Author: Zero Ponsdorf

Kriste put this up on FB. Dunno where it came from, etc.

That profile, in that context paints a picture that stirs the juices.

Sorry Jonn, but it needed to be referred to.

ETA:  Kriste elaborates in the comments.

A truly TALL thing is gonna be happening:

There were no parades celebrating the bravery and perseverance of the 2.7 million young men and women who donned a uniform and served in some of the most difficult and dangerous conditions on earth. Until the Vietnam Veterans Memorial — known as the “Vietnam Wall” — was dedicated in 1982, public accolades were sparse, and ceremonies outside the confines of a military base, an American Legion hall or a Veterans of Foreign Wars post were practically nonexistent.

I won’t be there for this. I no longer drive much.  I, and some friends did put together GoE, and other similar events which, hopefully spared you that?

You young folks might acknowledge our effort, or not?  I DO hope that you encountered some odd geezer that said “Welcome Home”?

Been there, done that has some merit in this case, I think.

Got spit at, and I don’t think you young folks have had to experience that?

Been to several, but not this one.

And I’ll refer you to this.

As a remote: Been trying to get folks to give Jonn a hug from me.

The Friday event included a visit from: Col McGhee from the original Tuskegee Airmen!

Aside: Jonn called me… so much noise I couldn’t hear him.

Recently re-read “Oath Of Fealty”   an old SciFi novel by Niven and Pournelle. This post concerns just one quote from that book so please don’t get entangled in the balance. I mention the book as a source only, NOT as context.

Think of it as evolution in action.

A working definition: Evolution as a process that leads to survival of the fittest, or  natural selection. Whether this process is controlled by The Divine or driven solely by nature is NOT germane here. It either is an on-going process – or it isn’t? And that ain’t the question anyway.

I’ll posit that we do not always do humanity a favor by fighting against nature. All men may be created equal but soon divergence becomes apparent.

One anecdotal example: Don’t pee on the third rail. Others can be found online by looking up “Epic Fail” or similar.

Then we have: Prof Stephen Hawking has been caught red-handed having visited a sex club in The States. NB, this is not exactly relevant here, it just tickles me.  Arguably one of the finest minds on the planet is quite human.

How is any of this fodder for the TAH crowd you might reasonably ask? Most of us consider firearms and other weapons simply as tools. They also can trim the gene pool on occasion.  War – on the scale we are capable of even more so.

And, of course, the phony socialist effort to equalize everyone is in play.

Here’s the question (it don’t get asked in polite circles)… Have we screwed up evolution, as defined above, so much with technology that the concept is meaningless? Further, is this a good thing for humanity?