Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for December 07, 2009

Sad but true….

All too real in many parts of the world even today…

You shouldn’t, Portnoy. Regardless.

percisely the reason I don’t watch the news anymore. waaaay to depressing.

I thought the news was part of the sports and entertainment division thanks to Roone.

Just wait until Iran gets its nukes. Then the evening news will get really interesting. What’s the term for that again? Oh, I remember its called a-r-m-a-g-e-d-d-o-n.

This was originally printed on December 7th, 1983. It is a little sad that in 26 years the world has changed so little that this can still be overwhelmingly relevant.

There are 3 things that man does best. FIGHT, procreate the species and eat red meat!

ds133…

it IS so VERY sad, but VERY true. :(

And a reminder that once again, it’s Pearl Harbor Day.

Droool….Mmm, red meat… 22degrees outside and I’m firing up the drill. Thanks for the idea George.

And therein lies part of our problem. War/violence as entertainment dulls our sense of offense and outrage. We become conditioned to the idea that bloodshed is “normal” and acceptable. There are bigger contributors, certainly, but perhaps if we didn’t wallow in testosterone-driven violence for “fun”, we might develop into a species that would find another way to settle our disputes. I’m just saying….

*It is a little sad that in 26 years the world has changed so little that this can still be overwhelmingly relevant. *

Sigh, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Insert my fav 60s quote here: The world will improve when schools have all the money they need, and the Air Force needs to hold a bake-sale to buy a new bomber….

This must be why “The A-Team” was made so crappily; no one could possibly think that they’re watching something real or even realistic, so it’s okay to cheer for a gang of gun-toting morons.

Hm. Consider this. It’s said that there are four chemicals in the brain that are related to human temperament. If testosterone predominates, you have one temperament as a result (and that happens to members of both sexes, by the way). Three others correlate with three other temperaments.

Guess what? All four temperaments (strategic, tactical, logistic, and diplomatic in outlook) have their part in making war. Even the naturally diplomatic Catalysts (viz. Linda Berens), those who are dominated by estrogen in their brains, give life to Mr. Spock’s quip that “the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis”.

What I’m saying is, don’t blame testosterone, and don’t blame men per se, for the existence of war. There’s something more fundamental going on in the human psyche than that.

So where do we sign up for the training Spock eventually got? And do we have to go to Vulcan to get it?