The Future

It is probably far too early in the morning (late in the night?) for me to be writing anything (especially when I have to go to a laboratory full of chemicals in the morning), but I'm-a goin' on 1.5 hrs of Taekwondo still, followed by an exhilirating romp on the Mountain of Woe. So after I saved the Guru of Life who was imprisoned there, the mountain fell into the ocean...and then it's back to the Kingdom of Zeal to make sure the psychotic Queen doesn't use the Mammon Machine to awaken Lavos...'cause then we're really screwed!

The Kingdom of Zeal - neat huh?

But...I didn't feel like dealing with all that just yet, so I turned off the Nintendo and began the brain-numbing, meditative, I should be asleep now internet perusal that often entrances me before I can get to bed. Plus...I love the darkness. Even this screen is too bright...I feel like I'm getting a tan...

Anyhow, amidst my browsing, I came across this pic of Hiroshima (gleaned from one of Kim's elder blog posts, actually) and commenced quandery on the yet-to-be and the not-so-yet-to-be. I want...I want our child to be part of a world in which this can never happen again (unless aliens are attacking - we can bomb them, but it's probably hopeless at that point anyway - they've got lasers, not crappy pointy-dealies, but real, ionize-your-atmosphere lasers, let's see those pathetic humans deal with that mess, ha!).

OMG! Lazorz!!!!

But maybe that is not quite the way to put it... I want him to learn...to see the mistakes of the past for what they are. I fear the education system in this country is...well...let's call it inadequate, for all intents and purposes. Will he ever learn unbiased history? Will it just be words on a page to his mind? History is real; it is emotional; it is terrible and full of mistakes...repeated mistak - wars that were...more often than not motivated by greed or self-righteousnous (racist, religioust, royalist, loyalist, revenge, etc.) of some sort (Think Crusades...or...every war in Europe for the past several millenia). I fear humanity is on the course for destruction. Nuclear bombs...if even one of them were to be set off in a populated area...

We now have the power to destroy ourselves (and the planet). The only reason we haven't, I believe, is because not everybody's got 'em, but they're getting there. What is the point? Why? Who in their right mind would want to make a nuclear weapon!!! And then there is this whole attitude of "well, We can have nukes, but you can't!" Guess what - NOBODY should have nukes! N-O-B-O-D-Y! Disassemble them ALL! Take them all apart - regardless of who else has them. The only reason I believe we have them is the same reason Moneychunks McGee buys a Hummer. If this is the case, then America has the smallest penis of them all! You hear that America! You're compensating! If we really had us some balls, then we wouldn't need flying, elongated, radioactive phalluses to point at other people. It's disrespectful!


Now, more than ever, is a need to realize the interconnectedness of every being on the planet - not just human - but plant, animal, fungal, everything in-between, and otherwise. As globalization suffuses through this world and its people, we will eventually be faced with the realities experienced by all the other people on the planet, the realities of our...situation...on this Earth - the poverty, the hunger, the needs of the far-too-many which are not satisfied, and it makes me question even my own place in this particular machine.

Interconnectedness - the way a monkey loves a kitty

The first question, however, is not "how will we deal with it?" but rather, "when?" Unfortunately, denial is unbelievably fantastic at defending a person from reality. Especially when the consequences are as yet unknown. There are so many problems (poor Earth), and I feel...like I am just ranting at this point - a late-night bout of madness.


All I really wanted to say was...I hope...I hope our son can live a happy life. I hope he can...see the forest for its trees, and be brave enough to speak for them. I hope that this selfish culture of commercialism does not rot his, as yet, tiny mind. I hope he still has a world to grow up in as an adult.

Ifn thuh skewls cain't lurn hilm, than we wile...cuz we am smrt, s-m-r-t, smrt!

Einstein said that he never ever would have shared his knowledge had he known what violence it wrought. He also said (at least...I think it was Einstein) that if WWIII would be fought with WMD's, WWIV would be fought with sticks and stones. I wonder if we'd be better off...

For all that may happen...
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration...

p.s. Sorry, sweetie, no grandparents post yet. =(

p.p.s. my name is a killing word...