There Ain't No Sin and There Ain't No Virtue There's Just Stuff People Do
That's the way noted American author John Steinbeck saw it in the "Grapes of Wrath". The older I get the more I agree. A lot of people always want to know "why" something happened or "why" someone did something. My question is why do we need to know why? Maybe its just me but I have no idea why I get out of bed most mornings, particulalry this time of year. After that I don't much remember what I do all day much less why. (Unless it involves surfing. Why I surf is another blog. Suffice it to say I surf because its the only way I can deal with this world and the people who inhabit it.) If people themselves don't know why they do things how are they supposed explain their actions to us.
Why did a mother murder her six year old son? Suffocating him while he struggled. Some things are beyond explanation. At least by explanation in this world anyway. The mother claimed she attempted suicide immediately thereafter. Her mother at least had the sense to say killing one's self is easily accomplished.
On the other hand some things don't need explanation. Like the four Marines who were videotaped urinating on a Taliban soldier. (Why they videotaped themselves is a logical question, however.) The Taliban harbored Bush family friend Osama Bin Laden. The Saudi National who with Saudi Arabia's financial support (at a minimum) murdered thousands of innocent working class Americans. President Obama hasn't explained why but we are still at war with the Taliban. By definition cruel things happen in war.
The more important question to me is why Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is kowtowing to Afghan President Karzai over the incident. The question is why the corrupt Karzai and his cronies are still in power. He has stolen millions from the United States and his people. While we are on the subject of Afghanistan why are we sending the Pakistani government billions when their army is a known terrorist organization that supports the Taliban. Most of us have been conditioned not to ask "why" in connection with the big picture. After all we know the answer. So the greedy rich few can both protect and increase their wealth at the expense of the rest of us.
I use to ask why the Lovely Old Lady (LOL) has to use the dust buster after she vacuumed. Usually vacuuming and dust busting in the middle of a playoff broadcast. I don't have many breaths left, I'm not going to waste any asking "why"?
KOKO
