Be a funny doctor!
"I'll write something lighter next time." - Dr. Spudman44
The good doctor issued this near apology recently for his Friday Fiction piece on a potential Iraqi suicide bomber - some would say a not very entertaining subject! But this one small incident speaks to a larger issue of our times - times like ancient Rome as the empire declined yet all eyes focused on the Coliseum for escape. Now Roman politics may be fun to read about but I'm sure it was not much fun to experience what with all the daggers and poisons and whatnot. So we avert our eyes because deep in our hearts we know what fate has in store for us when we condone such wickedness.
America of today is guilty of committing the greatest act of evil in the 21st century. Because of that we are engaged in endless war and silently preparing ourselves for a last ditch scramble of our resources as we refuse to release the yoke of greed and remove it as a basis for life. News of this is about as welcome as reading about the successful Barbarian invasions was for the Romans. Who wants to think about that shit?? Shut up and keep the party going!
Obviously, if one were to peruse my previous postings you will find frivolity and fun for fun's sake. That's because fun is as important as anything for survival. Fun while your ship's hull is breached though is quite another matter! It's a matter of priorities. I don't blame the media for this. I'm sure the Roman papers were all about who was sleeping with who in the Senate, political intrigues and who the baddest gladiator was of the time. In other words, giving the people what they want. A paper can only lead a horse to water, it can't make him think.
Keep 'em coming, doc!
"I was perfect in our relationship. I did everything he wanted!"
This was uttered in my group therapy session by a woman who was beaten for seven years. She abrogated her responsibilities to herself and turned her life over to another person. And for that she paid with ruptured eardrums (among other things) from the beatings she endured. So giving people what they want is not only an act of irresponsibility but makes you a participant in the destruction - your own destruction (everybody counts). It's easy to give in an serve what you know people will like and that is fine just as long as you don't do it at your own expense.
Many professional entertainers end up defining their self-worth by their ability to entertain. The more consumed they became with that thought the greater their need to escape that "reality" - sometimes by death. But I say we as whole are on that path, applying pressure for sharing only entertainment and never our larger truths. (The best do both). Children are the ones most receptive to our messages and I've noticed a common trait when I read about child suicides: "Oh, he was such a good kid. He just wanted to make everyone happy." Obviously, no one asked the kid if he was happy. Fuckers.
You wouldn't know it from my blog - and it's not my intent that you should - but I like life, I believe in it more than anything else in the world. I can make any subject entertaining because everything we do is all part of the human comedy and I know the road from which that divines. And knowing that is good news - the greatest possible news imaginable! But I don't share that to a world who wants only half the message.
Those people in the lifeboats are so negative!
So screw all the so-called "optimists" who stay aboard the Titanic spouting garbage like, "Everything is fine if we just believe it! We can lick this thing! I have faith in the human spirit! We need only support our Captain!" True human spirit seeks survival in the lifeboats, admitting a mistake and going on. Yes, there's no Lido deck on a lifeboat, not a lot of happy faces or parties or entertainment either. But there is life - and that beats the fuck out of being entertained while sinking.
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