We are sometimes accused of being too gloomy here. Too admonitory, too censorious, scolding and sanctimonious. Preachy. Lecturing. Hectoring, perish the thought. Even didactic in certain circumstances. Judgemental was another one hurled at us by younger colleagues back in the nineties. Doesn’t everyone have to make judgements? we replied. We didn’t cause them to lead lives of frivolity greed and sensual indulgence, we simply pointed out a few obvious truths.
All of which may be impeding us from getting our message across at times, perhaps. So to make amends we have selected this rather upbeat article by a certain Flynn Coleman who writes in the Guardian. [1] He cites the Artemis 2 moon mission as his text and contrasts it with acts of brutality and ignorance back here on earth. Like Iraq in 2006 or the the high commands of certain nations in our own more troubled tomes. He invokes the spirit of the great Jim Lovell, a man whose intelligence and courage were displayed on both the Apollo 8 and 13 missions Above all its the duality which intrigues. Your species species can reach for the stars. You are more than the bunch of angry ape men we keep telling you that you are.
And Flyn’s final point is: you can choose to be one or the other. But read it for yourselves, gentle readers. And at least thank us for doing something Nice for a change.
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