14 April, 2008

• On the bus heading to work for an amazing day! I am sure of it! #
• There was NO zen on the bus today! #
• @ambermacarthur: apparently here in Chicago we get a fee tall on Wednesdays! Check it out there in TO! #
• All the money that we’re paying for these cameras her in the city actually aren’t working! #
• @conservadora: still the gerbil? #
• @conservadora: when did I become the social planner for Frida’s? I just suggested it! Round up Halem and others! What wkd? #
• @ conservadora: sorry luv! I missed that! Let me look at the calendar! You have a group of folks that are free then? #
• @conservadora: right on! I’m good that week. Do you need a wkd night or does it matter? I sent a direct msg w/ my email, so I’ll emai … #
• Listening to testimony @ assault #
• Holy shut! The testimony just blew up! #
• I think its going to be an early night for me! #

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So, my friend, Suzanne and I, have a growing list of what we call: “chimpisms.” One day I just started calling everything a chimp. Right now, there seems like lots of roller coaster rides around the chimps. The chimps are crazy. I mean, we are really living in chimp city! It’s absolutely crazy!

I thought I share some of them here. Note: we are NOT advocates of the inhumane treatment of humans or animals nor do we perpetuate any sort of lateral or interpersonal violence. Please understand that our “chimpisms” are just a way to vent.

• nasty chimp
• damn chimp
• fucking chimp
• bladder chimp
• hunger chimp
• depressed chimp
• nasty chimp
• cosmic chimp
• sexy chimp
• mean chimp
• bitter chimp

Thank goodness for Utne and their Peace-Loving Primates article! I like this picture. Its kind of how I wear my hear when its not shaved! We’re hoping for peace among the chimps!

There’s no shortage of justifications for the wars that soil human history. In the documentary The Fog of War, former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara makes the case for “just war” theory as a realistic means of reducing war’s human costs. Just war, he believes, should be our goal, because war itself won’t be eliminated in this century.

A recent article in Discover gives the idea of war’s inevitability a second glance. Many scientists believe conflict between primates is a natural activity, an attempt to keep the resources-to-population ratio within reasonable bounds. Discover reports that a group of scientists and anthropologists are upending this aggression-is-destiny view with research showing that primates are not hardwired to commit violence; rather, they do so in response to environmental and social stimuli. “War is evitable,” one scientist argues, “if conditions are such that the costs of making war are higher than the benefits.”

—Morgan Winters

Image by Rob, licensed under Creative Commons

Last Edited by Hannah Lobel at 4/8/2008 3:59 PM