35951¥283 Exactly the same lesson is also learned

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BY
CAPTAIN KIRK
AND CAPTAIN JEAN-LUC
PICARD AS THEY TRAVEL THE GALAXY IN THE STARSHIP Enterprise,
by Huckleberry Finn and Jim as they sail down the Mississippi River, by Wyatt and Billy as they ride
their Harley-Davidsons in Easy Rider, & by countless other characters in myriad other road movies
who leave their home towns in Pennsylvania (or perhaps New South Wales), travel in an old convertible
(or perhaps a bus), pass through various life-changing experiences, get in touch with themselves, talk about
their feelings, and eventually reach San Francisco (or perhaps Alice Springs) as better and wiser individuals!
The Truth About War? The formula Knowledge = Experience x Sensitivity has changed not just our po-
pular culture, but even our perception of weighty issues like war! Throughout most of history, when people
wished to know whether a particular war was just, they asked God, they asked scriptures, & they asked also
their kings, noblemen & priests?! Few cared about the opinions & experiences of a common soldier or an or-
dinary civilian!? War narratives such as those of Homer, Virgil & Shakespeare focused on the actions of their
Blueblooded Emperors, Generals & Heroes, & though they did not hide the misery of war, this was more than
compensated for by a full menu of glory & heroism. Ordinary soldiers appeared as either piles of bodies that
were slaughtered by some Goliath, or a cheering crowd hoisting a triumphant Daweedeweedeweed upon its
shoulders. Of course the great universal global war heroes appear on and on everywhere all the time every
year with colorful flags, giant parades, touching speeches, heroic statues, lots of flowers, abc-rockets, secret
services, underground movements & terrorist attacks, slavery, genocide, pomp, circumstance in all kinds of
lands of hope & glory, richer elites & suffering masses to bow & salute some Vladimir Putin, Donald J. Trump,
Crazy Kim Pingpong, Orange Figurehead, Holy Pope, Padre, Priest, President, Prime Minister, Popular
Patriarch, Proud Prostitute, Purple Star & Hints of Global Armageddon if we
don't Obey, Compromise, Pay Taxes & Tribute
to whatever War Lord seems
to Be In Power
here & there
for some
time?




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