Monday, October 14, 2013

521 Yrs. Pass Like Nothing

What a world in which there are even concepts like ______ Day (Observed). On the other hand, it now makes no difference when the hell anything is noted.
BEYOND UNCHARTED SEAS COLUMBUS FINDS A NEW WORLD
Into the setting sun, conquering tempest, mutiny
& terrors of the unknown, the Grand Admiral steers
his tiny caravels to give civilization a new hemisphere
— & gain fame everlasting.

©1928 National Geographic Society

2 comments:

BadTux said...

On the other hand, reading about the Aztecs, they were exactly the kind of assholes who would have done exactly what the Europeans did if only they had gunpowder and guns. Humankind in general appears to be assholes. Europeans just historically were good at it. Though other cultures appear to have caught up, like the Cambodians with their genocide, or that whole Rwanda genocide thing, or ...

M. Bouffant said...

No Longer A Honky Editor:
If only the Euros didn't think they were such hot blessed-by-Jesus shit merely 'cause they were first w/ the worst.

No one is innocent for damn sure; we're just tired of whitey claiming to be any better than the rest of them.