“But what, you may ask, has the early and welcome arrival of bees and blossoms to do with food?”
PS the video starts in earnest only after 0:30.
Little Akio
The teacher said “Let’s begin by reviewing some history. Who said: ‘Give me Liberty, or give me Death’?” She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Little Akio, a bright foreign exchange student from Japan, who had his hand up: “Patrick Henry, 1775 ” he said. “Very good!”
“Who said: ‘Government of the People, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the Earth’?” Again, no response except from Little Akio: “Abraham Lincoln, 1863”. “Excellent!” said the teacher continuing.
“Let’s try one a bit more difficult. Who said, ‘Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country’?” Once again, Akio’s was the only hand in the air and he said: “John F. Kennedy, 1961”.
The teacher snapped at the class “Class, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Little Akio isn’t from this country and he knows more about our history than you do”.
She heard a loud whisper: “Fuck the Japs”. “WHO SAID THAT? I want to know right now!” she angrily demanded. Little Akio put his hand up “General MacArthur, 1945”.
At that point, a student in the back said “I’m gonna puke”. The teacher glares around and asks “All right! Now who said that?” Again, Little Akio says “George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991”.
Now furious, another student yells “Oh yeah? Suck this!” Little Akio jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher “Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!”
Now with almost mob hysteria someone said “You little shit! If you say anything else, I’ll kill you!” Little Akio frantically yells at the top of his voice “Michael Jackson to the children testifying against him, 2004”.
The teacher fainted.
As the class gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said “Oh shit, we’re screwed!” Little Akio said quietly:
– “Albertans, if Justin Trudeau gets elected PM”.
– “The people of Pakistan, when Zardari became President, 2008.”
– “The City of Toronto, if Rob Ford gets re-elected as mayor.”
– “The Egyptian people, 4 month after Moursi was elected.”
– “The Australian people, when Gillard was elected, August 2010.”
– ‘The Bermudian people, November 9, 1998.’ …
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“What’s the meaning of all this?”, you probably ask yourself right now!
Well…how about globalization going on so well that we all share the same problem?
“”There are people who do things for fear of the lash.
“Then no one is as strong as you.”
“You make it sound as if our desires were separate from ourselves.”
“They are. And if you don’t know that, then you might well become Unwyrm’s slave after all.”
“I know something of the doctrine of the Vigilants.”
This excerpt is from “Wyrms” by, of course, Orson Scott Card and the reason for which Unwyrm, the bad character, ‘called’ every individual with some real understanding of the world was that Unwyrm was trying to institute the ultimate dictatorship upon the planet Imakulata: Imagine a place run by a species whose members share a common consciousness and know all that has been discovered about that place.
Not that simple…
Those who have understood something from studying history already know that eventually people will learn to avoid repeating the same mistakes… or else…
It is true that new mistakes appear all the time!
Pe timp si pe experienta lucrului facut asa cum trebuie:
“Cum se ceartă femeile cu bărbații.”
Cica ‘barbatii sunt de pe Marte iar femeile de pe Venus’ dar daca tot s-au hotarat sa traiasca impreuna pe Pamant de ce nu se adapteaza oare noilor conditii?
Or none of the above…
I share my thoughts simply to encourage other people to think differently than anybody else!
