History repeats itself...over and over

I've said this time and time again, the human race is flawed and will never reach a higher level of existance. We are incapable of it.

We are intelligent enough to understand what is right and what is wrong. We are wired in such a way that we are able to have a conscious about the things we do and feel guilty or ashamed when we truly do things that are wrong. We're logical enough to understand that science finds truth and fiction is just that, fiction. Yet, at the end of the day, we still hurt each other...CONSTANTLY.

I can understand their being a few folks who are defective and don't understand from right and wrong. Heck, I worked in a psychiatric hospital for more than three years and I saw plenty of people with true chemical imbalances in their brains that just simply couldn't deal with reality or had no idea between real life and fantasy. However, the bulk of us do. Most of us know not to kill or harm or disrespect each other. However, we do it all the time.

How long have we been killing each other over land ownership, power, belief systems, religious reasons, etc? While I can't give you an exact date, I can tell you this, the oldest books in the world all describe violent acts between humans. It's not like we've been killing each other for food like say a lion or tiger would if it came across a gazelle or deer. No, we kill for all the wrong reasons...basically, for no truly logical reason at all. I say this, because most of the crap we fight over, we made up to begin with.

History does repeat itself. Throughout recorded human history we've seen dominant cultures come and go. In the process, these ruling people tend to try to change what's around them to effectively assimilate other people into their way of doing things - if not remove them completely from existance. Sometimes these attempts are overt (see Hitler or the Holy Roman Empire) and other times they are more subtle (check out George Dubya's crusade to find "Weapons of Mass Destruction") which, any intelligent person can see, is really a means to aid in the spreading of Western democratic capitalism into the Middle East.

Humans are certainly smart and clever but also emotional. Too often we succomb to things like greed, envy and lust and we let these emotions or feelings drive our actions. By nature, we desire being on top, to be in control of the things around us and are always looking to dominate each other. What's up with that? I mean, I'd call it unnatural, but we are what we are...so, it must be natural. Right? Or, are we some freak mutation that shoudln't be here? Personally, I think we're doing out part and wouldn't be here if we weren't supposed to be. I don't mean this in a spiritual or godly way. I simply mean that things, everything, is here because it's part of a greater whole. It's just sad that we can't choose to play a different role. Or, can we? I'd like to think so...I just don't see evidence of it on a mass or grand scale.

Since we've been killing each other as far back as we can remember and because we've destroying our own home (by mining it's resources, polluting, etc) for as far back as the industrial revolution, what should make us think we have a shot at turning this ship around? I certainly don't see any signs of it. Perhaps what this Earth really needs is global abortion of it's human inhabitants. Again though, maybe we're doing our part in some greater cosmic equation. I don't know.

For those of you who read my blog, (thank you, by the way), you're probably wondering what, particularly, got up my ass today that I should write about such a deep topic. Frankly, it was the story of a beautiful 5 year old child who was lit on fire by random strangers, leaving him disfugured for life. Perhaps the assholes that committed this crime weren't wired right from the start. Since it figures to be a random act of violence, that's probably the case. But it got me thinking, could that be the case for the entire human race? That we're all wired wrong?

Yesterday, I wrote about a little girl I saw on an airplane. She was cute and not letting herself smile while her mother and I laughed and laughed. That was cool. I liked that moment in my life. It felt real. This stuff I've written about today, feels wrong...not real. I wish I could just scream at the top of my lungs to tell everyone to "WAKE THE FUCK UP" and have everything get better. Since that won't work, maybe my words, typed seamingly hopelessly into cyberspace, can help you wake up...or the next person. Or, at least look more closely at the things that happen in this world.

Be good.

Wish my Ravens could score like this

My beloved Baltimore Orioles lost today in the first half of a double header. The final score, 30-3. That's right, 30-3! This is the most lop-sided score I've seen in a baseball game in my life. Not to mention, the team they lost to sucks real bad...the Texas Rangers.

If you don't believe me, check it out for yourself. This is ridiculous.

We'll get 'em in game two which starts in a few minutes.