Constellation 06

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

[Arthur is pacing on the Plane, dressed in a much nicer suit than usual. He seems to be muttering something to himself, and pauses a moment to look down at his tie, frowning he undoes it completely, then slowly begins to retie it.]   -terms space and time have not only a vague descriptive reference to a boundless void and an ever-rolling stream, but denot the exact quantitative system of reckoning distances and time-intervals...[He finishes and seems satisfied for a moment, then just sighs and begins all over again]

Comments

[mercwamouth]

Well, things'll get worse before they get better.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

The...second war, you mean?

[mercwamouth]

Yeah. Mark your calendars already?

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

I'd rather not look forward to it.

[mercwamouth]

Minus the millions of dead people, it does fix the Depression thing.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

[Arthur frowns, and you might note he doesn't look at all happy now] Doesn't seem worth it, in my opinion.

[mercwamouth]

Not worth it, but you won't be able to stop it. Might as well look on the bright side.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

There's a bright side?

[mercwamouth]

Always is. And if there isn't, just lose your mind or kill yourself.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

.....I can see no bright side of war that would be worth the taking of any human life. But I'm afraid I intend to hold on to both my mind and body for a few years longer.

[mercwamouth]

Solving economic crises, people working together, lots of sex afterward... plenty of bright sides. Why do you think we do it so much?