Definitely not frivolous is this comment from Billy on Taplin's synopsis on the current rise in oil prices and its ultimate outcome.
schism in the soul, schism in the body social, will not be resolved by any scheme of return to the good old days (archaism), or by programs guaranteed to render an ideal projected future (futurism), or even by the most realistic, hardheaded work to weld together again the deteriorating elements. only birth can conquer death – the birth, not of the old thing again, but of something new. within the soul, within the body social, there must be – if we are to experience long survival – a continuous “recurrence of birth” (palingenesia) to nullify the unremitting recurrences of death. peace then is a snare; war is a snare; change is a snare; permanence a snare…death closes in; there is nothing we can do except be crucified – and resurrected; dismembered totally, and then reborn.
-Arnold J. Toynbee
Question O' Teh Day:
It is because I'm getting old or because the world is getting worse?
Ans., courtesy Mad Magazine's ancient response to a reader.
"We're getting older, you're getting worse."
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