Here's something to chew on....: today I saw a program on the discovery channel about satellites and radar and aircraft and stuff, and at the end of the show the narrator said some things that made me think "damn, we are so advanced, we kick ass, America is awesome, we have so many things in our military, we would kick anyone's ass." For a minute I actually had some pride in our nation.... then I realized, "hey, this only the Good things that I am seeing here. Only the Pros, not the cons. Maybe that's what people see, only the Pros, and that's why they are under control. But me, I see all... you can only blind me for so long. But alas, I have realized that Yes, the human race is still indeed doomed. It just needs a few kick starts, like me, and hell, maybe even [censored]. If I can wipe a few cities off the map, and even the fuckhead holding the map, then great. Hmm, just thinking if I want ALL humans dead or maybe just the quote-unquote "civilized, developed, and known-of" places on Earth. Maybe leave little tribes of natives in the rain forest or something. Hmm, I'll think about that. eh. done for tonight -REB- 6/13/98
As part of the human race, and having the great pleasure of being blessed with a brain, I can think. Humans can do whatever they want. There are no laws of nature that prevent humans from making choices. Maybe from actually DOING some of those choices, but not from making the choice. If a man chooses to speed while driving home one day, then it is his fault for whatever happens. If he crashes into a school bus full of kidies and they all burn to death, it's his fault. It's only a tragedy if you think it is, and then it's only a tragedy in your own mind. So you shouldn't expect others to think that way also. It could also be a miracle for another person. Maybe the bus stopped the car from plowing into a little old lady walking on the sidewalk. One could think it was a "miracle" that she wasn't hit. You see, anything and everything that happens in our world is just that, a HAPPENING. Anything else is relative to the observer, but yet we try to have a "universal law" or "code" of what is good and bad and that just isnt fucking correct. We shouldn't be allowed to do that. We aren't GODS. Just because we are at the top of the food chain with our technology doesn't mean we can be "judges"
Eric makes the upper entry after watching a Discovery Channel show on military technology. He talks about how he was swept up in the propaganda and the directed messaging of the show and felt patriotism and pride in the power of the US. He also very quickly, and correctly, understood that he was seeing only one side of the issue. He believes that his ability to see through a biased or corrupt message to see the pros and cons of an issue sets him apart from others. Again it is pretty easy to make an accurate guess as to who the censored name is here. He talks about destroying entire cities in order to kick start a near total erasure of mankind. In the next entry he talks about freedom of choice and the consequences that result from that. It goes back to his Moral Relativism from the previous journal page and how things that are bad for some can be good for others.