tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post2061004717880890636..comments2024-03-28T16:47:51.948-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Murder is EverywhenOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-4265992342303562702011-11-24T19:02:13.989-05:002011-11-24T19:02:13.989-05:00Frankly, Michael, based on the forensic evidence, ...Frankly, Michael, based on the forensic evidence, I think it's rather obvious that the victim was bopped on the noggin by his partner when he spent too much time on Thanksgiving watching the Pterodactyls play the Tyranosoureses and too little with the in-laws. <br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving, and stay alert out there.Jeffrey Sigerhttp://www.jeffreysiger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-6660901673528488732011-11-24T14:20:28.528-05:002011-11-24T14:20:28.528-05:00This is fascinating-that the human was allowed to ...This is fascinating-that the human was allowed to heal. I guess that human nature is more consistent over the years than we would like to believe. All the dark feelings are there but also the need to put it down on some sort media. Paint on rock, canvas, words on paper, on electronic device, but still the need to say "I was here." Maybe Uncle Dan's bad jokes are just another way to say that. For those who celebrate Thanksgiving, eat hearty. For those who don't, have a good day :)lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-58934978847702768502011-11-24T12:23:40.942-05:002011-11-24T12:23:40.942-05:00It also shows that man -- "the tool-making an...It also shows that man -- "the tool-making animal," as he/she used to be called -- waited a distressingly short time before realizing that some tools were useful as weapons. <br /><br />Not that it should be a surprise. One can only hope that it was to some extent justified: maybe the victim was an inveterate practical joker who put chokeberries in people's gruel or pulled away the rock just before someone sat down or grabbed the talking stick at sit-downs and wouldn't stop singing the local version of "My Way." <br /><br />Makes you wonder about cave paintings, too. In all the thousands of beautiful cave paintings of animals, there are almost no humans, and when humans are represented they're abstracts, almost schematics. Some scholars have theorized that there was a cultural or religious taboo about including the human image, but maybe the artists were just on the run and didn't want their pictures plastered all over the place.<br /><br />Okay, that's silly, but it's worth remembering, I guess, that the hands that crushed skulls also painted caves. I guess we haven't changed at all.Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-24455174914503374312011-11-24T11:17:00.998-05:002011-11-24T11:17:00.998-05:00According to the book of Genesis, the first book o...According to the book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, sin was introduced to the world when Adam and Eve were evicted from the Garden of Eden. It only took a generation before the first murder was recorded - Cain killing Abel in a frenzy of jealousy.<br /><br />Michael, "everywhen" is a wonderful word. It encapsulates decades or millennia and proves that people and motives don't change.<br /><br />Today, being Thanksgiving in the US, is a day when family members gather, maybe for the first time since last Thanksgiving. There will be tension and barely contained anger in some homes and, in others, the anger won't be contained. So much of it will be fueled by jealousy, greed, anger, madness, and the inability to forgive.<br /><br />And, still there will be the blessing of someone in the group who will take care of the injured in mind and spirit, allowing the group to try again next year.Bethhttp://www.murderbytype.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com