From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises on
On May 3, 7:50 am, James Burns <burns...(a)osu.edu> wrote:
> His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and
> Chief of Quixotic Enterprises wrote:
>
> > Nowhere Darwinism is more evident than in our SUVs and
> > the lack of space for bikes. BIG FISH EATS LITTLE FISH.
>
> Well, for certain values of "BIG FISH" and "LITTLE FISH",
> anyway. Back in the Good Old Days (The K-T boundary, 65.5 million
> years ago), the shrew-sized mammals "ate" the thunder lizards
> (AKA the dinosaurs). So, sure, SURVIVOR "EATS" NON-SURVIVOR,
> (no surprises there -- that is how we define our terms) but
> it is not always obvious which traits are good for surviving
> and which aren't.
>
> Sometimes, the "Law of the Jungle" turns out to be
> "You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours." or
> "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
> or /even worse/ (which only means, even more unexpected).
>
> Jim Burns

We can pick and choose what the Law of the Jungle means to us, but in
this Christian world it's tough for the losers... COMPLY OR BE EATEN!

We could easily turn it around to mean YOU SCRATCH MY BACK I SCRATCH
YOURS.

I'm in my cage waiting for the better times, hoping it's not an
asteroid. ;)