omQR, they often get the cartoons mixed up with the regions. Who knows why a Dutch cartoon is in Views Africa?
Reasons, I get where you’re coming from, but there is another way to view this. The humans sense the beauty of what the birds are doing and, rather than compete with them, they wish to participate with them, neither drowning them out nor passively consuming their song. Just a thought.
rekam: I was just asking why a Dutch cartoon is in the ViewsAfrica section.
Getting regional Views wrong is a bugbear with me and drives me (even more) batty especially when I expect to see African cartoonists represented or a view on Africa and I don’t get it.
omQ R, thanks for the explanation. I don’t understand why they get regional Views wrong either. Had commented on it quite a while back. Can’t remember which one I commented on.
Up to steam on current human evolutionary theory as they are and aware that Africa is the cradle of H sapiens sapiens, the GoComic editors are merely pointing out here that our propensity to make musical instruments and form bands is of loooong standing and that presumably the first realisations of this ability occured in Africa, whereof the relevance of this Dutch cartoon….
Dtroutma almost 15 years ago
Interesting “plowshares” conversion.
parkersinthehouse almost 15 years ago
trout - good one!
MurphyHerself almost 15 years ago
Wishful thinking. Mankind isn’t wired for peace, more’s the pity.
OmqR-IV.0 almost 15 years ago
Maar waarom zou een Nederlands beeldverhaal in een Afrikaanse sectie zijn?
rekam Premium Member almost 15 years ago
omQ R, translation please. Got a little of it but not enough.
cdward almost 15 years ago
omQR, they often get the cartoons mixed up with the regions. Who knows why a Dutch cartoon is in Views Africa?
Reasons, I get where you’re coming from, but there is another way to view this. The humans sense the beauty of what the birds are doing and, rather than compete with them, they wish to participate with them, neither drowning them out nor passively consuming their song. Just a thought.
OmqR-IV.0 almost 15 years ago
rekam: I was just asking why a Dutch cartoon is in the ViewsAfrica section.
Getting regional Views wrong is a bugbear with me and drives me (even more) batty especially when I expect to see African cartoonists represented or a view on Africa and I don’t get it.
rekam Premium Member almost 15 years ago
omQ R, thanks for the explanation. I don’t understand why they get regional Views wrong either. Had commented on it quite a while back. Can’t remember which one I commented on.
mhenriday almost 15 years ago
Up to steam on current human evolutionary theory as they are and aware that Africa is the cradle of H sapiens sapiens, the GoComic editors are merely pointing out here that our propensity to make musical instruments and form bands is of loooong standing and that presumably the first realisations of this ability occured in Africa, whereof the relevance of this Dutch cartoon….
Henri
OmqR-IV.0 almost 15 years ago
^ Aha, thanks M Henri, then it makes perfect sense and I wasn’t justified in questioning their geographical knowledge, this time. ;-)