People we think are bad people when we are young turn out, when we are old, to have not been bad at all, compared to the really bad people we met through the rest of our lives.
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Uncle Scrooge
We think people who are grossly overweight should lose weight because it is bad for their body. We think people who are drug addicts should give up because it is bad for their brain. But we think people who are grotesquely rich should get more money even though it is bad for their soul.
Two roads diverge
For some life is like a stroll down a country lane, pausing here and there to smell the flowers or hear a bird singing. For others life is like a walk down a city road battling crowds of people jostled and pushed, ears deafened by noise. Sadly the road you take is decided for you
And then acquire followers
There is no idea so extreme, so mad-brained, so far removed from reality, so damaging to human beings, so damaging to the planet, that someone, somewhere, won’t accept it as gospel truth.
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Exceptions
The Assyrians thought they were exceptional. The Egyptians too, and the Greeks. The Chinese of course, still exceptional. Romans were very exceptional. The Spanish were too, and the Portugese. The British – ah they were exceptional, the Sun didn’t set for a long time until it did. Germans, Japanese, Russians all exceptional for a while,
On the road again
A runaway bus with your number on it, a heart attack, a crazed terrorist, a pot falling from a balcony, a cosmic ray hitting a cell nucleus. Will you make it home again from the supermarket?
Sticks and stones
I guess the argument against “political correctness” is that if you let people verbally abuse powerless groups in society they might be less likely to physically abuse them. Have I got that right?