It can go right across the lawn if you fly it right.
—Famous last words
Things don’t always go the way we expect them to. My first reaction to this video was to think of the U.S. and the war in Iraq. But today is the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, an even more powerful example.
I keep thinking of Sigmund Freud, who at first got caught up in the patriotic enthusiasm for a war that was supposed to end quickly, but who within a few months shared the general shock and disillusionment. He eventually said he had been a “foolish old man.”
Do you think that kind of foolishness will ever stop?
July 28, 2014
NO! NEVER. There will always be wars. Adam & Eve probably argued. (Eve said PLEASE don’t eat that apple, but being a man he wouldn’t listen to her. Haha 😀 Just joking even if it’s true.)
The story is Eve ate the apple and talked Adam into eating it too. As Isaac Asimov wrote, “Women are the cause of all the trouble in the world. The Bible tells us so.”
And don’t forgetCain and Abel. Cain killed Abel because God liked Abel’s gift more than his.
Not altogether. But about some things I think.
We’re certainly doing better with our understanding of the world through science, but that may not be enough.
I doubt it. There are too many people who think abstract ideas and causes are more important than the safety and well-being of ordinary people like you and me. They’re happy to bomb and shoot and demolish if it somehow furthers their great cause.
I saw a TV programme yesterday on children in Syria. The civil war has been going on for over three years now and so many children are completely traumatised by it. Their childhood innocence and joy has been shattered.
It’s not just abstract ideas and causes. A lot of people in power are more interested in themselves that ordinary people like you or me.
A lot of children are being traumatized, which doesn’t bode well for the future. Think of the Gaza strip, and even areas where our drones are constantly flying overhead, terrorizing people because they don’t know if they will suddenly be blasted.
No. And it should not either. We should continue to play as you like to say!
communications are instant – something that today’s generation take for granted – which means that we are more informed of almost even the tiniest event…
it will never change, methinks
Personal update…
Dropped down to one paper so I can do more of other things outside of study and University – will not kick in probably to my mindset until probably end of next week…but looking forward to getting back to blogging and artmaking and taking life slow…
That’s great that you’re giving yourself time for other things. Good for you!