More seriously, with what country should his loyalties lie?
The day after 9-11 I went looking for a United Nations Flag. I think there were deaths from some 87 different countries that day, although the exact number was never mentioned again or corroborated after a careful analysis. In any case, I felt a huge sense of emotional unity against Evil and my immediate thought was to display a flag - a silly notion actually - but this was so way bigger than the little Untied States & the 4th of July & stuff - this was the earth. And currently the best flag of the Earth is the UN flag, like it or not. But I was unable to find such a flag. Here, perhaps more than at any other time in the world, was a chance to make a significant leap forward towards world unity, to expose the stupidity of nationalism - that macho male dominated bellowing, chest thumping & remnants of a testosteronic bravado from our animalistic evolutionary past.
BUT WE HAD AN IDIOT IN THE WHITE HOUSE!
Ah, so much was lost. So much vaporized by assholeness. Think of this:
If extra-terrestrial aliens from outer space ala' "War Of The Worlds" or "The Day The Earth Stood Still" or, even better, "The Lathe Of Heaven" by Ursula LeGuinn, - if these aliens had shown up and Dubya was in office, or even to some less extent, Al Gore as well, what an unmitigated disaster this would have been. For me, Fermi's Paradox is answered by the simple observation that we arent ready. I am also emboldened by the patience that they wait for us to be ready. On the other hand, 1000 years is nothing to the vastness of space. A million years is nothing. Perhaps even a BILLION years is nothing. 7% of the age of the universe as we currently think it is.
Out where I live, in a relatively conservative corner of Massachusetts, I still have yet to find a UN flag for sale anywhere.
I think maybe I should mail-order one. The UN may be badly implemented, badly regulated and badly executed, but it is the UN. Loyality should be to the Earth, not any particular country or state or county or college or high school, unless there is ZERO chance that physical and mental violence or persecution will erupt in the process - i.e. if it's just for FUN.
Ah - just venting. Never mind.
Remember: Fish Eulogize Whirled Peas.
Earth???!!! - Loyalty should be to HILFs across the universe.
"Jai Guru Deva Om...
Nothing's gonna change my world..."
Loyalty, pride - maybe forget them all. They only get you in trouble.
Never mind.
- xongsmith
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