Mass raping of a bus full of Ukrainian women by the Russian army.

[David Morris]

*Thanks for a thoughtful answer, Jody.*

So, short version, your universal lament really has almost no specific
relation to the present war, nor to any specific historic atrocities.  And
any particular perpetrator isn’t really relevant in the scope of your
lament.  It’s just the nature of us beasts, you think?  *Any  one atrocity
is horribly sad, but it’s hardly unique, and there will surely be many more
to come*.  So . . .   So . . .

. . . So,  what are you going to do about it?  *The cycle is inevitable.*
 So . . . so . . .
. . . So, *Let’s all go get stoned???*

On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 6:30 PM jody2.718 via Pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
wrote:

>
> It wasn't an analogy, David. It was just an expression of, call it
> futility, exasperation, recognition that the problem is global; wherever
> people, especially young men, are given weapons and trained to be
> aggressive and kill. I'm sure not all the Russian soldiers were of the same
> mind as the perpetrators of the atrocities, nor condoned them, but
> incidents like these have been happening since the origin of the species,
> and will happen again.
> [•••]
> We are all guilty, especially if we don't recognize the global nature of
> the problem. Outrage, although understandable, is not enough. Competition
> is bred into use since before we were human. It can be redirected or
> sublimated, but only so far.
>
> Winning this or the next battle will only ensure another one in the
> future. I'm open to suggestions about how to break the cycle.
>
> jody
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