Q is for – (The) Question Remains Unanswered

“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations
and epochs,it is the rule.” 
― Friedrich Nietzsche

Last year I was pondering again, the evil men do to others. Today I am still pondering.
Nothing changes. Man makes war for whatever reason, and still they do the same things
in the same way, and expect a different outcome.
Einstein labelled this Insanity.

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THE QUESTION REMAINS UNANSWERED

Posted on April 11, 2022 | 6 Comments | Edit

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished 
unless they kill in large numbers 
and to the sound of trumpets.”
Voltaire

In August 2016 I posed the question “What Has Gone So Wrong”

Then I compared the then current day (2016) with the life I lived as a young child during the Second World War. In 1940 there was one war. in 2016 according to the Heidelberg Institute of International Conflict Research there were “226 politically motivated armed conflicts worldwide during 2016”. many are described as minor but they are still conflicts if not total war.

Of course, the one that we saw news about daily on our televisions was Syria. What began as a peaceful uprising against the president in 2011 still the civil unrest/war continues, with no end in sight.

And today we have Ukraine on our TV sets night after night. We can take sides and decide whether Russia and Putin are wrong, or we could say they are only defending their place in the world. Putin is quoted as saying Ukraine was a constant threat and Russia could not “feel safe, develop and exist”.

So 10 million people inside Ukraine and beyond have been displaced and as the Russians pull back leaving death and destruction behind, has he won the war?

. And what does Mary Oliver have to say on the subject?

“I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, 
especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.”
Mary Oliver

Deep thinking from this elderly mind today. Never mind, the cheerful JB will be back with some simple social activity with which to bore you. But the questions remain- what has gone so wrong, and will we never learn.

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