Animals.
They see the world in a different way than us
But so little thought
And so little understanding

We are animals, too, though
And we understand so little
But they don’t seem to think much
And us?
I don’t know.

We ask questions
And we get answers
They may be right
They may be wrong
But are we asking the right questions?

Is it instinct to ask about the world
And are we programmed to find certain answers
Do they aid in our survival
Do they hinder as nature sometimes does
Does it make any difference?
These are the kinds of questions that animals don’t ask
It would probably hinder them.
At the same time it helps us
Usually.

I just stumbled upon this site, “The Boy Who Cried Iraq“. I may have politically-oriented opinions or whatever but they’re not ever fully well-formed enough or passionately felt enough for me to ever say anything here, but the site speaks to me. I may disagree with some or all of it in the future, but I doubt it. It seems rational enough. I mean, anything that champions critical thinking over anything else is something I can always support. And I have written about rationality here before.

Here’s a tidbit from the site I mentioned in the above entry that really hits home (emphasis mine):

People bring up the fact that “I’d rather live here than there” and all that irrelevant drivel. That’s not an excuse to let things go. The “lesser of two evils” argument does not cut it. Hitler was not better than Stalin because he killed less people. We must strive for more. For better.

It’s the same as telling a black guy in the 40’s to “deal with it, at least you’re free” - it’s just doesn’t work. Nothing should ever be “good enough.”