Just replace South Africa with “Black Lives Matter” or “Palestine” and Breathed would not have to change another thing if he wanted to paste this into a new “Bloom County 2019”. Man, 47 years since this strip was first published and sadly a lot of things have not changed.
H.L. Mencken: Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant.
There are Risks associated with everything we do (or fail to do).
Often the risks associated with inaction are significantly greater than the ones from any Course of Action. In those cases it’s worth taking a chance even on a COA with high risk.
I’m sure there’s earlier examples, but Americans made up part of the XV International “Abraham Lincoln” Brigade that suffered heavy casualties fighting on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War. Most recently, Americans fought on at least two sides of the Syrian Civil War. Some of the ones who joined IS were prosecuted afterwards.
TampaFanatic1 over 3 years ago
Just replace South Africa with “Black Lives Matter” or “Palestine” and Breathed would not have to change another thing if he wanted to paste this into a new “Bloom County 2019”. Man, 47 years since this strip was first published and sadly a lot of things have not changed.
62Lincoln Premium Member over 3 years ago
H.L. Mencken: Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant.
smsrt over 3 years ago
And there you go.
COL Crash over 3 years ago
There are Risks associated with everything we do (or fail to do).
Often the risks associated with inaction are significantly greater than the ones from any Course of Action. In those cases it’s worth taking a chance even on a COA with high risk.
Display over 3 years ago
Personal Risk. A pocket sized edition of the board game?
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 3 years ago
I am amused that the last panel was rhymed.
wi3leong Premium Member over 3 years ago
I’m sure there’s earlier examples, but Americans made up part of the XV International “Abraham Lincoln” Brigade that suffered heavy casualties fighting on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War. Most recently, Americans fought on at least two sides of the Syrian Civil War. Some of the ones who joined IS were prosecuted afterwards.
Sisyphos over 3 years ago
—In which we meet early proto-Snowflakes in full meltdown….