June 6, 2010.
This is the anniversary of D-Day, during World War II. There are still people alive who either experienced directly, or knew someone involved in, what is now known as the Second World War.
So many wars since: Korean War, Viet Nam, Gulf Wars one and two, Afganistan...and what about all those firestorm outbreaks in Africa, the Middle East, and South America?
War, chaos, turbulence...it appears to be a part of the human condition.
I like to think of the post-internet societal shift as a bell-weather of hope.
Recently, the BBC world news did a "special" called Superpower. It was about the digital, post-internet world.
The internet, in my opinion, erased time, geography, age, race, gender...it's about intellect to intellect.
The premise of this special program was that the power in the 21st Century would rest with those of the consumer oriented and cohesive digital universe.
It is above country boundaries and fixed thought from the 20th Century. It implied a more enlightened and less parochial viewpoint. That may just be the euphoria of the new...the jury is still out in this "brave new world" of the digital generation.
In the meantime, as things roll and tumble through the diminishing days of the transition from 20th Century thought to the "real" 21st Century reality, it is a matter of respect for those who stepped to the plate, accepted the moment in time that they were born into, and who chose the ethical response, to simply say "thank you". That's why we're here, right? And having this kind of free interchange of thought?
So...thank you, again.
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