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weblog :: the.rumpus :: archives Friday, March 21, 2003 Reading Haze's blog entry today made me realize something rather shocking. I am not a patriot. I love America, it's true. I think it's the greatest nation in the world today, by almost any standard you care to name. But I am not a patriot... and, in some ways, I am not an American. I am a human being and a citizen of the world first and foremost. Other human beings are my brothers and sisters and the nation that they were born into by chance is almost totally meaningless to me. The laws and ideals and traditions of any nation are insignificant compared to the welfare of the human race. I would gladly sacrifice a thousand Americas if it meant that mankind would never wage war against itself again, just as I would gladly do without the legacy of ancient Egypt if it meant that slavery was abolished from the world 3,000 years sooner. Please don't misunderstand me. These remarks have little or nothing to do with the current situation in Iraq, which is a complex, micro-political issue compared to the macro stuff I'm talking about. I'm not saying that the real, modern, America must be discarded for the good of mankind. I don't believe anything of the sort. I am grateful for the life of privilege and ease that being an American provides me. And I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the patriots that came before to secure those privileges for me. All I'm saying is there is a fraternity that we all belong to that is greater than geography or politics or freedoms. We are one human family. The sooner we understand that, the sooner we will evolove as a people. :: 3:11 PM :: :: link to this post :: Thursday, March 20, 2003 A guy on the Buffy RPG forum saw the graphics I made for my game, and asked if I would do the same for his group. Since I love making these silly posters, I agreed. Here's the graphic I made for his series, which features a Japanese school-girl slayer and her pals.The Nolton Chronicles :: 4:38 PM :: :: link to this post :: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 I do not want my country to take so much as a single human life in my name, for any reason, ever.Killing is never righteous or noble. It serves nothing and no one, save hatred, evil, and destruction. The best that killing can ever be is necessary. It can never be good or right. And war, which is organized killing, is the lowest, most foul activity of mankind. It is to be undertaken with regret, and with the certain knowledge that there is no other course. War diminishes the world. It destroys those that must wage it as well as those caught on the sidelines, whether or not they continue to live when it is done. My eyes are open. I am no naive theorist too squeamish to face what sometimes must be done. In understand the stakes, the politics, the repercussions -- all of the endless "what if" arguments, all of the logical reasons and justifications. And yet I will say it again: I do not want my country to take so much as a single human life in my name, for any reason, ever. Every life is precious. Every death is tragic. There are no faceless masses, no faceless enemies, no faceless crimes. :: 2:44 AM :: :: link to this post :: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 New Digital ArtI made a DVD box and poster for our ongoing Buffy the Vampire Slayer roleplaying series. The last session was so inspiring I just had to fire up PS and make something in honor of the game. My players kick ass. Also, thanks to some gentle nudging from Haze, I finally updated my Images page with all of the poster art I've been doing lately. Oh, and there's a new Trading Card of the Bizarre up too. :: 10:22 PM :: :: link to this post :: Saturday, March 08, 2003 Those of you that read Sundry will have already seen this. But damn, it's so funny I had to provide a link too.The terror of blimps :: 4:52 PM :: :: link to this post ::
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