An Oxymoron Too Far

From Oliver Cromwell to Al Shabaab
and the U.S. military abroad on secret missions
for renditions of everyone they believe did them harm,
the one thing that unites them that I refuse to understand
is that mix of pietism and violence, refined by advanced military
technology, which always puts enmity above integrity.

The Final Solution

Is it democratic progress
to go from the belief that fathers
will choose the sins their offspring
will inherit* to accepting that children
will choose their own sins? Regardless
of what their fathers want? Discuss,
and politely, please....

Because the more aggression there is
in the discussion the more it will seem
as if the childrens sins are their fathers
choice, after all. The most democratic
solution is to question what to bequeath/
inherit and to choose to not have children
and try to own less. This would reduce
the need for discussion, increase politeness
and leave fewer people with whom
to share what ought not to need saying.  



*a paraphrasing of Exodus Ch 20 V 5, Ch 34 V 6-7
and Deutronomy Ch 5 V 9