I love your attitude & your enthusiasm for learning.
We can always learn new things, especially with the Internet. I was a latchkey kid in the 60's & 70's & I used to read the ancient (1940ish) encyclopedias we had at home, just out of curiosity. My mom also took us to the library every other Saturday, where I could browse to my heart's content. I read about ancient Troy, the Oregon Trail, and a lot of children's literature by English writers, describing forests & meadows & gardens I could only dream about, because I grew up in Phoenix. I eventually discovered science fiction & fantasy, which opened my mind to other worlds & other possibilities. I just devoured everything on the shelves. All that classic sci-fi & the dystopian futures it described taught me to be wary of big government, which seeks to control every aspect of our lives.
And that, my friends, is why I never fell for the "pandemic" (among other things). Science fiction taught me to regard the government with a very skeptical eye. And to think, it was once considered low-brow.
How do we contend with the seeming inevitability that our grandchildren, by studying poetry and porcelain, doom their children to study politics and war?
I think Adams' quote suggests the answer. We make sure they don't forgo politics and war. For him, it's simply enough they have "a right" to do so. It's not inevitable.
Thanks, I missed the implication of the relationship between rights and responsibilities. The right to study poetry necessitates, and is guaranteed by, the responsibility to study war.
Thanks for teaching me the word "anarch."
I love your attitude & your enthusiasm for learning.
We can always learn new things, especially with the Internet. I was a latchkey kid in the 60's & 70's & I used to read the ancient (1940ish) encyclopedias we had at home, just out of curiosity. My mom also took us to the library every other Saturday, where I could browse to my heart's content. I read about ancient Troy, the Oregon Trail, and a lot of children's literature by English writers, describing forests & meadows & gardens I could only dream about, because I grew up in Phoenix. I eventually discovered science fiction & fantasy, which opened my mind to other worlds & other possibilities. I just devoured everything on the shelves. All that classic sci-fi & the dystopian futures it described taught me to be wary of big government, which seeks to control every aspect of our lives.
And that, my friends, is why I never fell for the "pandemic" (among other things). Science fiction taught me to regard the government with a very skeptical eye. And to think, it was once considered low-brow.
Hmph!
How do we contend with the seeming inevitability that our grandchildren, by studying poetry and porcelain, doom their children to study politics and war?
I think Adams' quote suggests the answer. We make sure they don't forgo politics and war. For him, it's simply enough they have "a right" to do so. It's not inevitable.
Thanks, I missed the implication of the relationship between rights and responsibilities. The right to study poetry necessitates, and is guaranteed by, the responsibility to study war.
Great way to say it! Makes the link even more clear in my mind.
I'm here for the ride bro. Anarchs in the Forest.
I wish I had written this. Bravo!
Much needed.
I believe I'm all 3.
The Adams quote reminded me of this: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-us-presidents-great-great-grandsons-big-gay-vampire-novel_b_2005197
I’m all in.