tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post256825971073954304..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: MH17 and me, and usCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-89657432983817610592014-07-21T11:13:48.116-04:002014-07-21T11:13:48.116-04:00Well, Robin Andrea and Cervantes, that is exactly ...Well, Robin Andrea and Cervantes, that is exactly what Wouk is addressing in "The Lomokome Papers." Whether you agree with his theory or not, it's about humans' innate (and destructive) "Thanatos."<br /><br />It's a really short work, presented as science fiction but really an allegory about this exact subject. You could probably read it in an hour or two, as I recall.Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-5589803710090541792014-07-19T19:01:16.043-04:002014-07-19T19:01:16.043-04:00Every time I think that things can't get more ...Every time I think that things can't get more crazy horrible than they already are, something even more crazy horrible happens. What drives the lunacy? What deranged belief system (religious, political, regional) unleashes the psychopaths? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-41559250344184380842014-07-18T18:35:59.964-04:002014-07-18T18:35:59.964-04:00I thought I had read everything by Wouk including ...I thought I had read everything by Wouk including his pulpier novels but no, not that. Of course the WWII novels have plenty to say about bloodlust, but they do also show that he had a harder time seeing it on his own side.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-4237046507837672182014-07-18T14:49:05.260-04:002014-07-18T14:49:05.260-04:00Hits home, like when I was teaching school and Chr...Hits home, like when I was teaching school and Christa McAuliffe was sent up in a space shuttle that engineers (not unlike today's at GM) knew there was a problem. But Ronnie Reagan was giving his Mis-state of the Union speech, and wanted a pretty thing to talk about . . .<br /><br />I was enraged. Ever read "The Lomokome Papers," a very short novel by Herman Wouk? It's about mankind's bloodlust.Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.com