was where Atle
is sitting some mornings ago. Pondering. As usual.
Small boats were
shuttling between the banks on the Laos and Thai side. Some decades ago there
was a war in this area. The Vietnam War. The Americans unloaded more bombs per
square kilometer in Laos than in any other country ever.
What blessings
to humanity did this war lead to? And all the other wars in past times and the
wars in times to come?
Freedom and
liberty are slogans in which many people believe. We have to remember that
these are only words which we fill with contents. No wonder we have named our
species Homo Sapiens Sapiens. Still that is only a name which WE have filled
with contents.
Is it really
clever to put names on things? When we go to schools and universities we
benefit very much from remembering what names other people have put on things,
events etc.
In 2014 we do
not know very well how to feed our babies, we believe in a plethora of gods and
supernatural phenomenae, we don’t understand why we grow obese in a way that
makes us keep a normal weight, we are stroking digital devices as if they were
our pets, and so on.
WHAT A WONDERFUL
WORLD!
