Happy Veteran’s Day!
Happy Veteran’s Day?
That doesn’t sound right; does it?
Isn’t that like saying Happy Day of Atonement?
Or Happy Ash Wednesday?
Or even something along the lines of the freakish phrases: Fun Funeral, Delightful Death, or Appealing Apocalypse.
I feel sad that the world has wars (a.k.a. conflicts) and that we can’t just all get along. The universe has more than enough resources, if only we would all just learn to trust and share.
But it’s like the Earth is a Mega-Giant Screen HD 3-D Plasma TV; and each country wants control of the remote.
Can’t we let each other take turns watching our favorite shows?
Or can’t we build multiple monitors, metaphorically speaking, so everyone can enjoy the proverbial programming of his/her own choice all the time?
Apparently not.
At least, not yet.
So we do have wars (a.k.a. conflicts), which is why we need the brave people who help protect our way of life and our very lives, which is why I say:
Thank you to our veterans who served our country well; and thank you to our current military and other civil servants who daily risk their lives to protect us and help us live in peace.
And so, my friends, I hope that one day soon, we can all get along and work together, not only to create a wonderful world without war, but to create a wonderfully, wonderful world, where everyone can wear marshmallow life-jackets while paddling down a river of chocolate in a peanut butter raft with graham cracker oars, accompanied by his/her own favorite supermodel clone.
That doesn’t sound right; does it?
Isn’t that like saying Happy Day of Atonement?
Or Happy Ash Wednesday?
Or even something along the lines of the freakish phrases: Fun Funeral, Delightful Death, or Appealing Apocalypse.
I feel sad that the world has wars (a.k.a. conflicts) and that we can’t just all get along. The universe has more than enough resources, if only we would all just learn to trust and share.
But it’s like the Earth is a Mega-Giant Screen HD 3-D Plasma TV; and each country wants control of the remote.
Can’t we let each other take turns watching our favorite shows?
Or can’t we build multiple monitors, metaphorically speaking, so everyone can enjoy the proverbial programming of his/her own choice all the time?
Apparently not.
At least, not yet.
So we do have wars (a.k.a. conflicts), which is why we need the brave people who help protect our way of life and our very lives, which is why I say:
Thank you to our veterans who served our country well; and thank you to our current military and other civil servants who daily risk their lives to protect us and help us live in peace.
And so, my friends, I hope that one day soon, we can all get along and work together, not only to create a wonderful world without war, but to create a wonderfully, wonderful world, where everyone can wear marshmallow life-jackets while paddling down a river of chocolate in a peanut butter raft with graham cracker oars, accompanied by his/her own favorite supermodel clone.
Blessings & Joy,
P. S. Please enjoy how British comedy troupe Monty Python’s Flying Circus presents a different kind of warfare in their sketch The Killer Joke:
