Friday, February 3, 2017

Which Reminds Me

Yes, it is very hard to tackle these difficult subjects without accidentally stomping on the toes of some innocent bystander.

We Americans are not so familiar with the geography of Spain that we would easily recognize the manner of warfare employed by them, the Spanish, for centuries to battle against the invading Moors. We are not Moors, not even Moores, so we don't see the point of all this primitive nonsense. These are very low class Spanish people with no aristocratic privileges, but we can imagine that if they are able to seize the land and return it to the Spanish crown, to raise the flag of the Spanish Netherlands, they are expecting that the honors of European nobility might be accorded to them in future generations. Which would seem to tell us that they are really not of us. They pretend to be of us, to share our vision of Democracy, for the sake of expediency and convenience, but they know that the present is a fleeting moment soon passing away. A future of their own making is what they really want. But of course no one can say what the future holds. So we think they are overly exaggerating their own self-importance, because we all want to control the future and we all think we know better, which is an ordinary circumstance of being human, but especially so of being a U.S. citizen, not one of these illegals scrambling for a loaf of bread and some aristocratic baubles, perhaps a plaque to hang on the wall or expensive jewelry. But these things will not satisfy them in the long run. But whatever. I won't be here so it won't be my problem.