Frazz by Jef Mallett for November 11, 2017

OK… which word is he talking about?

None of these make sense to me.

“.taht rof etal oot noitazilivic a tuoba s’ti ,haeY”

It is almost too late for civilization!

It was too late for our civilization when many nations of the world started making atomic weapons.

It’s “taboo” (almost reverse ‘about’) to talk about peace?

Another Mallett mind bender.

Veterans Day: when mail carriers, DMV clerks and teachers have the day off, but if you’re only a veteran you have to go to work.

It’s not about a civilization but the species.

A civilization too “fat” for that?

While I agree with the premise, I have to suggest the addition of at least ‘a civilization too late.’ This did not begin with us, but it has existed so long it seems to be embedded in human genetic makeup. It’s the you can’t build a civilization without war philosophy, A pitiful defense for ‘brawn vs brains.’

all of nature is built on Survival of the Fittest. Even plants fight over a spot in the sun their share of soil. Is it any wonder that humans also fight for resources, even though we have ways of building enough abundance that we often we have more than enough to share?

Although I’m fuzzy on the last line, for the rest, well said.

Remember Cain and Abel?

Of course, that was the whole point of the Nov 11 observance – it was originally “Armistice Day”, and it was meant to mark the end of the War to End All Wars, so indeed they thought there would be no more veterans in the future. The holiday was changed to “Veterans’ Day” only after that turned out not to be the case. My grandmother, whose brothers served in Europe in WWI, always referred to Nov 11 as “Armistice Day”, out of habit.

Ever notice that we all remember 9/11, the original Armistice Day was 11/11, and there’s a chain of convenience stores named 7/11, but nobody ever gives a rip about 5/11? Odd, right?

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” Attributed to Albert Einstein

If we were really truly civilized, we wouldn’t ever need to go to war.

Just another excuse for Frazz to be sanctimonious.

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I don’t get it.

Lest we forget.